Rupert Murdoch Considered Buying 'The Apprentice' For Fox After Trump's 2020 Loss
2 years ago

Rupert Murdoch Considered Buying 'The Apprentice' For Fox After Trump's 2020 Loss

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Fox Corp. Chair Rupert Murdoch talked about acquiring “The Apprentice” — the NBC business reality show that made Donald Trump a household name — following the former president’s 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden, according to new court filings. In a sworn deposition in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News for promoting Trump’s bogus election fraud claims, Murdoch revealed he’d tossed around the idea with son and top Fox executive Lachlan Murdoch, the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Rupert Murdoch said in his deposition that he feared Trump could “kill” the show by turning it into “a full-time campaign vehicle.” “We just got over the idea,” Murdoch said. We talk about it, we do something, or we don’t do it.” Murdoch rejected the suggestion that acquiring the rights could “satisfy” Trump, who after his 2020 defeat turned against Fox News and Murdoch, and encouraged his supporters to watch other right-wing channels.

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Trump's 'The Apprentice' re-runs hit Amazon
1 week, 4 days ago

Trump's 'The Apprentice' re-runs hit Amazon

Raw Story  

Re-runs of "The Apprentice", the reality TV show that propelled Donald Trump into the US national consciousness, were riding high on Amazon Prime Video on Tuesday, the day after they hit the platform. While Trump was already a known quantity in New York celebrity circles in the 1980s and 1990s, "The Apprentice" catapulted him to broader national fame when it …

Amazon to stream Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’ reality TV series
1 week, 6 days ago

Amazon to stream Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’ reality TV series

CNN  

CNN — “The Apprentice,” the NBC reality show that propelled Donald Trump from real estate mogul to TV personality, is getting the streaming treatment at Amazon’s Prime Video. Amazon on Monday announced the show’s first seven seasons will stream exclusively on Prime Video, with the first season hitting the platform Monday and subsequent seasons hitting the platform every week. “Now, …

Trump’s casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferred
4 months ago

Trump’s casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferred

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There’s a common trait that President-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing as he selects those to serve in his new administration: experience on television. The trend was not lost on Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, who posted on social media after the Oz nomination: “We are becoming the world’s first nuclear-armed reality television show.” What to know …

Trump Asked Rupert Murdoch To Make Fox News Go Even Easier On Him: Report
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Asked Rupert Murdoch To Make Fox News Go Even Easier On Him: Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump reportedly held a meeting with Rupert Murdoch, the former chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp., to demand the conservative network be even nicer to Trump. “I’m going to see Rupert Murdoch,” Trump said at the end of an interview with the “Fox & Friends” hosts. “We’re not seeing Donald Trump do very …

Trump admits he's demanding Rupert Murdoch stop running 'negative ads' on Fox News
5 months ago

Trump admits he's demanding Rupert Murdoch stop running 'negative ads' on Fox News

Raw Story  

Donald Trump ended his interview with "The Fox & Friends" by admitting he was about to issue some demands for the network's founder Rupert Murdoch. Read Also: The week Fox News finally faces its reckoning "I'm going to tell him something very simple I can't talk to anybody else about. "I'm gonna say, 'Rupert, do it this way, and then …

Trailer for The Apprentice starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump is REJECTED by CBS and ABC during debates and news broadcasts
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trailer for The Apprentice starring Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump is REJECTED by CBS and ABC during debates and news broadcasts

Daily Mail  

CBS and ABC both passed on airing 15-second trailers for the controversial movie The Apprentice during the presidential and vice presidential debates, as well as news coverage, the movie's distributor said. Distribution company Briarcliff Entertainment told TMZ that both networks declined to air the commercial for the film - in which Sebastian Stan plays Donald J. Trump in the 1970s …

Donald Trump news: For years, I couldn’t say what he did on The Apprentice. Now I can.
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump news: For years, I couldn’t say what he did on The Apprentice. Now I can.

Slate  

On Jan. 8, 2004, just more than 20 years ago, the first episode of The Apprentice aired. “Trump is the only one who agreed to sign on.” “We’ll make it work,” Bienstock says confidently. So much so that the man stands when Trump tells him, “It seems unanimous.” Trump then offhandedly tells him to sit down, calling him “a wild …

How will cable news thrive without Donald Trump in the White House?
4 years, 4 months ago

How will cable news thrive without Donald Trump in the White House?

LA Times  

It’s never pretty for a hit TV show when it loses its biggest star. Newsmax’s most watched personality — former Fox News correspondent and local Fox TV station host Greg Kelly — has told viewers, “It’s not over,” giving Trump followers hope. “Roger said, ‘It’s fine with me but if you try to launch a cable channel to my right, …

Why the president likely won’t create ‘Trump TV’ after the White House
4 years, 4 months ago

Why the president likely won’t create ‘Trump TV’ after the White House

LA Times  

Four years ago when polls pointed to a win for Hillary Clinton, the next move expected for then-candidate Donald Trump was a TV channel bearing his name. But launching a cable network with Trump’s name — an idea floated four years ago — would be a difficult climb in the TV landscape, where consumers have shifted away from pay TV …

The moment Fox News called the election and ended the Trump love affair
4 years, 4 months ago

The moment Fox News called the election and ended the Trump love affair

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shortly after the Associated …

‘Apprentice’ Windfall Helped Trump Prop Up Floundering Empire, NY Times Finds
4 years, 5 months ago

‘Apprentice’ Windfall Helped Trump Prop Up Floundering Empire, NY Times Finds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump made more than $427 million from his role on “The Apprentice” and licensing deals to monetize that reality show fame, a staggering figure that helped him offset years of reported tax losses and let him rebrand himself as a savvy business mogul, according to the latest report on Trump’s tax history by The New …

President Trump keeps pitching "The Apprentice: White House" to NBC creator Mark Burnett: report
5 years, 4 months ago

President Trump keeps pitching "The Apprentice: White House" to NBC creator Mark Burnett: report

Salon  

According to a report in the Daily Beast, Donald Trump has been keeping in touch with the creator of the ‘Apprentice‘ TV show over the possibility of re-booting the reality show as a White House version. The reports states, “Since taking office in early 2017, the president has confided to close associates that he misses hosting ‘The Apprentice’ and ‘The …

President Trump turned cable news into must-see TV in 2017
7 years, 2 months ago

President Trump turned cable news into must-see TV in 2017

LA Times  

Before President Trump occupied the White House, he was known for bragging about the ratings for his NBC reality show “The Apprentice.” Based on the year-end Nielsen ratings for cable news, Trump can rightfully start boasting again. Fox News finished 2017 as the most-watched cable network in all of TV for the second consecutive year, with an average of 1.5 …

The Trump Show
7 years, 11 months ago

The Trump Show

Al Jazeera  

A look at the blurred lines between Donald Trump, reality TV star and Donald Trump, President of the United States. From his long, unwieldy press conferences to the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice in prime time, Donald Trump delivers on spectacle. The Apprentice, a show fronted and co-produced by Donald Trump, established him as a gospel of success, despite …

Analysis: Trump wants NBC to thank him for ‘The Apprentice’ profits with better coverage about him
8 years ago

Analysis: Trump wants NBC to thank him for ‘The Apprentice’ profits with better coverage about him

LA Times  

In the flurry of news on his tax returns, his troubled healthcare plan and his suspicion that his phones were bugged, it was easy to miss one of President Trump’s most startling comments Wednesday night on Fox News. I was very good to NBC, and they are despicable — they’re despicable in their coverage.” What do NBC’s profits on “The …

President Trump will be a boon and a challenge for the cable news business
8 years, 2 months ago

President Trump will be a boon and a challenge for the cable news business

LA Times  

Cable news networks had reason to feel bittersweet about the end of 2016 as Donald Trump’s historic campaign for the White House drove their ratings to record levels. — Jonathan Klein, veteran TV news executive “He is the most ripe target for legitimate journalistic investigation that’s come along in decades because of how he so blatantly positions himself as a …

Donald Trump will keep his executive producer role on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
8 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump will keep his executive producer role on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump will keep his executive producer credit on NBC’s Celebrity …

Donald Trump will remain producer on new season of The Apprentice
8 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump will remain producer on new season of The Apprentice

Live Mint  

Los Angeles: President-elect Donald Trump will be an executive producer on The New Celebrity Apprentice, the reality show in which he once starred, when its season begins 18 days before his inauguration. Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for the president-elect, didn’t respond to a question about his position with The New Celebrity Apprentice, saying only, “Additional details regarding Mr. Trump’s business …

In Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ run, reality wasn’t what it seemed
8 years, 5 months ago

In Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ run, reality wasn’t what it seemed

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The skyline shimmers, the music pulses and Donald Trump’s helicopter swoops in for a landing. It turns out that the unseen side of “The Apprentice” was darker : Show insiders have told the AP that in his years as a reality TV boss, Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, rating female contestants by the size of their …

If Donald Trump loses the election, launching a TV network won’t be an easy plan B
8 years, 6 months ago

If Donald Trump loses the election, launching a TV network won’t be an easy plan B

LA Times  

After presidential candidates fall short in the their bids for the White House, they typically write books, make speeches and wait for the wounds of their defeat to heal. “That gives you a clue of how hard it is in this particular environment.” Even during cable’s growth years, the investment required to get carriage on cable and satellite systems could …

Donald Trump discussed continuing doing The Apprentice from the White House
8 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump discussed continuing doing The Apprentice from the White House

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With one eye always on his personal brand, Donald Trump once …

The Scam Behind Donald Trump’s Political Rise
8 years, 7 months ago

The Scam Behind Donald Trump’s Political Rise

Huff Post  

Donald Trump and his aides face candidates for the job of "The Apprentice" in this undated publicity photo from the TV show. Trump’s a clown with a credit card.’” “I’ve had donors say: ‘I’m a billionaire. Trump’s a clown with a credit card.’” - Rick Wilson, Florida political consultant “Trump is the master of creating a perception that he is …

Who is Donald Trump?
8 years, 8 months ago

Who is Donald Trump?

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN brings you the stories of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump from those who know them best in two CNN Special Reports, “Unfinished Business: The Essential Hillary Clinton” and “All Business: The Essential Donald Trump.” The documentaries air back-to-back starting Monday at 8 p.m. For a look at Clinton, CNN — Heir to a construction fortune, business magnate, …

Why can’t NBC and ‘Saturday Night Live’ make up their minds about Donald Trump?
9 years ago

Why can’t NBC and ‘Saturday Night Live’ make up their minds about Donald Trump?

LA Times  

“Saturday Night Live” and its network, NBC, seemingly can’t decide what to do with Donald Trump. Another says she’s voting for Trump because “he’s not some cautious politician.” “He says what I’m thinking,” she said, while showing that the item she’s been ironing all along is a hooded KKK uniform. “Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding …

Fox Business Network say Donald Trump will keep going on TV nonstop
9 years, 2 months ago

Fox Business Network say Donald Trump will keep going on TV nonstop

Daily Mail  

Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo said Tuesday that Donald Trump would likely continue his all-Donald-all-the-time strategy with the news media if he were to win the White House. Both Fox Business Network anchors said they were surprised at Rand Paul's decision to steer clear of Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday night instead of accepting an invitation to appear in …

NBC Cuts Ties With Donald Trump Over Derogatory Immigrant Comments
9 years, 8 months ago

NBC Cuts Ties With Donald Trump Over Derogatory Immigrant Comments

Huff Post  

NBC has cut ties with business mogul Donald Trump, whose show "The Apprentice" has aired on the network since 2004, over Trump's recent derogatory statements about immigrants. According to a statement, the network is "ending its business relationship" with Trump, noting the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and "The Apprentice" will no longer air on NBC. Trump recently …

Donald Trump: Business magnate and reality TV star announces he will run for White House
9 years, 9 months ago

Donald Trump: Business magnate and reality TV star announces he will run for White House

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 69-year-old Republican business tycoon and reality television host made the announcement on Tuesday …

‘American Idol’ Trumps ‘The Apprentice’
21 years, 2 months ago

‘American Idol’ Trumps ‘The Apprentice’

LA Times  

Times Staff Writer Real estate mogul Donald Trump is moving in with “Friends.” Afraid of watching its newest hit flattened by the ratings steamroller of Fox Broadcasting Co.’s “American Idol,” NBC on Thursday scrambled its prime-time schedule and moved its new unscripted show starring The Donald from Wednesday to Thursday nights, beginning next week. NBC withdrew “The Apprentice” -- which …

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