MAGA darling Elon Musk is flirting with the idea of buying MSNBC.
The network has been spun off by owner Comcast in the latest sign of trouble after a dire year of plunging ratings and hysterical performances from anchors.
While it’s not for sale, the idea that it could change hands is being widely speculated over.
It comes as Comcast is spinning off into a new company many of the cable television networks that were once at the entertainment giant’s heart as consumers increasingly swap out their cable TV subscriptions for streaming platforms.
Comcast’s move to spin off its NBCUniversal networks would have been a staggering move just years ago, with its fleet of channels previously among the company’s most profitable assets.
But the decision will see channels including MSNBC, USA, Oxygen, E!, and Golf Channel branched off onto a separate entity – and placed on a separate balance sheet.
The blood in the water at MSNBC set Donald Trump Jr’s tongue wagging on Friday. He joked on X: “Hey Elon Musk… I have the funniest idea ever!”
How much does it cost?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 22, 2024
He was responding to a post that incorrectly claimed the network is already up for sale.
Musk, who launched a hostile takeover for Twitter and won, took the bait.
“How much?” he replied in his own post.
It was the same question he asked in 2017 when a Twitter user urged him to buy the site. Four years later he purchased the platform for $44billion and rebranded it as X.
