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Bannon Plots Fox Competitor, Global Expansion
Axios ^ | August 19, 2017

Posted on 08/19/2017 6:44:47 AM PDT by Helicondelta

Axios' Jonathan Swan hears Bannon has told friends he sees a massive opening to the right of Fox News, raising the possibility that he's going to start a network.

- Bannon's friends are speculating about whether it will be a standalone TV network, or online streaming only.

- Before his death in May, Roger Ailes had sent word to Bannon that he wanted to start a channel together. Bannon loved the idea: He believes Fox is heading in a squishy, globalist direction as the Murdoch sons assume more power.

- Now he has the means, motive and opportunity: His chief financial backer, Long Island hedge fund billionaire Bob Mercer, is ready to invest big in what's coming next, including a huge overseas expansion of Breitbart News.

On Day 1, Breitbart declared he's taking his West Wing infighting to the outside, telling Bloomberg Businessweek's Josh Green that he's "going to war for Trump against his opponents — on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America."

The reality is that Bannon will go nuclear on former colleagues he calls "West Wing Democrats": economic adviser Gary Cohn, Jared and Ivanka ("Javanka," as he calls them) and Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell.

The revved-up Breitbart operation is also likely to target Speaker Ryan, as it did before Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bannon; bannonbackbreitbart; bannoninterview; bannonnewsnetwork; bannonresigns; breitbart; foxnews; newmedia; trump
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To: Helicondelta

Geez, I never knew /s

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3578779/posts?page=14#14


41 posted on 08/19/2017 7:14:51 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: ameribbean expat
As I said above, he can do a direct public offering skipping all the middle men and rake-off artists.

I think a lot of folks would be happy to lose $50 or $100 bucks on something like that.

His name is now a household word, thanks to the media opposition and he can capitalize on that, now!

42 posted on 08/19/2017 7:15:49 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Helicondelta

Faux News and the GOPe are ecstatic over Bannon’s departure. I hope to see that ecstasy turn to dread soon.


43 posted on 08/19/2017 7:16:35 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Helicondelta

I like this guy Bannon more and more every day.

He’s not a thorn in the side of the Left.... he’s a frigging length of steel rebar upside their heads.


44 posted on 08/19/2017 7:17:11 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: bert

A paid service on Roku won’t have nearly the reach a cable TV station would. Only political junkies would pay for it.


45 posted on 08/19/2017 7:18:01 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: gibsonguy

So McMaster Powell and Cohen are entrenched and Bannon is forced out.
We now have a Democrat administration and it will not help Trump at All they will still keep pushing until he’s gone.


LOL. Never drink before noon.


46 posted on 08/19/2017 7:19:21 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: FlipWilson

I can’t get OAN on Comcast but watch it at my daughter’s house on FIOS. I like their format but boy, those girl news readers are so dull and lifeless - just out of school I guess. Bannon would do well to liven it up there.


47 posted on 08/19/2017 7:19:23 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home)
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To: Helicondelta

Given Fox* coverage of Charlottesville over the past week, I would say a new network is long overdue!

*With exception of the 4 hours of programming, they may as well have been CNN:

Hannity
Carlson
Watters
Pirro


48 posted on 08/19/2017 7:19:47 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: Helicondelta
Go Bannon Go! I want it on cable. Where can I subscribe?
49 posted on 08/19/2017 7:20:08 AM PDT by Vision (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid - Reagan)
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To: Helicondelta

Please let them buy CNN. They can bring in Eric Billing, Charles, O Riley, and the most fun we could ever have is watching the faces of the “talent” when Steve Bannon walk in as their new boss


50 posted on 08/19/2017 7:20:11 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Helicondelta

Yesssss!!!!


51 posted on 08/19/2017 7:22:21 AM PDT by Professional
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To: FlipWilson

OAN is amateur hour. Most of the news readers would need to go.


52 posted on 08/19/2017 7:22:21 AM PDT by jimbo807
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To: lodi90

Advertisers would be the problem.

Paid Over The Top is the way to start, at least.


53 posted on 08/19/2017 7:23:08 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Jane Long

Saying that Trump has not been able to negotiate with the RINO’s is simply stating a fact.


54 posted on 08/19/2017 7:24:07 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: blueyon

I agree.

I was really discouraged about this at first. Now, he’s unshackled.


55 posted on 08/19/2017 7:24:57 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: lodi90

Not a paid service, a free streaming channel. There are lots and lots of them already. Such channels are available for free on ROKU et al and most smart TV’s.

Hillary won the popular vote. Those leftists will slavishly watch cable.

True Americans will migrate to streaming video in droves when there is MAGA news channel.


56 posted on 08/19/2017 7:25:02 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: bert

Why not do both so as to capture as much audience across the entire demographic spectrum as possible?


57 posted on 08/19/2017 7:25:37 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

Yes. Buy OANN. Pump it up. Put it on the streaming web. Charge for it. I am in.

KlowdTV $4.99mo.


58 posted on 08/19/2017 7:26:28 AM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: Helicondelta

Excellent article...


59 posted on 08/19/2017 7:28:38 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Helicondelta

I would not be surprised if Bannon and his new financial backers buy CNN from Time Warner/AT&T as part of the purchase agreement.....

AT&T has already stated they may spin CNN off as they complete their purchase of Time Warner....


60 posted on 08/19/2017 7:35:42 AM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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