Needed: Network bailout?
Bad economy slows ad sales
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER





They've been living on borrowed time for the better part of two decades, thanks to advertisers willing to toss in more cash each year even as ratings slowly trended ever lower.

But with the economy in a tailspin -- and the Big Three auto manufacturers, some of TV's best advertisers, near ruin -- the biz may finally have to pull the emergency cord.

"This day was going to come," says one conglom bigwig. "I don't think the business can be sustained without real change at this juncture. ... We have a gun to all of our heads."...

Gasp report!

OH MY!!! Just the most shocking thing I've ever heard!!! That the MSM is losing viewers!!!! Who would have thought it??? And they might need tax payers to bail them out????...

Maybe you all should go canvas the democratic national committee for some of their funds? You certainly worked your tails off for them...surly you deserve some remuneration?