19-03-2023, 11:49 PM
(19-03-2023, 06:15 PM)Kojak Wrote: This NEWS website set to become BIGGEST in the UK...
Quote:[Geoff] Marsh joined GB News from the Daily Express, where he built its website into an SEO powerhouse, in October.Joking aside, this explains a lot. I've said this umpteen times, but everything about GB News gives off the vibe of a poor imitation of the Express (and that's not a compliment to the Express, believe me).
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GB News moved from its gbnews.uk URL to gbnews.com at the start of March to help build its presence outside the UK.
Marsh told staff the new website address “enables us to compete much more aggressively, much faster, globally. The United States is already our second biggest market, closely followed by Australia, Canada and Ireland, proving there’s a clear appetite for GB News across the English-speaking world.”
Quote:He said GB News’ business goal was to become “the number one news channel in the United Kingdom by 2028”.
I find it interesting that they have specifically said 2028. I wonder if this is based on an assumption that Sky News will cease broadcasting then? 2028 is when Comcast's initial 10-year funding period ends. It seems that perhaps GBN are banking on a potential closure of Sky News, plus the real closure of BBC News, to then become 'the UK's number one news channel' by default. That's if GB News is even around in 2028! If the losses continue at their current rates (10 times the channel's revenue!), I very much doubt it.
Someone probably needs to tell those in the gallery that the GBNEWS.UK graphic needs updating to the new URL.