The financially challenged Glenn Beck media network could be going dark, according to a report in The Daily Beast about an alleged slow-motion implosion.
A potential sale to the owners of The Daily Wire has also apparently fallen through.
TheBlaze website began losing market share when Beck went full-on Never Trump and has been in a downward spiral ever since. Parting ways with commentator Tomi Lahren in a well-publicized dispute probably didn’t help matters either.
The Daily Beast claims that Beck recently just issued pink slips to more workers.
‘The right-wing cable and digital media company—founded by Beck shortly before he exited Fox News in 2011—fired another round of staffers this week, shrinking a workforce that has already been reduced to less than 50 employees, according to two sources who spoke with The Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity. The two sources also confirmed that more than a dozen employees had been laid off over the past several days.
“TheBlaze once generated a reported $90 million in revenue annually, but has been in a slow motion implosion over the past several years. Top-level managerial shakeups, seemingly ceaseless layoffs, and office closures have depleted morale, tanked the site’s web traffic, and caused cable distributors to jump ship.
“The most recent round of cuts are significant for the already-hobbled company which has with regularity for more than two years—largely without communicating to staff the reason or scope of the cuts.”
The erstwhile media mogul has allegedly begun selling off expensive possessions (such as a private jet) as well as “trinkets” in his office and has put his Dallas-area home up for sale. The Beast claims that insiders think Beck might relocate to Los Angeles (where TheBlaze has a small office), which seems odd under the circumstances given the high cost of living as well as excessive taxation in California.
Last month, Glenn Beck declared on this radio/TV simulcast that the “dishonest, corrupt media” convinced him to don a “stupid” red MAGA hat after news outlets pushed a false narrative that President Trump described immigrants as animals. Trump was actually referring to the violent MS-13 street gang, which the media grudgingly acknowledged well after the the story gained traction. Whether sincere or note, Beck also predicted a 2020 victory for Trump because of the relentless media bias and described Trump’s record in office as “pretty damn amazing.”
Especially in the context of the current manufactured outrage over family separation at the border, Donald Trump could have saved himself some grief in the past couple of years perhaps if he had tampered his rhetoric somewhat about illegal immigration when he came down the Trump Tower escalator on June 16, 2015, to announce his run for the presidency.
On the other hand, his outsized, politically incorrect personality may be the reason why he won the GOP nomination and went on to prevail in the 2016 general election.
Added: Glenn Beck seemed to have a difficult time communicating his thoughts on CNN Sunday morning.
