Posted on 11/09/2020 11:01:14 AM PST by rintintin
Over the summer I had written about why Fox News was not in a good position as the television ecosystem shifted to streaming. (TL;DR: Fox is the only major cable or network news service not affiliated with a major Flix (multibillion dollar subscription streaming service), e.g., MSNBC has Peacock, CBS News has Paramount+, ABC News has Hulu. And so as cable audiences shrink, they do not seen to have a Plan B.)
But Fox News has another problem: a small right wing service called NewsMax that has done a much better job of distributing its TV programming online via the FASTs–free ad-supported streaming TV services.
As of this writing, NewsMax has a presence on Sling, Pluto, Xumo, Distro, Fubo, Roku, Chromecast, AppleTV and Amazon Fire TV (the latter four via its own free app.)
This is in addition to carriage arrangements with most all the major services, including DirecTV, Dish, Comcast, Charter, Cox, U-verse and Verizon FIOS.
Now granted NewsMax’s viewership is tiny compared to Fox’s and it’s not exactly a start-up–the website was launched in 1998 and the TV service in 2014.
But as viewers shift to streaming and go looking for their fix of free right wing news, they may find it to be a compelling option.
The Concession Factor
The events of the coming week may well determine how successful NewsMax becomes. For while Fox News and the rest of the Murdoch empire has chosen to declare Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election and to cast doubts on President Trump’s assertions that the elections were somehow fraudulent, NewsMax has gone in the other direction.
Their website carries a banner claiming that they are not yet calling the election, and their founder Chris Ruddy has been making the rounds of talk shows to explain ...
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I read that Fox blocked JudgeJeanine?
I believe OANN and Newsmax will soon see ratings increases which is more earnings to seek more talent and production quality.
Ooops. 1115
I prefer OAN myself.
LOL, don't forget dough boy Stirewalt.
I really enjoy Steve Bannon’s The War Room on newsmax, Real America’s voice and John Soloman’s Just the News.
Greg Kelly too.
Hey I just said “Newsmax TV” into my Concast remote and Sheesham! There it was!
I’m waiting on my Fox Favorites also. Tonight will be interesting. Maria B already came out swinging!
I think once the MAGA Gang moves over to Newsmax, we are going to find some real lightweights over there. One of the things that I already can’t stomach is that every time I turn it on, there is Mark Halperin dumping on the President. Evidently, Halperin is big on Newsmax.
Fully & totally agree. We should all watch the happenings to those who made FOX #1. Hannity, Tucker, Dobbs, Kilmeade(not really sure), Levin, etc. Their base is disappearing b/c of the BofD.. KEEP AN EYE on their soul searching!
Don’t forget Jessie Watters and Greg Gutfeld.
Going to be interesting, as Fox & Friends has been reliably conservative. I guess it doesn’t really matter since I quit watching the network over a year ago.
Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes’ work has been burned to the ground!
Faux Snooze is dead! Or, at the very least, dying very quickly!
Fox News has a problem....integrity. They keep firing people, going left. A lot of people who you once trusted are lying now.
Fox News in recent months fired Diamond and Silk, Trish Reagan, Melissa Francis, Rob Schmidt, Heather Childers and suspended Judge Jeanine Pirro. Kelly Wright also left year quietly.
Can't wait for their new evening line-up. 5pm; The FIVE - watch how we now support Biden, we need the paycheck 6pm, Brett Bair - he stays, big Biden supporter 7PM; Martha MacCallum - she stays, hates Trump, loves Biden 8pm; Barf with Marie harf 9pm; High calorie cooking with Chris Stirewalt 10pm; The Juan Williams Show 11pm; The Donna Brazile show
When I watched Tucker the day after the election,
he didn’t seem like himself.
He seemed like he was talking with a ax over his head.
When I heard Laura “ ask the President to concede gracefully” that was the end for me!! She was doing a 150% turn around and obviously a puppet for FOX the same as Biden would be with the Democrat Party.
NO MORE.
There’s clearly a purge of conservatives going on at FNC. As for myself, I’ve had OAN on since Saturday.
DEFINITELY...Greg Kelly is SUPER.....so is Stinchfield a d ROB CARSON!
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