Tom Ellsworth
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Remember when the people started doing surveys and they found out, hey, did you know that some of these Gen Xs are getting their news from The Daily Show more than they get it from regular news sources? Remember when those first things came out? Well, guess what? It's a tsunami, and we are causing it. This podcast, what we're doing is causing it. Check this out.
Remember when the people started doing surveys and they found out, hey, did you know that some of these Gen Xs are getting their news from The Daily Show more than they get it from regular news sources? Remember when those first things came out? Well, guess what? It's a tsunami, and we are causing it. This podcast, what we're doing is causing it. Check this out.
The shift in cable as people get to Hulu and they go online and they don't even get cable anymore. You know, the Gen Z's, they don't even buy cable. So guess what? All the old cable going away and with it, the unprofitable news. Versant. You know what Versant is? It's a company being spun out of Comcast and NBC. And what are they putting in it? USA, Oxygen, MSNBC, and CNBC.
The shift in cable as people get to Hulu and they go online and they don't even get cable anymore. You know, the Gen Z's, they don't even buy cable. So guess what? All the old cable going away and with it, the unprofitable news. Versant. You know what Versant is? It's a company being spun out of Comcast and NBC. And what are they putting in it? USA, Oxygen, MSNBC, and CNBC.
And CNBC, they say, is the only real jewel because the way it covers business and it's actually a profitable point in there and it doesn't have a bunch of hosts with $10 million salaries. Well, get this. It's being spun out as a thing called Versant. And now David Zaslav... After he has lost NBA, NBA was on Turner for how many decades? And they've lost that.
And CNBC, they say, is the only real jewel because the way it covers business and it's actually a profitable point in there and it doesn't have a bunch of hosts with $10 million salaries. Well, get this. It's being spun out as a thing called Versant. And now David Zaslav... After he has lost NBA, NBA was on Turner for how many decades? And they've lost that.
NFL Sunday ticket has gone to YouTube, YouTube TV. The ice is melting below the feet of the cable empire. And people are turning for their news elsewhere. And... David Zaslav has got to take Turner and CNN and spin them out and sell them at a garage sale. And David Faber caught a whisper. I know somebody that would be interested if it was a garage sale number. Ready for this?
NFL Sunday ticket has gone to YouTube, YouTube TV. The ice is melting below the feet of the cable empire. And people are turning for their news elsewhere. And... David Zaslav has got to take Turner and CNN and spin them out and sell them at a garage sale. And David Faber caught a whisper. I know somebody that would be interested if it was a garage sale number. Ready for this?
CNN, this is David Faber was talking, there's an article that's written this, and then there was an attributed quote that they won't put the name on. So they said there's a direct quote, won't put the name on. This is a... High-level media executive in the U.S. Zaslav has no choice. He has to spin it out, and he has to keep CNN in the basket because the rest of the basket's worthless.
CNN, this is David Faber was talking, there's an article that's written this, and then there was an attributed quote that they won't put the name on. So they said there's a direct quote, won't put the name on. This is a... High-level media executive in the U.S. Zaslav has no choice. He has to spin it out, and he has to keep CNN in the basket because the rest of the basket's worthless.
CNN, quote, will be orphaned without any real investment or future. I see no future in it, personally.
CNN, quote, will be orphaned without any real investment or future. I see no future in it, personally.
Yes, I agree with that. But the point is, with their current economics, why are they cutting everybody's salary? Because the viewership's down. Why is the viewership down? You're putting out the wrong product. If the product was different, it would be different.
Yes, I agree with that. But the point is, with their current economics, why are they cutting everybody's salary? Because the viewership's down. Why is the viewership down? You're putting out the wrong product. If the product was different, it would be different.
I agree. I don't need to speculate. You know why? Because Pam Bondi walked up to a microphone and said there are 10,000 or what? Tens of thousands. Tens of thousands of videos and clips, and we have to be careful about the identities. So I'm not out there with a tin hat, crazy train. I listen to Pam Bondi, and I respect Pam Bondi.
I agree. I don't need to speculate. You know why? Because Pam Bondi walked up to a microphone and said there are 10,000 or what? Tens of thousands. Tens of thousands of videos and clips, and we have to be careful about the identities. So I'm not out there with a tin hat, crazy train. I listen to Pam Bondi, and I respect Pam Bondi.
But I want her to finish up and put some dates and timelines on what she came out and she told us. Where is this? And I also want to see if there are people there that are. See, I'm not as worried about a congressman that went to Epstein Island and had sex with a girl who was 17, not 19. I worry less about that.
But I want her to finish up and put some dates and timelines on what she came out and she told us. Where is this? And I also want to see if there are people there that are. See, I'm not as worried about a congressman that went to Epstein Island and had sex with a girl who was 17, not 19. I worry less about that.
I want to know where are the people that were part of the feeder network that are running networks of this because they were in business and they're probably still in business trafficking kids to God knows where. Yeah. Those are the people that I want stopped because this was a criminal enterprise. There was a constant flow.
I want to know where are the people that were part of the feeder network that are running networks of this because they were in business and they're probably still in business trafficking kids to God knows where. Yeah. Those are the people that I want stopped because this was a criminal enterprise. There was a constant flow.