Posted on 08/20/2017 6:33:13 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Axios reports:
Axios’ Jonathan Swan hears Bannon has told friends he sees a massive opening to the right of Fox News, raising the possibility that he’s going to start a network.
Bannon’s friends are speculating about whether it will be a standalone TV network, or online streaming only.
Before his death in May, Roger Ailes had sent word to Bannon that he wanted to start a channel together. Bannon loved the idea: He believes Fox is heading in a squishy, globalist direction as the Murdoch sons assume more power.
Now he has the means, motive and opportunity: His chief financial backer, Long Island hedge fund billionaire Bob Mercer, is ready to invest big in what’s coming next, including a huge overseas expansion of Breitbart News.
Axios has more:
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Streaming is a non starter
Real TV and real advertising.
Defund leftist corporations, amazing opportunity for right wing banks, insurance companies, products,etc.
You forgot Eric Bolling, and Charles Paine!!!!
Ya know, I don’t even watch FOX news hardly anymore, maybe a little Hannity and Dobbs on the biz channel, Tucker is ok but needs a little work still.
As I have suggested elsewhere, instead of looking for a gazillionaire sugar daddy, Banon should raise capital through a direct public offering. $20 per share x 1 share per 65 Million Trump voters is $1.3 B. Mileage may vary, but I would consider a few shares the most effective campaign contribution I ever made in my life, by far.
It’s been tried by Paul Weyrich back in the early to mid 1990’s. Weyrich came up with a network called National Empowerment Television and it really was great. He’ll have to watch very closely who invest & sits on the B.O.D. if there is one or he’ll find himself voted out like Weyrich was. That was when the Libs took over that network and Weyrich lost all say. The fewer persons involved in ownership having say with the same goals and agenda the less likely the Libs are to manage to take it over. N.E.T. was later named Americas Voice with the likes of Bob Beckel, Ellen Ratner, etc as co-host of what started out as a Conservative based network.
Somebody here at FR hoped for/predicted that yesterday.
Yes sir. Not a big fan of O’Reilly either, but would love to see The Grand Bloviator back on the air...especially in anti-Fox mode.
Do you have any idea what Hannity is worth? $80 million. He doesn’t need the money.
What about personal threats to his family? Don't think it can't happen.
Forget the blondes and they may have a chance.
If the purported channel is not national and not picked up by the cable/satellite carriers then it is dead in the water - potential audience too small to sell ads and so not a profitable or even a break even venture.
The opening to the right of Fox News gets larger every day.
I hope Bannon will get involved there.
Mark
Competition in the marketplace makes everything better.
Can’t say I understand the reasoning of the pu$$ywhipped Murdoch boys. The leftward shift will NOT garner them a single viewer on the left, as the Fox brand is trashed among extremists. The shift is alienating core viewers who will quickly gravitate to the “new” Fox, whatever it’s called. With an alternative, Fox News will rapidly descend below MSNBC
Tucker and Watters need to be on the team...
All he has to do is pay some slut to lie about him and he’ll be gone by lunch. Problem solved.
Wanna help?
Cut your cable tv and tell the cable company you will be back when they offer a la carte.
End the Left Media Cartel.
The cost of cable is forcing people whose income levels are below mine to look for alternative means like Dish or Netflix to replace their cable channels.
I have to look at rising expenses every month, especially food which has risen at 15 percent a year increments in recent years.
So I will likely be forced to look in a different direction as well in the months ahead.
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