The highly touted and heavily promoted Air America seems to be in it's death throes:
On March 31, 2004, Air America Radio, promoted as the liberal antidote to conservative-dominated talk radio, was launched with great fanfare and prolific media coverage.
Since then, it has generated headlines while losing some stations and picking up others. In April, it fired head writer Lizz Winstead, cocreator of Comedy Central's Daily Show, who is suing for back pay (including money she says she is owed for flogging Vermont Teddy Bears).
Her show, which costarred ex-rapper Chuck D, has been replaced by TV talkmeister Jerry Springer, who is mulling a run for governor of Ohio.
Now that it's possible to compare ratings for this spring to last year's start-up, it's clear that the network has yet to climb out of the cellar.
Air America's overall ratings, which rose initially after all the free publicity, faded before the November election and haven't recovered.
You know when stories such as this--Air America getting greedy with charity money--are printed, it can't be a good omen.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Air America is Dead
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Scott,
I think you're much too hopeful. Remember, the Dems ae fantastic about throwing money at unprofitable lost causes they deem to be for the social good.
Unions, NPR, Kerry...I think you see my point but we can all dream.
Scott at POV
Scott - Don't worry. Airless America is too top heavy to stay aloft, and is falling to earth piece by piece. We should all be running to get out of the way, only to trample on the ruins once they crash to earth. Can't wait to blog that day!
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