The Disney+ streaming service is reportedly facing an exodus of advertisers from its ad-supported tier after subscriptions failed to meet expectations and several high-profile Star Wars and other Lucasfilm series flopped with viewers.
Launched to drive more revenue into Disney’s coffers, the ad-supported tier of Disney+ is struggling to hold onto advertisers who have become disenchanted with the platform, according to a recent report from an anonymous advertising professional known as “Kiss My Grits” (“KMG”), who was featured on the Valliant Renegade YouTube channel.
“The ad tier subscription numbers are nowhere near what they assumed they were going to get,” KMG said in the video.
KMG also alleged that Disney+ has failed to deliver the promised number of ad impressions to certain advertisers.
“So they’re under-delivering by vast amounts on several of the campaigns that are running on that platform. And and as a result of what is happening is the advertisers are obviously not very happy. And so they are pulling money from those campaigns. They’re saying, ‘All right if you’re not meeting the delivery that you promised me, I’m placing that money elsewhere.’” […]
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Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
But even as it seems nearly impossible to make a living, there are blessings that should not be disregarded. By highlighting strong sponsors who share our America First worldview, we have been able to make lifelong connections and even a bit of revenue to help us along. This is why we enjoy symbiotic relationships with companies like MyPillow, Jase Medical, and Promised Grounds. We help them with our recommendations and they reward us with money when our audience buys from them.
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Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
