TYT: Cenk Uygur Sets Out to Take Down Traditional Television

[ihavenobias]

There was a great write-up on TYT in the magazine Fast Company (circulation 750,000):



It includes some fun quotes from Cenk, some very interesting financial numbers never before made public and also some exciting news on future plans. Here's an excerpt:

...I look around for a teleprompter. There isn't one. No writers either. Uygur watches the day's video clips for the first time during commercial breaks, seconds before he discusses them on-air.

Uygur doesn't look like a rebel, but there is something revolutionary going on here. Roughly 450,000 people watch The Young Turks on YouTube alone; thousands more in the precious 18-to-35 demo listen on Sirius Satellite Radio and through the TYT Web site, making it competitive with, say, MSNBC's Morning Joe (382,000 viewers a day in September), or CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight (616,000). And that, says Uygur, is only the beginning of a campaign "to take down television."

"When I watch TV, I see robots," he says. "We're not robots; we're people." On a show touching on health-care reform and Senator Max Baucus, Uygur proclaimed, "The mainstream media and the politicians who do these tricks and the media who cover for them -- guess what? You're f*d. We're coming for you. We're coming to your house."

..What if a real television network wants to scoop up TYT? "It would have to coexist with what we have," Uygur says. Cable news is welcome to syndicate its content, but TYT won't shut down the YouTube channel for the old Goliath of cable news. Instead, Uygur says, "we're going to pick their pockets."

PS---Vote TYT every day for (through 11/30/09)

[pundaint]

1. Wishing him every success

[libodem]

2. Gotta love

TYT!!!!!

[MedfordTim]

3. Good! Cenk's finally listening...

I told him a couple of years ago that he should start a cable network. Or hook up with Link-TV somehow.

...and, wouldn't those advertisers be shocked at how many of us regular watchers/listeners are OLDER than Cenk...

[ihavenobias]

12. There is a donut hole in the demo.

You're included in the upper end.

;)

[burning rain]

4. America for the Turks!

k&r

[20score]

5. Vey cool. K&R

[Kajsa]

6. Excellent!

K&R.

:kick:

[Wetzelbill]

7. great article!

[JohnWxy]

8. RECOMMENDED.

People are fleeing the Corporate media (GOP echo-chamber) in droves for the internet in a desperate effort to find out the truth. And get away from the Mustard-gas fog of M$M disinformation.

[OhioChick]

9. K&R n/t

[Turborama]

10. K&R I've always thought TYT TV would be an excellent idea n/t

[ihavenobias]

19. Stay tuned for more details on the new show.

I'm looking forward to it but I don't think it's going to be what you're expecting...

[Window]

21. K/R. Go Cenk!

:kick:

[WillyT]

11. Big K & R !!!

:woohoo:

:kick:

[ihavenobias]

22. Not sure if I mentioned this before but I love that graph. n/t

[wroberts189]

13. knr/nt

[yellerpup]

14. Ethics and guts.

How refreshing! K&R!

[CherylK]

15. K & R!

:toast:

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, ihavenobias.:thumbsup:

[matthewf]

17. k&r

[Hyper_Eye]

18. Excellent article. Thanks! K&R.... n/t

[KoKo]

20. Good to hear! K&R

[mmonk]

23. Great article.