I'm sure that mattered, but not as much as the overall business model. I don't know who decided to gamble on another cable news network, but both cable news an

I'm sure that mattered, but not as much as the overall business model. I don't know who decided to gamble on another cable news network, but both cable news and cable in general are saturated markets in the U.S., and they're saturated on a sinking ship. It's unlikely the next generation of viewers is going to watch nearly as much "classic cable" as the currently-exiting generation.