One America News, the right-wing conspiracy channel favored by former President Donald Trump, will be dropped later this year by DirecTV, a spokesperson for the television carrier said Friday evening.
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- New York (CNN Business) One America News, the right-wing conspiracy channel favored by former President Donald Trump, will be dropped later this year by DirecTV, a spokesperson for the television carrier said Friday evening.
- Reuters, citing sworn testimony that an OAN accountant gave in 2020, reported last year that 90% of the channel’s revenue came from subscriber fees paid by AT&T-owned platforms, including DirecTV.
- AT&T T Discovery DISCA While DirecTV has since been spun off into a standalone company,still owns 70% of it.
- (AT&T also owns CNN, though it is spinning off CNN parent company WarnerMedia in a deal withexpected to be completed this year.)
- It is unknown what proportion of the channel’s revenue currently comes from DirecTV or how many households it will reach once DirecTV stops carrying it.