Wednesday 2 January 2013

Glenn Beck Tried to Buy Current TV But Was Rejected



Glenn Beck Rejected
Posted on 21:38 by Alnia Crist with 1 comment
Glenn Beck Rejected, Recently, entrepreneur and media personality Glenn Beck was rejected by Current TV and he later decided to send out a tweet that's been drawing some attention:

"Before Al-Jazeera bought Current TV, TheBlaze looked into buying it but we were rejected by progressive owners." Reported Examiner...

On Jan. 2, Yahoo! posted a report that said:

"It probably wouldn't have worked out anyways. Current TV didn't have the viewership that, say, MSNBC enjoys, but it does reach 40 million homes. We're pretty sure that the 22,000 that tune in during primetime aren't looking for the news according to Glenn Beck."

Former VP Al Gore, founded Current TV and it was anchored by Keith Olbermann. Glenn Beck is considered by some to be a far-right conservative and his extreme views were too much, even for Fox News.

It's unknown how far negotiations went between Beck and Current TV, or if they went anywhere at all. It's also unclear if Beck had sufficient funds to put down on Current TV's outrageous sale price of $500 million, minus the $100 million for Al Gore.
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Recently, entrepreneur and media personality Glenn Beck was rejected by Current TV and he later decided to send out a tweet that's been drawing some attention:

    "Before Al-Jazeera bought Current TV, TheBlaze looked into buying it but we were rejected by progressive owners."

On Jan. 2, Yahoo! posted a report that said:

    "It probably wouldn't have worked out anyways. Current TV didn't have the viewership that, say, MSNBC enjoys, but it does reach 40 million homes. We're pretty sure that the 22,000 that tune in during primetime aren't looking for the news according to Glenn Beck."

Former VP Al Gore, founded Current TV and it was anchored by Keith Olbermann. Glenn Beck is considered by some to be a far-right conservative and his extreme views were too much, even for Fox News.

It's unknown how far negotiations went between Beck and Current TV, or if they went anywhere at all. It's also unclear if Beck had sufficient funds to put down on Current TV's outrageous sale price of $500 million, minus the $100 million for Al Gore.
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Glenn Beck has been rejected in his bid to purchase Current TV, being told instead that he was not aligned to the network’s point of view. Current TV was recently purchased by Al Jazeera, news that prompted Glenn Beck to tweet about being rejected in his attempt to buy the network. Beck tweeted: “Before Al-Jazeera [...]

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