Posted on 11/08/2020 6:56:54 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Sean Hannity may not be worried about the 2020 election — if he is, he hasn’t said it on his Fox News Channel show — but his ultimate boss has indicated media investors might have some cause for concern.
The executive who has final oversight of Fox News Channel suggested Tuesday that the surge in audiences enjoyed by news networks may fall noticeably after the 2020 election — a development that could have ramifications for some of the nation’s biggest media companies.
“I would expect that as we enter a more normal news cycle, which will happen eventually, that appetite for news will shift,” said Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, during a Tuesday call with investors.
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Five of the nation’s biggest cable-news operations — Fox News Channel, CNN. MSNBC, CNBC and Fox Business Network — are projected to take in more than $3.1 billion in advertising in 2020, according to Kagan, a market-research firm that is part of S&P Global Intelligence, and more than $2.7 billion in fees from cable and satellite distributors. And while the affiliate money is likely to stay stable, the advertising dollars would fall if ratings were to moderate. MSNBC would have the most cause for concern. According to Kagan, that network, controlled by NBCUniversal, relies more heavily on ad revenue than distribution money. The other four make more of their money from the fees they charge cable systems.
The potential for a downturn is cause for hand-wringing at the news operations. MSNBC in particular has in past cycles seen a noticeable shift in viewership when politics are not at the fore of the national conversation. Meanwhile, attention to politics in recent days has been gobsmacking: Fox News Channel has seen enormous surges for primetime hosts like Tucker Carlson
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I have watched fox since 1998. It has not been on since Wednesday, nor will it ever again.
Sean Hannity is partying with his “good friends” Karl Rove, Linda Graham, and the other republicucks who loathe and despise Trump as much as the Democrats do.
Agree. Hannity is a GOPe toad. He got a divorce and wrote a book for the first time in ages. He’s cashing in. No doubt in my mind.
Newt stated the election was stolen and gave examples of fraud and then Jedidiah interrupts—I have seen no evidence of that. They have their marching orders.
Look at how he is trying to set the stage. It is *not* that we are going to lose former faithful viewers that we have betrayed. It’s just that after the election people are no longer interested.
That was exactly their plan but the AZ call blew it. The Fox ratings tanked even before all the votes were stolen.
Turn
Fox
OFF
Fox News host Laura Ingraham says Trump needs to act with “grace and composure” if he loses election
Saved. I’ll try to decipher that
That’s why we need to Defund Fox and that includes Laura, Sean and Tucker.
What Fox doesn’t realize is most people never forget betrayal. It’s the one harm to us that changes us inside. Fox was built and became a huge success on the backs of the right of this country. Then comes the stab by betraying our trust and faithfulness.
Believe me Fox will regret this.
Tucker dropped from #1 to #17? Is that right? Well, congratulations to CNN! We’re so glad that you beat FoxNews! Too bad Laura, Tucker, and Sean, but this is how we go along to get along. And Sean, when people listen to you on the radio, do you think they’ll forget that you work for FoxNews?
Get woke, go broke.
FoxNews has got to be destroyed as badly as the NBA. Their ratings have got to remain in the toilet from here onward!
“Tucker dropped from #1 to #17?”
Yep.
Sorry, I know a lot of people who like Tucker, but if he stays with Faux, that’s his problem. He will go down with the ship.
Bill O’Reilly called this.
He said about two weeks ago that the day after the elections the news media and Hollywood were gonna shed 100,000.
Disney/ESPN already announced more layoffs, as did Universal.
**I have watched fox since 1998. It has not been on since Wednesday, nor will it ever again.**
If you’ve been watching Fox then you’ve been paying CNN and MSNBC. Don’t just stop watching Fox. Stop paying any of them.
The NBC News and MSNBC layoffs start next Thursday.
Were they doing that thing with their fingers that prisoners use to code that they’re speaking under duress?
CNN layoffs were also supposed to start next week but might be delayed 2 weeks since they didn’t expect to be beating Fox News in the ratings after Tuesday.
Jedediah is a light weight bimbo.
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