Moving Online, (Glenn) Beck Will Charge Viewers a Fee

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Source: The New York Times

Glenn Beck is planning to charge his fans a monthly subscription for his daily talk show online starting this summer, as he makes the move from being a Fox News host to the owner of his own Internet network.

On Tuesday, Mr. Beck will announce a first-of-its-kind effort to take a popular — but also fiercely polarizing — television show and turn it into its own subscription enterprise. It is an adaptation of the business models of both HBO and Netflix for one man’s personal brand — and a huge risk, as he and his staff members acknowledged in interviews in recent days.

“I think we might be a little early,” Mr. Beck said of his plan for the Internet network, called GBTV, which will cost $5 to $10. “But I’d rather be ahead of the pack than part of it.”

The business decision by Mr. Beck’s company, Mercury Radio Arts, hinges on an expectation that more and more people will figure out how to view online shows on their TV sets through set-top boxes and video game consoles — and that they will subscribe directly to their favorite brands.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/business/media/07beck.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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So at least those of you who subscribe to cable or satellite with Fox News in the lineup won't be paying Glenn Beck anymore! :evilgrin: And I wonder if Beck will lose much of his audience due to his new premium fee. His radio show will still be on terrestrial though.

[Scuba]

Ha! How many will be THAT stupid? ....

... you can watch nincompoops on TV all day for free. Try Judge Judy's courtroom.

[brooklynite]

4. RUSH 24/7...Hannity Insider...Glenn Beck Insider Extreme...

There's a sucker (with a credit card) born every minute.

[WhiteTara]

1. I wonder how fast his show will die?!?!

This may be the best thing he can do for the planet. They don't want to give a nickel for anything and not to hear some nut ramble on.

[HopeHoops]

2. Sucker born every minute.

[Akoto]

3. No can do. His followers have already invested in gold and doomsday shelters. n/t

[ChrisBorg]

7. If they invested in gold they might have the cash. Gold has done quite well.

[bongbong]

8. Uhh, no

Maybe gold has done well, but his sheep got hooked up with his sponsor Goldline. Goldline sells gold for between 4 and 10 times its spot price (i.e, 4 to 10 times what it is worth). Thus, gold would have to double or triple from today's prices just to have the corporate tools who bought gold in the last few years break even.

[ChrisBorg]

11. uhh, no. They are currently selling 1/2 oz American eagles for $1,033.50.

Far below 4 and 10 times spot.

[bongbong]

16. Uh, no

As documented in the Federal case against Goldline, when you call them like the good little obedient corporate tool/sheep you are, you get told that you can do much better by buying "collectible" coins, which they sell at 4 to 10 times the going rate for the same thing on Ebay.

[ChrisBorg]

18. Try, if your stupid enough to follow a salesman's pitch. Gold 1oz Krugs $1613

This about the gold. I buy as close to spot as possible. You can follow the salesman...baaaaaa.

[bongbong]

22. Exactly!

You got it. Beck listeners are self-hating sheep, who want to be fleeced.

BTW, it should be "you're". I'm sure you get this correction a lot.

[InkAddict]

10. So now they need only to make "The Walking Dead" a reality TV

show in justification of those activities, and lure a few more Jason Loughner's into their madness.

[obxhead]

5. Now we'll get to find out how large of an audience he really has.

I'm guessing he won't get past a 3 digit count.

[yellowcanine]

6. My guess is that the pool of Beckies will be more of a puddle when they have to pay for it.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. Contrast with Keith Olbermann when HE lost HIS job.

(Does the Nelson Muntz laugh)

[KamaAina]

12. I'd pay ten million bucks for my Beck fix!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. He'll be running a version of Grovelbot

a sniveling, crying, moaning, chalkboard-scribbling, mewling, conniving version of Grovelbot.

[Zephie]

14. I think he'll lose less of an audience due to the fee, and more to do with not being able to

figure out how to work that darn fangled computer machine.

[A Simple Game]

15. I agree, many older people just don't have computers.

The money will also be a factor though. Conservative ideals usually end where their wallets begin.

On the plus side, I hear that with the monthly subscription fee you get free admission to Beck University! You will still have to buy your own books.

On edit: Then again I understand the monthly fee, he seems to have a problem with advertisers.

[Ikonoklast]

17. Who? Did what now?

[tanyev]

19. Will he accept payment in beef stroganoff packets?

[totodeinhere]

20. What a selfish ass. He is already a multimillionaire and he still wants more. n/t

[Nossida]

21. Good Christ

Berlin Betty Beck grows more ridiculous everyday.
Even that National Socialist Comedy Network Fox
dumped him. Beck has made multi $$Millions as a
mouthpiece for Corporate/Religious Interests, who
are intent on overthrowing the Republic for a
putrid Theocracy of pseudochristian Ayatollahs.

[Kelvin Mace]

23. Gosh, it will be interesting to see

how the free market reacts to THAT plan.