The audiences are aging and the alt-right crowd (which is more Gen-X than Millennial) is more into Breitbart and Reddit than radio. It's very uphill for news-talk radio right now.
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve Timko: >> >> I wasn't paying attention. Last I heard Beck was making money hands >> over fist and his move to the Internet looked brilliant. Now, after >> climbing in bed with Ted Cruz, he's going belly up. In fact, he >> apparently jumped in bed with Cruz to stay relevant. >> >> [Politico (link)] >> <http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/ted-cruz-glenn-beck-228184> > > > The righties want to think Politico's leftist. The left wants to think > they're righties. They'll never admit to being anything but chameleons. > > All I know is that if Beck goes away, the next occupant of that radio > niche will need to battle just as hard to stay as relevant. But, they'll > also have to be more centrist to win back mainstream advertisers that > deserted not only Beck, but his fellow Premiere-distributed yakkers > Limbaugh and Hannity... I'm witnessing all this firsthand, as the station > dad counts on for network news on the hour and half fills time with them > weekdays. > > B > > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
