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I think there's probably some insight in this quote from the article: >"CNN wooed big-name talent, including Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, to join the service
by bogomipz 5y ago
I think there's probably some insight in this quote from the article:
>"CNN wooed big-name talent, including Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, to join the service."
It's probably less a tech spend and more of on-air talent and content spend. I believe they already had a streaming app so presumably they would have leveraged that existing work. This being said it is still an eye-popping sum for an entry into an already overcrowded market.
- gcanyon 5y agoIt’s insane to me that companies keep paying ex-Fox-talent to go mainstream. That’s like paying porn actors to make the jump to non-porn media: the skill sets required and reputation needed are just different. There are a few exceptions on both sides, but (sorry not sorry) Chris Wallace is not his father, and can never be his father.
- mbg721 5y agoEvidently Andy Rooney's kids are/were also involved in TV news to varying degrees, although I don't think any of them tried to market themselves in such a way that subscribers could hear about little things about daily life that annoyed each of them. 60 Minutes reputations clearly aren't hereditary.
- bogomipz 5y agoMike Wallace was sui generis and very much hard journalism . There's a actually good documentary on him called "Mike Walllace is Here." https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3821321241 https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3821321241
- robonerd 5y agoI suspect most of these people don't really hate each other as much as they pretend on TV. That goes for politicians too. There are exceptions I'm sure.