Trump's post-President career in television/media could be launching.
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With Joe Biden closing in on 270 electoral votes, reports have surfaced that President Donald Trump is mulling the idea of launching a news network to compete with Fox News.
According to ABC, Trump is furious at Rupert Murdoch and Fox News, and there is a belief a Trump-led network could steal away Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson:
Sources inside the industry have considered this a possibility for months. In the past year, Trump has routinely criticized Fox News. Trump complained about the channel to Rush Limbaugh in October:
“You watch this Fox, and it is a whole different ballgame,” Trump tells Limbaugh. “And you know Paul Ryan is on the board of Fox. So I am sure that has something to do with it.”
Trump continued, “When Roger Ailes ran Fox, I mean Roger had a very strong point of view that is totally gone, and I think it is influenced by Paul Ryan.”
Tensions reached a height this week when Fox News called the state of Arizona for Biden before midnight on Tuesday. Trump’s team was furious with the decision, and according to Vanity Fair, Trump called Murdoch to “scream about the call and demand a retraction.” Murdoch refused. The call stood.
Recently, former Fox News star Bill O’Reilly predicted that should Trump lose the election, he will go into media.
If there is a business that Trump knows, it is media. No one person in the past several decades has played it better or had a bigger impact on its outlook, credibility, and direction — from his phone-ins to Fox & Friends to CNN changing its strategy, to MSNBC’s “Russia, Russia, Russia” coverage to sports personalities like Jemele Hill changing their careers. Finally, he exposed the media to biases that many suspected but couldn’t prove.
That doesn’t mean it will be an easy task, if the goal is to take on Fox News.
There’s a difference between building an alternative — which he could do — and hurting and competing with Fox News. Like Google, Fox News is a default. It is a viewing habit for millions of conservatives across the county. Right now, its news division is stronger than its competitors. Most importantly, the network has never been stronger than now, breaking its own records every month and quarter. While some of that is the Trump-factor, he’s not the only reason. Fox News was No. 1 before Trump and doesn’t need him to stay relevant.
The report adds that a Trump network could steal Carlson and Hannity. If it does, the conversation is different. Hannity and Carlson seesaw back and forth as the first and second biggest draws in news media. In October, both hosts averaged over 5 million viewers.....
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With Joe Biden closing in on 270 electoral votes, reports have surfaced that President Donald Trump is mulling the idea of launching a news network to compete with Fox News.
According to ABC, Trump is furious at Rupert Murdoch and Fox News, and there is a belief a Trump-led network could steal away Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson:
John Santucci @Santucci Nov 6
Vibe in the President’s inner circle this morning is a bit of a stalemate. Many discussions of what to do next & they are splitting into two roads. (1) what legal challenges are possible (2) dusting off the plans for a “Trump TV” like network should this end w/
@KFaulders
Vibe in the President’s inner circle this morning is a bit of a stalemate. Many discussions of what to do next & they are splitting into two roads. (1) what legal challenges are possible (2) dusting off the plans for a “Trump TV” like network should this end w/
@KFaulders
Sources inside the industry have considered this a possibility for months. In the past year, Trump has routinely criticized Fox News. Trump complained about the channel to Rush Limbaugh in October:
“You watch this Fox, and it is a whole different ballgame,” Trump tells Limbaugh. “And you know Paul Ryan is on the board of Fox. So I am sure that has something to do with it.”
Trump continued, “When Roger Ailes ran Fox, I mean Roger had a very strong point of view that is totally gone, and I think it is influenced by Paul Ryan.”
Tensions reached a height this week when Fox News called the state of Arizona for Biden before midnight on Tuesday. Trump’s team was furious with the decision, and according to Vanity Fair, Trump called Murdoch to “scream about the call and demand a retraction.” Murdoch refused. The call stood.
Recently, former Fox News star Bill O’Reilly predicted that should Trump lose the election, he will go into media.
If there is a business that Trump knows, it is media. No one person in the past several decades has played it better or had a bigger impact on its outlook, credibility, and direction — from his phone-ins to Fox & Friends to CNN changing its strategy, to MSNBC’s “Russia, Russia, Russia” coverage to sports personalities like Jemele Hill changing their careers. Finally, he exposed the media to biases that many suspected but couldn’t prove.
That doesn’t mean it will be an easy task, if the goal is to take on Fox News.
There’s a difference between building an alternative — which he could do — and hurting and competing with Fox News. Like Google, Fox News is a default. It is a viewing habit for millions of conservatives across the county. Right now, its news division is stronger than its competitors. Most importantly, the network has never been stronger than now, breaking its own records every month and quarter. While some of that is the Trump-factor, he’s not the only reason. Fox News was No. 1 before Trump and doesn’t need him to stay relevant.
The report adds that a Trump network could steal Carlson and Hannity. If it does, the conversation is different. Hannity and Carlson seesaw back and forth as the first and second biggest draws in news media. In October, both hosts averaged over 5 million viewers.....
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