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| 04-06-2011, 11:03 AM | #1 |
| Glenn Beck to end daily FOX show  Quote: Glenn Beck will no longer have a daily program on Fox News. According to a joint release from Fox News and Beck's production company, Mercury Radio Arts, "Glenn intends to transition off of his daily program" this year. The release, posted to Beck's website The Blaze, said the afternoon host will not be leaving the network entirely. It said that Fox and Beck's production company plan to "produce a variety of television projects" that will air both on Fox News Channel and other platforms, including Fox News' digital properties. "Glenn Beck is a powerful communicator, a creative entrepreneur and a true success by anybody's standards," said Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. "I look forward to continuing to work with him." Beck said in the release 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," he said. Beck has lost more than a third of his audience since his "Restoring Honor" rally last summer, prompting speculation that he would lose his 5 p.m. slot. (His ratings fell to an average of less than two million viewers, dropping 39 percent between last January and this January.) Beck's contract with Fox runs out this year. Beck's program has still been a success for the network, as Wednesday's release noted -- though it has had a hard time hanging onto advertisers, with more than 300 reportedly refusing to advertise on the show. "For the 27 months that 'Glenn Beck' has aired on Fox News, the program has averaged more than 2.2 million total viewers and 563,000 viewers 25-54 years old, numbers normally associated with shows airing in primetime, not at 5pm," said the release. "'Glenn Beck' has dominated all of its cable news competitors since launch." David Brock of the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters said in response to the news that in light of the ratings drop and skittishness of advertisers, "the only surprise is that it took Fox News months to reach this decision." It was also announced that Fox News executive and Beck ally Joel Cheatwood will be joining Beck's production company, where he will serve as a liaison with the network. | |
| 04-06-2011, 11:59 AM | #2 |
| 04-06-2011, 02:24 PM | #4 |
| 04-07-2011, 04:51 AM | #6 |
Originally posted by Nesster  "You can't fire me; I quit!"  Pat | |
| 04-07-2011, 08:18 AM | #7 |
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*snerk.* 'A true success by anyone's standards.' Not if those standards include honor. Or journalistic integrity, human dignity, intelligence, wisdom, or in any way leaving the world better than you found it. These Fox execs need to get out more. I'm sure this is all in service of Beck finding a new way to exemplify what's so 'funny' about war, hate and willful misunderstanding. | |
| 04-07-2011, 09:35 AM | #8 |
| Originally posted by Ratmagiclady *snerk.* 'A true success by anyone's standards.' Not if those standards include honor. Or journalistic integrity, human dignity, intelligence, wisdom, or in any way leaving the world better than you found it. These Fox execs need to get out more. I'm sure this is all in service of Beck finding a new way to exemplify what's so 'funny' about war, hate and willful misunderstanding. | |
| 04-07-2011, 10:11 AM | #9 |
| Originally posted by Parallax There are plenty of excellent journalists out there. They just don't get read because their work takes actual thought and... reading. | |
| 04-07-2011, 10:14 AM | #10 |
| Originally posted by Parallax | |
| 04-07-2011, 10:27 AM | #11 |
| 04-07-2011, 10:28 AM | #12 |
| Originally posted by deadwolfbones Unfair, dude. There are plenty of excellent journalists out there. They just don't get read because their work takes actual thought and... reading. Originally posted by Ratmagiclady If that's what you believe, put down the camera. Maybe pictures don't lie, but nothing's caption-proof.  | |
| 04-07-2011, 10:29 AM | #13 |
| Originally posted by Parallax Geez, tough crowd.  | |
| 04-07-2011, 11:34 AM | #14 |
| Originally posted by shooz How about the BIGGEST oxymoron of all? Tea Party Patriots. Hel, *Palin* had Alaska secessionists operating out of her *office* while all this 'Tea Party Patriotism' was going on. | |
but RML, don't you know the Flag stands for the right of secession, with the immortal example of the Founding Fathers. |
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