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Glenn Beck’s web network: bigger than Oprah?
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| Politico
Posted on 09/12/2011 3:08:37 PM PDT by opentalk
Glenn Beck’s new show launches today on his web network, GBTV, and the Wall Street Journal finds signs that this model holds promise. For one thing, Beck already has more paying subscribers than Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network did in June.
Because Mr. Beck owns the show and the network, he could make substantially more than the $2.5 million salary he got each year at Fox. GBTV is on track to take in more than $20 million in revenue in its debut year, according to a person close to the company. The television industry will be watching closely to see whether the TV host can preserve his popularity while migrating to the Web, where efforts to get consumers to pay to watch online-only channels are just beginning.
When Mr. Beck announced GBTV in June, the network had 80,000 subscribers. In the months since, GBTV subscribers have swelled to more than 230,000, according to people close to the network, even though Mr. Beck's show hasn't yet begun.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: gbtv; glennbeck
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:08:39 PM PDT
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opentalk
To: opentalk
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:11:25 PM PDT
by
MIchaelTArchangel
(Duval Patrick is a coward. Explain yourself on The O'Reilly Factor, you creep!)
To: opentalk
Web TV requiring paid accounts = Witness Protection Program
To: opentalk
Love him or hate him, everything he touches turns to gold.
Anthony Wiener in the other hand....
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:19:48 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a Permenant Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: twister881
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:20:28 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: opentalk
Beck may fill the niche we thought Fox News would fill fifteen years ago.
Did any cable or network show these past four days identify our attackers as muzzies? Beck did. He will make a fortune.
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:23:44 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
To: opentalk
Oh Heaven forbid...a free enterprise making money...?
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:25:43 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never run out of material. c)
To: Jacquerie
If he can develop original programming for the rest of the day, he’s got a shot...
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:25:50 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Save the EARTH...it's the ONLY planet with CHOCOLATE!!!)
To: cripplecreek
I didn’t see his show today, but heard he will be on O’Reilly tonight.
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:26:09 PM PDT
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opentalk
To: Jacquerie
I know he was calling the arab spring a radical islamist movement months before it even started. One of his guests even called out FOX for being in bed with the muslim brotherhood.
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:27:37 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a Permenant Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: opentalk
“The President is a Marxist. There. I said it.” Beck 9/12/2011 6:24 pm
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:28:29 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: twister881
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:28:32 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(Founding member of the "Never Make It To Akbar" Club.)
To: opentalk
Crap. Too much TV stuff tonight.
I think baseball is going to win this round. The Tigers are on a roll like we haven’t seen since 1984.
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:30:26 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a Permenant Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:32:46 PM PDT
by
opentalk
To: cripplecreek
I get to watch RA Dickey flick up the knuckler to the Nats.
Freegards
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:34:41 PM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: opentalk
I’m enjoying his new GBTV. Sure beats The Five!
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:37:07 PM PDT
by
Irenic
To: combat_boots
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:39:08 PM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
To: cripplecreek
Quite right. He will fill the void left by the dino media regarding the Middle East. Standby by for gross film clips of what palis have done.
I wouldn't be surprised if he picks up a hundred thousand more paid subscribers this month alone. He talking about Woodrow Wilson now, not one of his favorite Presidents.
To: Irenic
"Sure beats The Five!" Got that right!
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:40:26 PM PDT
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Earthdweller
(Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......? Embrace a ruler today.)
Yo, Beck and crew. Would you please post a “Daily Blackboard” for us? We need a pic.
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posted on
09/12/2011 3:45:30 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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