Why Is Glenn Beck's Fox News Show Ending?

[SkyDaddy7]

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[Charleston Chew]

1. you beat me to it by mere seconds

[Charleston Chew]

2. Glenn Beck's Fox News Show Ending

April 06, 2011
by Media Matters staff

From an April 6 press release:

FOX NEWS AND MERCURY RADIO ARTS ANNOUNCE NEW AGREEMENT(New York, NY) Fox News and Mercury Radio Arts, Glenn Beck's production company, are proud to announce that they will work together to develop and produce a variety of television projects for air on the Fox News Channel as well as content for other platforms including Fox News' digital properties. Glenn intends to transition off of his daily program, the third highest rated in all of cable news, later this year.

Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News said, "Glenn Beck is a powerful communicator, a creative entrepreneur and a true success by anybody's standards. I look forward to continuing to work with him. Glenn Beck said: "I truly believe that America owes a lot to Roger Ailes and Fox News. I cannot repay Roger for the lessons I've learned and will continue to learn from him and I look forward to starting this new phase of our partnership."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201104060015

[2banon]

21. Ailes says " I look forward to conintuing to work with him"

I wonder in exactly what capacity that will be? hmm.

[Drale]

3. In any other country

this man would be in the insane asylum not on national TV.

[efhmc]

4. Never seen him before. He is certifiable, which makes him

perfect right-wing, teabagger, faux material. So don't see why he is going.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. I swear, he will become a classic.

Hoard all the Beck tapes you can find.
One day soon they will be treasures of the insanity of this decade.
The word "beck" will in Oxford dictionary, meaning "insanely delusional in a laughable way"

[HopeHoops]

5. Lack of respectable advertisers?

[SkyDaddy7]

6. GOP wants to hide him before 2012!! nt.

[texshelters]

7. And I thought it was becauase

his ratings drop.

http://www.businessinsider.com/for-the-first-time-ever-glenn-beck-drops-to-fifth-place-at-fox-news-2011-2

Fox would drop a show just for reasons of insanity or Fox News would be off the air.

Peace,
Tex Shelters

[thereismore]

8. No tears? Otherwise great. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

9. Off the air?

Well... its about time.

[Pharaoh]

10. Because he's Insane?

[japple]

11. Advertisers wouldn't air their commercials on his show!!! Hey, did we do that?????

NEW YORK (AP) — Glenn Beck's talk show is being dropped by the Fox News Channel after sinking in the ratings and suffering financially due to an advertiser boycott.

Fox and Beck's company, Mercury Radio Arts, said Wednesday they will stay in business creating other projects for Fox television and digital, starting with some documentaries Beck is preparing.

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More than 400 Fox advertisers told the company they did not want their commercials on Beck's show. Beck's advertisers were dominated by financial services firms, many touting gold as an investment.

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http://home.myhughesnet.com/news/read.php?ps=1016&rip_id=%3CD9MEAO800%40news.ap.org%3E&_LT=HOME_LARSDCCLM_UNEWS

[Taverner]

12. Because Fox is losing money

And the one thing they hate more than the left wing, is losing money

It's conservatism's Achilles heel if you will

[AlbertCat]

17. Because Fox is losing money

Fox News is part of News Corps.... which loses money every quarter and is kept afloat by Murdoch.

[Taverner]

19. Not a very good business model now, is it?

The seeds of their destruction are woven into the DNA of the company itself

[Politicalboi]

13. Beck 2012?

LOL! They let ANYBODY run these days.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. since when is/was beck's show called "a news show"?

[AlbertCat]

16. Why Is Glenn Beck's Fox News Show Ending?

Because it's the Apocalypse?

[BobbyBoring]

18. Soros wins again!

The evil George Soros was out to get Beck thrown off the air. Glen was the only one to see through the plan of the evil genius who is leading us into the NWO.

With out Beck, we're doomed! NWO here we come!

[DeSwiss]

20. Why Is Glenn Beck's Fox News Show Ending?

* He wants to spend more time with his family of marmots?

* His new sponsors Klaxstons Krispy Krackers wanted to pay their advertising fees in linen and pillow cases?

* The fox network refuses to broadcast from his bunker deep within a cave in the Yucca Mountains.

- K&R

[kag]

22. BAAAATTTT SSSHHHHIIIIIIITTTTTT CCCRRRAAAAAAAAZZYY!! N/T

[DearAbby]

23. Wonder what is next for the Beck-ster

Oh and those who had stock in chalkboards...


SELL SELL SELL!!!

[Turborama]

24. NYT March 22: Glenn Beck Contemplates Starting Own Channel

Posted in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4783401

NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/business/media/23beck.html?_r=1