$50/year subscription fee to watch Bill O’Reilly talk doesn’t sound to bad of deal for his fans. Or for better perspective that’s 5 months worth of WWE Network viewing – PB/TK
Bill O’Reilly wants you to pay $50 a year to watch him bloviate – By Angelo Young / Aug 10 2017
One of America’s most famous blowhards, who built his fortune peddling his views to millions of factually challenged fans, is testing the public’s willingness to pay to watch him rant about liberals, gay marriage, black people in hoodies or whatever topic du jour has angry old white men cursing at their TVs.
Four months after Bill O’Reilly was booted from Fox News over sexual harassment allegations, the 67-year-old is betting that his loyalists will follow him into the world of premium internet-based broadcasting.
“Today we are starting an experiment,” O’Reilly said in a blog post Wednesday announcing the first episode of the new streaming version of his subscriber-only “No Spin News” podcast he’s been doing since his departure from Fox. Describing his new format as a prototype, O’Reilly is hoping that viewers will pay $50 a year for the half-hour-long studio-produced streaming news show. (It’s $55 if you don’t want the subscription to automatically renew.)
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