Posted on 02/12/2018 6:11:59 PM PST by markomalley
It looks like we may soon see a merger of two of the most well-known Trump-skeptic news sites.
According to the The Daily Beast, the billionaires behind Ben Shapiro’s The Daily Wire are currently in talks to buy Glenn Beck’s conservative media empire TheBlaze.
As the Beast noted in their piece, the Wilks family funds Shapiro’s site and are looking to “to expand their holdings in conservative media.” They previously looked at Breitbart, but a difficult relationship with Rebekah Mercer prevented that from occurring.
Shapiro didn’t exactly deny that talks are underway regarding the potential purchase of TheBlaze. Per the Beast:
“TheBlaze welcomed us to the space as allies from the beginning, and we’re always looking for ways to strengthen our partnerships with our allies,” he said.
An employee of the TheBlaze’s television network told the Beast that word has spread within the company that Beck is either looking to sell to Shapiro’s site or partner with it. It was also noted that the purchase “appears more likely than not.”
In recent months, it has been reported that TheBlaze has been going through financial troubles. Last summer, the company conducted a mass layoff. Following that news, the head of the media company said that if the truth was no longer profitable, they’d end up shutting TheBlaze down.
Mediaite reached out to Glenn Beck for comment on this story and will update if and when we hear back from him.
[Mediaite reached out to Glenn Beck for comment on this story and will update if and when we hear back from him.]
Glenn may still be picking Cheetos out of his face and eating humble pie. Oh, and weeping over Hillary.
Will someone (who buys The Blaze) fire Beck? Please???
I agree that it should be blocked. Shapiro is an NWO neocon never-Trumper! I really don’t like his arrogant righteousness.
He’s not conservative, he’s a swamp wannabe.
Yup, if he buys, the blaze will be the same as it has been! Fricking neocon
Shapiro is boring.
Another part of Beck’s empire bites the dust.
That’s what happens when you go NeverTrump
and dip your face in Cheetos.
Why waste the money ?!
Shapiro sided with McConnell when it came to Roy Moore and urged people not to vote for him. He did that while subbing for Levin who was on a book tour.
Shapiro does a great job speaking at liberal colleges. I like him.
So disappointed in and for Beck.
I really thought at one time that he was a constitutional conservative. Instead, he turned out to be never-trumper with one foot in the swamp.
The caravan moves on.
We just can’t have skepticism of any sort, can we? All truth comes from Dear Leader, and only from Dear Leader (pbuh).
But seriously, the problem with the Daily Wire is not Ben Shapiro’s opinions, which an intelligent person can evaluate on the merits, but all the ads, pop-ups, and efforts to crash your browser.
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