Tucker Carlson Is Still Getting the Last Laugh as He Launches an Ad Deal With PublicSq.

Tucker Carlson appears to be getting the last laugh in the wake of his abrupt dismissal by Fox News. On Friday, Carlson headlined Blaze Media’s Family Leadership Summit in Iowa, where he interviewed most of the 2024 Republican presidential contenders (except Donald J. Trump and Chris Christie) as only Carlson, in his inimitable style, could. Then on Saturday, he lit up Turning Point’s ACTCON in Florida by giving a speech that pretty much divested former Vice President Mike Pence of any presidential hopes and gave his hot take on the White House cocaine conundrum.
So, it is apparent that Tucker’s fire and juice have only increased since his unceremonious firing by the network. It’s pretty clear that Fox News may be missing him (in terms of their ratings), but Tucker Carlson is most definitely not missing Fox News. He has moved on, in every sense of the word, and is already building his own media empire. As my colleague Nick Arama reported Friday, Carlson and his Daily Caller partner Neil Patel are mounting a new media enterprise and raising funds from interested investors. It would follow the model of Twitter and Substack, offering paid subscriptions for longer and specialty content, even from other personalities and hosts.
JUST IN: Tucker Carlson has agreed to a seven-figure deal with conservative shopping app Public Square for his new show on Twitter according to CNBC.
You know what this means… a meltdown from Fox News is imminent.
The news of the advertising deal is great considering it.

 

According to the Daily Mail U.K., part of this new media empire involves a commercial ad partnership with conservative marketplace PublicSq.
Carlson launched his free Twitter show shortly after his ouster.
It is unclear exactly how much he makes from his once-a-week episodes, but his most recent episode was viewed more than 92.2 million times.
If he is backed by ads bought at a rate of $4 for every 1,000 views, that means Carlson made $368,800 for that one episode.
If Carlson could keep up that pace, he would make $19.1million this year.
And if Twitter took the standard 20 percent ad commission, Carlson would still make $95.8million.
PublicSq marked a perfect opportunity to earn some of that money as it prepares to go public later this month.
It markets itself as a patriotic, America-first alternative to Amazon.
The company is being backed by conservative bigwigs including Donald Trump Jr. and former Senate candidate Blake Masters.
Last week, its leadership and top financiers discussed its investment strategy for getting more donors in the door by focusing on the company’s conservative ‘parallel economy,’ they say sets itself apart from other online marketplaces.
The company is the ‘foundation of this new economy,’ said Malik – who moved from New York to Florida to try and escape the country’s political and cultural divisions.
This comes on the heels of PublicSq‘s conversion to a publicly traded company on Thursday, July 20. Omeed Malik is the CEO of the company backing PublicSq’s stock offering. According to the Daily Mail, Malik also plans to sink money into Carlson’s venture through his private investment firm, 1789 Capital. 1789 Capital focuses its investments on companies and firms that support deglobalization and Anti-ESG initiatives. The ad deal is being inked through Carlson’s team and PublicSq directly.
What of the lawsuit lodged by Fox News alleging that Carlson, in jump-starting his media presentation with his Tucker on Twitter program, has breached the non-compete clause of his contract, which was slated to end in 2025? It seems the organization continues to double down in pursuing its claims against Carlson.
In a letter to Carlson’s representatives, FOX lawyers argued that under his contract Carlson’s ‘services shall be completely exclusive to Fox.’
It adds that Carlson’s contract says he is ‘prohibited from rendering services of any type whatsoever, whether ‘over the internet via streaming or similar distribution, or other digital distribution whether now known or hereafter devised.’
Carlson’s lawyers, however, claim the network is violating Carlson’s First Amendment right to Free Speech.
While they attempt to get blood from a turnip, Fox News is seemingly bending over on lawsuits filed against them by Ray Epps and former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, while attempting to recapture its audience share that left when they fired Carlson. While making the claim of a new Primetime lineup, it is essentially a retread of the same old faces. Faces that, save for one, rode Carlson’s coattails into ratings glory.
Good luck with that, Fox.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/07/17/tucker-carlson-is-still-getting-the-last-laugh-as-he-launches-an-ad-deal-with-publicsq-n777867

(Has anyone checked this out? Ordered anything? Heard anything?)

‘Anti-Woke’ Alternative (PublicSq) to Amazon to go Public This Month.
A new online marketplace that promotes itself as a conservative and patriotic alternative to Amazon is preparing to ring the bell on the New York Stock Exchange and take the company public.
According to the Daily Mail, the San Diego-based PublicSq, which first launched in August of 2022, has already drawn the support of prominent America First figures such as Donald Trump Jr. and former Arizona Senate nominee Blake Masters. The company plans to attract more investors by highlighting its status within the so-called “parallel economy” of conservative alternatives to larger, left-wing businesses, according to excerpts from an investor call on Tuesday.
Trump, who was present on the call, said that it was “awesome” to see the company make an effort to reach out to the “forgotten man, woman, and business of this country.”
“So to be a part of this team, to see what’s going on, to hear the success stories of the people that have been helped by the platform, even in its infancy…it’s just a very, very exciting time,” Trump added.
“I’ve just seen how badly needed PublicSq is,” said Masters. “It’s not just Republicans, by the way, who are crying out. If you look at survey data, it’s Republicans, it’s Democrats, it’s Independents. Pretty much nobody likes corporate America just deciding to install woke values on us when we’re trying to shop for toilet paper or buy a new crib for our baby.”
The marketplace has already seen a doubling of its total number of users in the aftermath of the Bud Light boycott, the first of several instances of major companies facing strong pushback from consumers over support for the ideology of transgenderism ahead of and during the month of June, which some celebrate as “gay pride month.” Other companies that faced backlash include Target and the L.A. Dodgers. Amazon, like many major companies, also repeatedly espouses left-wing beliefs and engages in censorship of conservative products.
As of May 31st, PublicSq reported having over one million active users, after previously having only about 560,000 as of March 31st. PublicSq will ring the bell of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 20th, officially taking the company public.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12296995/Amazons-anti-woke-alternative-prepares-ring-bell-New-York-Stock-Exchange.html