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Glenn Beck strikes $100 million radio and online deal
Reuters/Yahoo News ^ | 6-11-12 | Lucas Shaw

Posted on 06/11/2012 5:52:14 PM PDT by STARWISE

Glenn Beck and Premiere Networks finalized a long-term contract extension on Monday, linking one of the nation's most popular radio programs with a syndication giant.

The new deal between Beck's Mercury Radio Arts and Premiere, a subsidiary of Clear Channel, ensures Premiere will syndicate "The Glenn Beck Program" for five more years. Reports value the contract at $100 million - double his prior deal. It covers not just "The Glenn Beck Program," but Beck's assorted digital businesses as well.

Beck left Fox News last year and carried his devoted cadre of fans to the internet, launching GBTV, an online streaming network. That complements other Mercury Radio Arts properties like TheBlaze.com, e-commerce site Markdown.com and GlennBeck.com. Premiere will sell advertising for those ventures.

Ratings for Beck's radio show have grown nearly 50 percent over the last five years, and in its 10th year with Premiere it is typically the third highest-rated show in talk radio behind Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Premiere carries both of their shows as well.

Carried by more than 400 stations, Beck's show airs from 9 a.m. to noon in most markets. "Simply put, Premiere is the best in the business," Beck said in a statement. "Over the past 10 years, they have proven to be a true partner in every sense of the word."

In moving online, Beck bet his personal brand was strong enough to survive without the promotional force of a television network. Though GBTV has a much smaller audience than Beck's television show - or his radio show - it is often cited as an example of a new media success story.

Back in March, the Wall Street Journal reported that the network would hit $40 million in revenue this year thanks to subscriptions and advertisements.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 100million; beck; clearchannel; glennbeck; premier; radio
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To: OldPossum; GeorgeWashingtonsGhost; Patton@Bastogne

Scroll down to the video from June 8 with John
Stossel on Fox Business on the left, click the
video, scroll up to the 1:51 mark ...

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/end-of-the-republic-glenn-beck-laments-to-stossel-the-lack-of-student-hugging/

“and I’m not a Romney supporter”

!!!!!


41 posted on 06/12/2012 7:21:35 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: going hot

Going hot,

I love your postings.


42 posted on 06/12/2012 7:30:00 PM PDT by svxdave (Life is too short to wear a fake Rolex.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

When everybody keeps telling you that you’re crazy, you should listen. Because you really are crazy.


43 posted on 06/12/2012 7:41:46 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus
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I'm content to be judged by History ...



and you ?

weak-minded fools ...

or mormons ?



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44 posted on 06/12/2012 8:20:30 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin will DEFEAT the Obama-Romney Socialist Gay-Marriage Axis of Evil)
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To: iowamark

I’ve watched and listened to GB for years. He is one of the few who stays true to his values of faith, self determination and less government ...always.


45 posted on 06/13/2012 9:44:25 AM PDT by Baynative (REMEMBER: Without America there is no free world!)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

You’re crazy, and your posts take up too much space, which makes you rude, too.


46 posted on 06/13/2012 10:19:15 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus
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Well ... do I get credit for taking a shower this morning (LOL) ?


BTW ... I carry the badge "You're Crazy" ... from a Fellow-Cult member ...

of the "Celestial God-Child from the Planet Kolob ... located in the Constellation Cancer" ...

a "genuine" Badge of Honor ...


"Thanks" for making my day ...



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47 posted on 06/13/2012 10:35:54 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin will DEFEAT the Obama-Romney Socialist Gay-Marriage Axis of Evil)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Are you accusing me of being a Mormon, or a Scientologist?

Or do you know the difference? Actually, I’m a lapsed Methodist.

And as for you being “judged by history”, history doesn’t give a damn about you.


48 posted on 06/13/2012 10:41:56 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus
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I really thought that mosts Methodists were more intelligent than this ...

Well, there's always the exception ...


And ... whether you like it or not ... we're "all" Judged By History ...

You're no exception ... so you better get serious about all of this (smile) ..



P.S. How do you like my use of "white space" for better reading clarity ? Pretty clever ?



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49 posted on 06/13/2012 10:48:43 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin will DEFEAT the Obama-Romney Socialist Gay-Marriage Axis of Evil)
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To: ozzymandus
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I really thought that mosts Methodists were more intelligent than this ...

Well, there's always the exception ...


And ... whether you like it or not ... we're "all" Judged By History ...

You're no exception ... so you better get serious about all of this (smile) ..



P.S. How do you like my use of "white space" for better reading clarity ? Pretty clever ?



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50 posted on 06/13/2012 10:48:54 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin will DEFEAT the Obama-Romney Socialist Gay-Marriage Axis of Evil)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

“Clever”? Or just desperate for attention.


51 posted on 06/13/2012 11:28:04 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus
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"Sheldon" is calling for you in the kitchen ...


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52 posted on 06/13/2012 11:41:43 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin will DEFEAT the Obama-Romney Socialist Gay-Marriage Axis of Evil)
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