The Future of Fox

[LadyDaisy]

First Ailes was out, then Kelly, then O'Reilly, then Bill Shine. There are rumors of Sean Hannity leaving as well. It seems like the news empire is crumbling. Obviously Rupert Murdoch has enough to fall back on. But what happens to the network? Will it become just an obscure little channel no one watches? Might it just become history? Will it actually become "fair and balanced" or (gasp) liberal? As I'm (obviously) not a watcher I don't know the exact mechanics but I have a feeling that Breitbart and Infowars will get a lot more traffic soon.

 

[KingOrfeo]

I dunno, but something is bound to happen as its target demographic -- once described by an insider, think it may have been Ailes, as "angry white men who yell at their televisions" -- dies out without replacement.

 

[ryan8558]

Can anyone else see Hannity and O'Reilly starting their own news cable channel?

Seems like it might be the smart thing to do and I'm sure they wouldn't have any problems getting the startup money.

 

[Rightguide]

If they turn it into CNN or MSNBC I won't be watching. I usually pull my news off the Internet and wire services anyway. FOX has deteriorated progressively over the years. It was a brilliant idea in the beginning. I do watch the Fox Business Channel but even that is getting boring with Varney and Dobbs talking over all their guests.

 

[Rightguide]

Can anyone else see Hannity and O'Reilly starting their own news cable channel?

Seems like it might be the smart thing to do and I'm sure they wouldn't have any problems getting the startup money.

I read the other day where some big money types were exploring the idea of a new conservative model cable news network start-up. So, if the Murdochs plan on flipping off the conservative audience that made Fox so popular I'm sure that market will look elsewhere for its information. It might very well be a market demand that some might be interested in satisfying.

 

[ryan8558]

I read the other day where some big money types were exploring the idea of a new conservative model cable news network start-up. So, if the Murdochs plan on flipping off the conservative audience that made Fox so popular I'm sure that market will look elsewhere for its information. It might very well be a market demand that some might be interested in satisfying.

BCN, Breitbart Conservative News

 

[Rightguide]

BCN, Breitbart Conservative News

I think it will be a bit bigger and more subtle than that.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Fox News is part of the 21st Century Fox conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch. It is not going anywhere soon. Too much money behind it.

 

[ryan8558]

but it is a catchy title.

 

[Rightguide]

but it is a catchy title.

True, but I think there will be an effort to avoid credibility issues with the name Breitbart that the left has been successful in establishing in low info intellects working for MSM competitors.

 

[KingOrfeo]

True, but I think there will be an effort to avoid credibility issues with the name Breitbart that the left has been successful in establishing . . .

Breitbart did that on its own, it needed nobody's help.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Fox News is part of the 21st Century Fox conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch. It is not going anywhere soon. Too much money behind it.

No, but it might have to change, see post #2.

 

[AnAmericanDarling]

I can't watch Fox. A little too high-strung for me. I like my dose of Rachel Maddow.

 

[Phelia]

I check Breitbart fairly often to catch up on the talking points. The quality of even just the writing is usually pretty awful. I remember reading two articles by the same author that were 70% identical - he'd just copied and pasted the last five paragraphs. And then there was the king cunt Milo himself hiring a group of interns to write articles under his byline. It's pretty bleak shit.

But with Alex Jones crying "performance art" and Fox hemorrhaging abusive creeps, it might be all that's left. Well, not "left," but. You know.

Actually, I think the Canadians have a chance to unseat the Australians from the garbage RW media market! Check out the goons at Rebel Media. Immigrants stealing our jobs, AS USUAL.

 

[Christobal]

Be bland. Fox and msnbc are moving that way. Look at all the new personnel

OK not new. Rearranged

 

[Ms_Ann]

Fox's ratings will probably continue to climb. Whenever the Left starts predicting the death of "some thing" I double down on the opposite.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Be bland. Fox and msnbc are moving that way. Look at all the new personnel

Fox's success is based on what it isn't. They just need to keep the same content. People that are looking for information don't care that much about who delivers it.

 

[Christobal]

Fox's success is based on what it isn't. They just need to keep the same content. People that are looking for information don't care that much about who delivers it.

Just keep watching. The current management of both networks don't like the old style.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Just keep watching. The current management of both networks don't like the old style.

I don't really "watch" the news. Used to.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Actually, I think the Canadians have a chance to unseat the Australians from the garbage RW media market! Check out the goons at Rebel Media. Immigrants stealing our jobs, AS USUAL.

Rebel Media! That's Ezra Levant! Every country has it's nutters. Unfortunately we must accept that he is a Canadian. A true loudmouth who gets sued repeatedly and is the subject of more than a few Canadian Broadcast Standards Council rulings.

A friend of Anne Coulters! And supported by Kelly Leitch (Conservative Party leadership candidate who calls for immigrants to be vetted for anti-Canadian values).

 

[Ms_Ann]

"Garbage RW media"

 

[Ms_Ann]

In all seriousness.........all Fox has to do is maintain an image of being the anti "liberal mainstream media news outlet" and they'll be fine.

 

[Ishmael]

Fox's ratings will probably continue to climb. Whenever the Left starts predicting the death of "some thing" I double down on the opposite.

Fox's success is based on what it isn't. They just need to keep the same content. People that are looking for information don't care that much about who delivers it.

Murdoch's son's have been given the reins at FOX. And like all children they're out to make their own stamp on the world. Maybe it will work, maybe not.

Regardless I don't see FOX's market share climbing dramatically. As a matter of fact I see it falling in the future. FOX had a lock on the conservative viewership because they were the only one. The rest of the alphabets had to fight over the liberal viewers. Now new venues for conservative voices are hitting the cable delivery tube and that is surely going to cut into FOX's market. And if they swing primarily leftwards they're going to join the other alphabets in fighting for, essentially, the same audience.

Hannity, for the time being anyway, has announced he's going to stick it out at FOX. And depending on who they bring in for the other slots that potentially leaves him top conservative dog at the network in prime time. He has a 60 day bail out clause in his contract that he can exercise at anytime he chooses. So just gaming the alternatives, he can stick and pump his audience numbers and then bail later to another venue in the hopes that he pulls his viewers with him. That ploy rarely works (where's Gretchen what's her name and Katie whosit now) but they all keep trying.

Ishmael

 

[Ms_Ann]

Murdoch's son's have been given the reins at FOX. And like all children they're out to make their own stamp on the world. Maybe it will work, maybe not.

Regardless I don't see FOX's market share climbing dramatically. As a matter of fact I see it falling in the future. FOX had a lock on the conservative viewership because they were the only one. The rest of the alphabets had to fight over the liberal viewers. Now new venues for conservative voices are hitting the cable delivery tube and that is surely going to cut into FOX's market. And if they swing primarily leftwards they're going to join the other alphabets in fighting for, essentially, the same audience.

Hannity, for the time being anyway, has announced he's going to stick it out at FOX. And depending on who they bring in for the other slots that potentially leaves him top conservative dog at the network in prime time. He has a 60 day bail out clause in his contract that he can exercise at anytime he chooses. So just gaming the alternatives, he can stick and pump his audience numbers and then bail later to another venue in the hopes that he pulls his viewers with him. That ploy rarely works (where's Gretchen what's her name and Katie whosit now) but they all keep trying.

Ishmael

That and pretty much every party that finally gets their guy in tends to get lazy and less involved. But also...the more the Liberal Media screams about the raw deal they got the more they're going to re-energize the right. But...I don't watch anyway, so it's up to y'all.

 

[Disgustipated]

"Sure you can take over from Bill O'Reilly?"
"Oh yeah. I can get the best guests. The biggest celebrities."
*closes door*
"Hello, Fabio?"

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