Though none of them could be reached for comment:
BREAKING Air America: No More Live Programming
Filing Chapter 7 [liquidation]
By Tina Dupuy
FishbowlLA
We just received this memo:
From: Charlie KirekerDate: January 21, 2010 4:36:59 PM EST
To: All
Subject: Air America Operations
It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon, and that the Company will file soon under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to carry out an orderly winding-down of the business.
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Perhaps this is the long Hoped for Change?
Hat Tip: DaveInTexas at Ace of Spades
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Tags: Air America, Al Franken, Lefty Talk, Rachel Maddow
Comments (26)
Air America was on the air?... (Below threshold)1. Posted by sam | January 21, 2010 5:48 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Air America was on the air? Who knew?
1. Posted by sam | January 21, 2010 5:48 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 17:48
2. Posted by Gmac | January 21, 2010 5:51 PM | Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Looks like all that cash they got from the orphanage finally ran out.
Good thing Al got a real gig that has a lifetime payout.
/Sarchasm
Personally? The only good that came from that is that it exposed a lot of the statists for what they are. Tin eared control freaks that only have one point of view and if your's is different its wrong. Case in point, Al Franken and his violent outbursts against people he disagrees with.
2. Posted by Gmac | January 21, 2010 5:51 PM |
Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 17:51
3. Posted by howcome | January 21, 2010 5:56 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Will Steve Greene blame this on the Brown election.
3. Posted by howcome | January 21, 2010 5:56 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 17:56
4. Posted by mojo | January 21, 2010 6:03 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Sooner or later, you run out of orphan's money.
4. Posted by mojo | January 21, 2010 6:03 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:03
5. Posted by GarandFan | January 21, 2010 6:06 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
WOW! Scott Brown has THE POWER! Just ask Stevie Green. Maybe Scott Brown (he has THE POWER) will switch his gaze next onto MSNBC! Or ever, DARE WE ASK IT!, gaze onto Obama, Biden, Pelsoi and Reid!
5. Posted by GarandFan | January 21, 2010 6:06 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:06
6. Posted by 914 | January 21, 2010 6:07 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Air head America has never been the same since Al got all hemorroidal and decided to dedicate His life to fucking Minnesota..
As an aside, maybe they should let Siezer make the business decisions? He has a proven track record..
6. Posted by 914 | January 21, 2010 6:07 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:07
7. Posted by Sir Toby Belch | January 21, 2010 6:09 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
I'll bid $5 for Rachel Maddow's paperweight.
Mike Malloy will be back to eating rats and
crickets....gotta feel for the poor guy.
7. Posted by Sir Toby Belch | January 21, 2010 6:09 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:09
8. Posted by Tim | January 21, 2010 6:11 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Where's Randi Rhodes' next bottle of Night Train going to come from? I guess if she offers me a handjob for 2 bucks I'll give her 5 to leave me alone.
8. Posted by Tim | January 21, 2010 6:11 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:11
9. Posted by proof | January 21, 2010 6:12 PM | Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Let's have a moment of silence for Air America!
And another.
And another.
And another. Heh.
9. Posted by proof | January 21, 2010 6:12 PM |
Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:12
10. Posted by 914 | January 21, 2010 6:15 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
"Where's Randi Rhodes' next bottle of Night Train going to come from?"
I thought he died in a crazy train wreck?
10. Posted by 914 | January 21, 2010 6:15 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:15
11. Posted by James H | January 21, 2010 6:18 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Air America's problem IMO, was not that it was liberal, but that it wasn't entertaining.
11. Posted by James H | January 21, 2010 6:18 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:18
12. Posted by James H | January 21, 2010 6:23 PM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Three listeners? Were their numbers up this quarter?
12. Posted by James H | January 21, 2010 6:23 PM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:23
13. Posted by James H | January 21, 2010 6:27 PM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
I lean left politically, but I despised Air America because it was such a transparent attempt to put propaganda on the air, profits and audiences be damned.
That and, as I said, it just wasn't very good.
13. Posted by James H | January 21, 2010 6:27 PM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:27
14. Posted by 914 | January 21, 2010 6:34 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Thanks for being honest #13
14. Posted by 914 | January 21, 2010 6:34 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:34
15. Posted by G. | January 21, 2010 6:42 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
AWWWWWWWW! Darn it!!!!!
15. Posted by G. | January 21, 2010 6:42 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:42
16. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | January 21, 2010 6:46 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Couldn't they find enough selfless liberals to prop them up? Imagine that.
16. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | January 21, 2010 6:46 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:46
17. Posted by GarandFan | January 21, 2010 6:52 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Al Franken was unavailable for comment, having brought his 'comedy' show to the US Senate. Wonder if it ever bothers him that he got paid with money taken illegal from an orphanage fund.
17. Posted by GarandFan | January 21, 2010 6:52 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:52
18. Posted by macofromoc | January 21, 2010 6:53 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
that should be worth some carbon credits
18. Posted by macofromoc | January 21, 2010 6:53 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 18:53
19. Posted by DaveinWS | January 21, 2010 7:42 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
I question your count and challenge you to name the third listener.
I hate it when people inflate the real numbers.
19. Posted by DaveinWS | January 21, 2010 7:42 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 19:42
20. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | January 21, 2010 7:51 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
This makes abundant sense, given that liberals are bankrupt of rational thoughts, too.
20. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | January 21, 2010 7:51 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 19:51
21. Posted by JLawson | January 21, 2010 8:04 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
James H -
I listened to it once... and you're right. It wasn't entertaining at all.
I'll gladly listen to opinions I don't agree with if they're presented in a way that doesn't belittle the folks who disagree, as long as it's an engaging, amusing format.
And Air America just plain wasn't engaging or entertaining or amusing. Heck, when you can't even get enough sponsors to pay your own way because your ratings are terrible you'd think that would have been a clue - but apparently not...
21. Posted by JLawson | January 21, 2010 8:04 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 20:04
22. Posted by Jay Guevara | January 21, 2010 8:37 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
I blame Bush.
22. Posted by Jay Guevara | January 21, 2010 8:37 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 20:37
23. Posted by OregonMuse | January 21, 2010 10:49 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Of course it failed. What with CNN and NBC and NPR and CBS and ABC, the market for left-leaning broadcasting was pretty much saturated.
23. Posted by OregonMuse | January 21, 2010 10:49 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 21, 2010 22:49
24. Posted by poptoy | January 22, 2010 6:40 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Scott Brown wins--they go off the air---Hey this guy is good HUH?
24. Posted by poptoy | January 22, 2010 6:40 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on January 22, 2010 06:40
25. Posted by Oyster | January 22, 2010 8:11 AM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
"Where's Randi Rhodes' next bottle of Night Train going to come from? I guess if she offers me a handjob for 2 bucks I'll give her 5 to leave me alone."
Ouch!
And people want to talk about how "hateful" Limbaugh is? The frothing, vitriolic hate emanating from Air America was more than anyone could take.
25. Posted by Oyster | January 22, 2010 8:11 AM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on January 22, 2010 08:11
26. Posted by Jlawson | January 22, 2010 9:54 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Oyster, I don't think the left has the same definition of hate that you or I do. To them, 'hate' is disagreeing with their positions. To us, hate is expressing significantly more than disagreement, distaste or dislike for someone or something.
Beats me how they got the definitions so mixed up - but that's what seems to have happened.
26. Posted by Jlawson | January 22, 2010 9:54 AM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 22, 2010 09:54