ditchman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 (edited) GB News makes £6.7 million on advertising...... last year it cost £40 odd million to run.....so it is making a loss of £33 million quid Question......how the hell can it continue to survive on air....... am i missing something here ?? EDIT ...is it funded by Elon Musk ?? Edited January 8 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Dubai hedge fund and billionaire Paul Marshall and other donors, Google it, loads of info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 1 minute ago, old'un said: Dubai hedge fund and billionaire Paul Marshall and other donors, Google it, loads of info. yeah i understand that.......but why still keep funding it when it is garunteed to make a loss year after year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Someone as an agenda, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 13 minutes ago, old'un said: Someone as an agenda, maybe? 🙂 There’s ALWAYS an agenda. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 47 minutes ago, ditchman said: yeah i understand that.......but why still keep funding it when it is garunteed to make a loss year after year We had too much Ying (left biased MSM), needed some Yang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 It's not unusual for large companies to make losses in the initial years, GB News has entered a saturated news market and have to fight for recognition and viewers, no doubt the investers want a return so they will keep it affloat in the hope it breaks through and starts to turn a profit. The may be a time where the main investors think enough is enough and it would collapse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 as the masses can’t tell fact from fiction when it comes from a screen £33 million to keep brain washing them is a bargain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Most UK newspapers made a loss and used to be passed from millionaire to millionaire who would use them as vanity projects until they got bored, then moved them on. Then Rupert Murdoch got involved and decided to sort out the print unions and introduce more efficient methods. UK TV in the 50s and 60s used to be exceedingly profitable, but less so now. It hasn't yet had efficiency applied to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 It's an interesting one because I reckon the true viewership demographics of GB News would make it a prime advertising platform (white, conservative, tax payers / net contributors) but any brand attempting to advertise on there gets hounded by the very active rabid left - they can expect their social media accounts, trust pilot, google reviews and so on to be hammered by an organised hoard of the blue haired brigade from hope not hate. It will come good though and as everyone now sickens of the likes of the BBC and channel 4. Indeed, the G B News viewing figures are likely to signal a buy out by Murdoch and Co. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, clangerman said: as the masses can’t tell fact from fiction when it comes from a screen £33 million to keep brain washing them is a bargain how can you live so full of hate.....peace and love to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, clangerman said: as the masses can’t tell fact from fiction when it comes from a screen £33 million to keep brain washing them is a bargain Come on clangerman, you've always got something negative to say, what's your solutions? You often criticise anything anyone posts on the following subjects, so I'd be genuinely interested on your perspectives on the following subjects:- What sources are best for us to get information and news from? How do we tackle the illegal migration issues affecting the UK and the West in general? What political party/party's should we vote for and if non of them, then what should we do to effect change in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, 12gauge82 said: Come on clangerman, you've always got something negative to say, what's your solutions? You often criticise anything anyone posts on the following subjects, so I'd be genuinely interested on your perspectives on the following subjects:- What sources are best for us to get information and news from? How do we tackle the illegal migration issues affecting the UK and the West in general? What political party/party's should we vote for and if non of them, then what should we do to effect change in the UK? I would be interested too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, ditchman said: how can you live so full of hate.....peace and love to you hate? life is wonderful ditchy I couldn’t be more joyful lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 Just now, clangerman said: hate? life is wonderful ditchy I couldn’t be more joyful lol ............ making us right wingers lives a misery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, 12gauge82 said: Come on clangerman, you've always got something negative to say, what's your solutions? You often criticise anything anyone posts on the following subjects, so I'd be genuinely interested on your perspectives on the following subjects:- What sources are best for us to get information and news from? How do we tackle the illegal migration issues affecting the UK and the West in general? What political party/party's should we vote for and if non of them, then what should we do to effect change in the UK? more the unpleasant taste of truth than criticism it’s bit pointless my offering solutions when our only way of installing them is a pathetic vote or moan on a forum but if you dislike my odd thought process just join in the ridicule at least you will get a laugh from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 1 minute ago, clangerman said: more the unpleasant taste of truth than criticism it’s bit pointless my offering solutions when our only way of installing them is a pathetic vote or moan on a forum but if you dislike my odd thought process just join in the ridicule at least you will get a laugh from it dont change and dont go anywhere comrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, ditchman said: dont change and dont go anywhere comrad as I refuse to knuckle under or wear a fleece there’s nowhere else left! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 GB News is by far the best news channel out there. Sky and the BBC are rammed full of woke left wing bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 (edited) We have not watched any other news channel since soon after GBNews started, for the reason stated above. Edited January 8 by Good shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 6 hours ago, clangerman said: more the unpleasant taste of truth than criticism it’s bit pointless my offering solutions when our only way of installing them is a pathetic vote or moan on a forum but if you dislike my odd thought process just join in the ridicule at least you will get a laugh from it I'm not ridiculing, I'm interested in if you have any thoughts for solutions as you are always strongly opinionated on what not to do, but I have yet to see many of your ideas on a way forward? 6 hours ago, Weihrauch17 said: GB News is by far the best news channel out there. Sky and the BBC are rammed full of woke left wing bias. I watch many sources of news, including GB news, I find I hear of stories, some of them quiet big, that most news channels don't cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 On 08/01/2025 at 11:48, welsh1 said: It's not unusual for large companies to make losses in the initial years, GB News has entered a saturated news market and have to fight for recognition and viewers, no doubt the investers want a return so they will keep it affloat in the hope it breaks through and starts to turn a profit. The may be a time where the main investors think enough is enough and it would collapse. Surely the problem here is they’re at least 5 years too late? Many people, myself included, have given up on broadcast television. What’s the point paying £150/yr & having to sit through interminable, unskippable adverts, only be talked as though you were some kind of simpleton. The fact that ofcom have deigned to give a broadcast licence to a channel with possible right-of-centre views is simply not relevant to large parts of the population who’ve already “checked out” or young people who never even started watching ‘linear’ television. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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