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Glenn Beck's GBTV: Yours for $9.95 a Month

GBTV will appeal to fans of '24' and 'Daily Show,' Beck says

(Newser) - Glenn Beck fans are going to have to shell out at least $4.95 a month to watch him online after he leaves Fox at the end of this month . Beck plans to introduce a Netflix-style subscription plan for GBTV, his new online TV venture . Beck and his staffers admit...

Roger Ailes Now Says Palin Is 'So Smart'

Fox News chief also explains why Glenn Beck is off the network

(Newser) - Roger Ailes is probably the last guy Anthony Weiner expected to rally to his defense. But in a new interview the Fox News chief does just that. “The media’s had enough giggles over Mr. Weiner and his name,” Ailes told Howard Kurtz of the Daily Beast . “...

Glenn Beck's Last Day: June 30

Still no word from Fox on his replacement

(Newser) - Mark it down on the chalkboard: Glenn Beck's final day on Fox will be June 30, reports Mediaite . A gleeful Media Matters notes that Beck's ratings in May were among his worst ever. Business Insider , meanwhile, suggests five possible replacements, including Megan Kelly and SE Cupp . Beck, of...

Glenn Beck Launches Own Book Imprint

First non-Beck book is by... a YA author?

(Newser) - Glenn Beck may be leaving Fox but you’ll still see a lot of him at the bookstore. Beck’s Mercury Radio Arts has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster both to publish a bunch of Beck’s own books, and to create Mercury Ink, a division devoted to...

Glenn Beck Launching GBTV on Web

Beck's company trademarks tagline 'The Truth Lives Here'

(Newser) - Glenn Beck's post-Fox future is taking shape. The mouthy host plans to launch an Internet TV channel to be called "GBTV," reveal trademark applications filed by his company, Mercury Radio Arts. The tagline "The Truth Lives Here" has been trademarked, too, and the company has also...

Glenn Beck's Next Rally Site: Jerusalem

Announces 'Restoring Courage' plans on radio show

(Newser) - Glenn Beck went to Washington last summer to restore honor; now, he’s planning to bring courage back to Jerusalem. Beck made his promised “big announcement” today on his radio show: Sometime in August, Beck will head to the city for another rally. “I invite you to join...

O'Reilly to Beck: I'll Let Cindy McCain Beat You on My Show

He scolds Beck for the vomiting sounds he made about Meghan McCain

(Newser) - Glenn Beck's recent pukefest —in which he mocked Meghan McCain's nude appearance in a PSA for skin cancer by pretending to vomit at the very thought—earned him a tongue-lashing from Cindy McCain , Meghan herself , and now Bill O'Reilly. In an interview with Beck, O'Reilly...

Stewart: Common Haters Huff 'Foxygen'

Glenn Beck: Obama is 'clearly anti-cop'

(Newser) - Jon Stewart again smacked Fox News for its fury over Common’s White House appearance, pointing out last night that only huffers of “Foxygen”—“the heady mix of partisan hackery, character assassination, and manufactured outrage”—would be bothered by the rapper’s performance. From there, Stewart...

Meghan McCain Fires Back at Glenn Beck

His 'hot body' makes it easy for him to judge young women, she writes

(Newser) - After Glenn Beck mocked Meghan McCain's appearance in a PSA for skin cancer by pretending to vomit at the very thought, her mom came to her defense . Now Meghan herself has responded in her Daily Beast column, and it's a beaut: "As a person who is known...

After Glenn Beck's Pukefest, Cindy McCain Swings Back

Mom not happy with Beck implying her daughter makes him vomit

(Newser) - Meghan McCain recently showed some skin in a PSA for skin cancer awareness ( watch it here ), which led to an eight-minute pukefest yesterday on Glenn Beck's radio show . Beck pretended to vomit every time McCain's near-nakedness was mentioned, while saying things like, "Put some extra...

Glenn Beck: Glee Is a ‘Horror Show’

Anti-corporate song horrifies Fox host

(Newser) - Fox's musical TV series Glee has been keeping Glenn Beck up at night worrying, reports Mediaite . "This show stands out and stands against almost every value that I have," the Fox host told viewers. "I’ve seen this show twice this year and I’ve watched...

Cracks Showing in Conservative Front
Cracks Showing in Conservative Front
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Apr 23, 2011 10:30 AM CDT

Cracks Showing in Conservative Front

Breitbart, others taking shots at each other now: Dana Milbank

(Newser) - Conservatives rallied behind a unified front for a long time, but the strains are beginning to show, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post . Witness Andrew Breitbart going after Glenn Beck and religious conservatives in the Tea Party; or the dissension in the ranks on the birther movement; or the...

Breitbart: Glenn Beck Betrayed Me

Conservative blogger decries 'nihilist Marxist' education system

(Newser) - Andrew Breitbart thinks Glenn Beck backstabbed him during the Shirley Sherrod fiasco. In an interview with the Observer , the conservative blogger says that Beck joined him in editing the infamous video and castigating Sherrod on the radio—only to suddenly do an about-face, publish the unedited version online, and demand...

Stewart's Entire Show an Epic Beck Parody

If Glenn Beck's show is ending, it must be the end of the world: ' Daily Show '

(Newser) - Glenn Beck's Fox show will soon be no more, and Jon Stewart seized the moment last night, offering a glasses-wearing, chalkboard-scrawling send-up of Beck's program. By analyzing facts and figures—ranging from Charles Manson to the Bible—Stewart was able to determine that Beck’s departure can only mean one...

Glenn Beck, Fox Hated Each Other All Along

Both sides kvetch anonymously to the 'New York Times'

(Newser) - Publicly, Glenn Beck and Fox News may have put a happy face on their divorce, but there’s a whole lot of acrimony behind the scenes, sources from both sides tell the New York Times . Beck’s supporters say he was unhappy at Fox almost from day one, and has...

Glenn Beck: I'm Like Paul Revere

And he's now apparently off to fight the 'revolution'

(Newser) - Why is Glenn Beck giving up his show on Fox News ? The host addressed the question at the end of his show yesterday, but left his future plans something of a mystery, Mediaite notes. Beck made it clear to his viewers that he feels "we are heading for...

Fox Couldn't Control Glenn Beck Anymore

Both sides seem genuinely happy that it's over

(Newser) - Plenty of speculation is out there about what finally caused Glenn Beck and Fox News to pull the plug on his show , but Glynnis MacNicol at Business Insider thinks it boils down to this: "Beck and Fox are parting ways because Beck had too much power and Fox couldn't...

Glenn Beck Will End His Daily Fox News Show Later This Year
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Apr 6, 2011 12:22 PM CDT

Glenn Beck Ending Fox Show

Fox News host will air his last 5pm broadcast later this year

(Newser) - This time, the rumors are true: Glenn Beck will end his daily show on Fox News later this year, reports the New York Times . Beck's production company, Mercury Radio Arts, announced the move today in a joint statement with Fox. No word yet on when the final show will be....

Orrin Onken: Secrets of a Glenn Beck-Loving Liberal

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Apr 2, 2011 2:15 PM CDT

Secrets of a Beck-Loving Liberal

Right-wing radio is lefty Orrin Onken's guilty pleasure

(Newser) - There’s something about right-wing talk radio that’s undeniably attractive—even for a “sushi-eating, Prius-driving, gay-marriage-supporting Oregon liberal” like Orrin Onken, he writes in Salon . Though he’s always been a lefty, Onken began listening in high school, and he’s maintained his “dirty little secret” for...

Alex Jones: Glenn Beck Is Ripping Me Off!

Conspiracy-loving host thinks Beck is, well, a conspiracy

(Newser) - Ever notice a distinct similarity between the conspiracy-laden rants of Glenn Beck and Alex Jones? Well Jones has, too, and naturally, he thinks it’s a conspiracy. In an interview with New York magazine , spotted by the Atlantic , Jones says Beck ripped him off—and is up to no good....

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