CBS Gave Us All the Middle Finger…Colbert and Meidas?!!

By Ben Meiselas

CBS has destroyed itself for Donald Trump. They gave us all the middle finger again.

By the time its parent company, Paramount, merges with Skydance for $8 billion, it’s not even clear what is left of CBS as a news network. They gutted 60 Minutes. Their top executives left. Last night they announced they were getting rid of Stephen Colbert and the entire Late Night franchise.

I wrote an open letter to Stephen Colbert yesterday that has already been read over a million times. I called on Colbert to join us at the MeidasTouch Network. The responses we’ve received have been overwhelmingly positive.

A Message to Stephen Colbert from MeidasTouch

The reality is that CBS does not have a real audience. None of these legacy networks do anymore. People watched CBS for the programs and hosts they trusted. CBS controlled the distribution on a key channel and people didn’t have other options. CBS took its audience for granted. They got rid of their best news shows and the top comedian today. Is CBS going to rebrand itself as a MAGA channel now? Good luck with that.

Ultimately, the MeidasTouch Network would be the perfect new home for Stephen Colbert because we are built not by right-wing oligarchs but by the people. The subscriptions to this Substack fuel the MeidasTouch Network, and the MeidasTouch Network now gets more views than any news or cable news network.

It’s actually not even close how many more digital views Meidas gets than CBS. I would estimate we get about 250 million more YouTube views than CBS does in any given month.

Imagine having Colbert deliver his monologue on the Meidas YouTube channel. Imagine streaming Colbert live on Meidas. There would be a bigger audience, a more engaged audience, and the freedom to say what he wants.

The MeidasTouch Network has grown to where it makes sense to have Colbert as a host. I think and hope we are in the competition for where he will go next. I think CBS just betrayed what’s left of its audience and made a loser move. But their loss is our gain at MeidasTouch.

Alright folks, we will keep you updated if we hear back from Colbert. Thanks to all our subscribers for making us the most-viewed news network in America and putting us in the best position to attract the best talent leaving corporate news.

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