Glenn Beck Online Network Set to Make $20 Million This Year [REPORT]

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Todd Wasserman
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Glenn Beck Online Network Set to Make $20 Million This Year [REPORT]
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The former Fox News personality, who left his TV job in June, has signed up 230,000 subscribers, even though his online show hasn't launched yet, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Prices to access the network, called GBTV, range from $4.95 a month to access Beck's two-hour show to $9.95 a month for that show plus documentaries and behind-the-scenes programs. Those two options are also available for $49.95 and $99.95 a year, respectively.

All told, GBTV, could take in as much as $20 million in its first year, according to a source in the article. Those 230,000 subscribers could also trump the 156,000 people who were watching the Oprah Winfrey Network in June. Beck was said to receive a $2.5 million annual salary from Fox News.

Reps from GBTV could not be reached for comment.

Beck's show on GBTV is set to premiere on Monday, a day after the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 and a date evoked by Beck's 9/12 Project. Beck launched the network in June featuring behind-the-scenes programming. That launch came after ratings for Glenn Beck on Fox News fell from 3 million viewers in January 2010 to 1.6 million in early 2011. In addition, Beck's provocative right-wing assertions caused more than 100 marketers to pull their ads from the show.

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