TYT Network covers politics, lifestyle, pop culture, science, sport and other social topics.
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23 Facts About TYT Network
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For most of its existence TYT Network relied on small grassroots financial contributions from its viewership to sustain itself as an independent news organization.
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However, in 2017 TYT sought to expand its media network and hire more staff through various venture capital fundraising efforts that raised $20 million.
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In 2017, TYT sought to expand its media network and hire more staff through various venture capital fundraising efforts that raised $20-million.
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Success of TYT Network is due to a large extent of their shift from radio to the internet through the broadcast of programming content on online platforms.
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Support by viewers for alternative media outlets like TYT adopting new technology has meant the network was able to overcome being a small sized organization of the traditional alternative media landscape.
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TYT Network nonetheless has relied on small grassroots financial contributions from its viewers that gave it the ability to emerge as an alternative media organization that does not advocate for the interests of corporations.
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The financial contributions TYT Network received went to renting a studio, and to purchase production equipment and furniture.
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TYT Network stated it would use the funds to "hire additional management execs and creative talent, as well as enhance its subscription-video offering and expand marketing initiatives".
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TYT Network operates under a strategy of diversifying its finances that involves the airing of socially responsible advertisements, offering subscriptions for TYT Network membership, selling its own merchandise and other investments.
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In mid-December 2017, Politico reported that TYT Network was courting former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather to host a news show.
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On January 21,2018, TYT Network confirmed that it will show The News with Dan Rather, a half-hour "untraditional evening newscast" weekly on Mondays in the time slot before the main Young Turks show.
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TYT Network is reliant on its multimedia platforms to attract online viewers and its audience are "young, educated, affluent and politically interested" people who consume news from online sources.
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Uygur urged his employees not to, as he stated TYT is a small media organization and the move would endanger its financial viability, however the network supported its workers holding a secret ballot to unionize.
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On January 2,2013, Current TV was sold to Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera Media TYT Network, which announced plans to reorganize the channel as Al Jazeera America, focusing on world news and investigative content with a more neutral tone; with the move, the channel would discontinue its talk programming slate, including The Young Turks with Cenk Ugyur, which ended its run on Current TV on August 15,2013, shortly before the network's relaunch.
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Examples include TYT Network calling for gun control and the need to mitigate violence by police during its coverage of the 2018 Parkland school shooting.
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In similar coverage of shootings, TYT Network has provided information on gun and crime related homicide numbers and placed into context the laws, police training and additional factors that worsen the situation.
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TYT Network has criticized politicians from the US Democratic Party for alleged attachment to financial interests and for appearing to be progressive.
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Hosts on TYT Network have called for the Democratic Party to undergo a revitalization process.
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The network has been critical of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and its supporters like Hillary Clinton, whereas TYT approved of Senator Bernie Sanders' opposition to it.
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TYT Network was skeptical about claims of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
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For example, TYT Network townhalls are hosted in local communities involving a moderator asking questions of the expert panel followed by audience questions, with the events streamed on YouTube and on-demand web access for its subscription membership.
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In 2018, TYT Network featured other progressive political candidates on Rebel HQ such as Richard Ojeda during his congressional run, gubernatorial candidates Cynthia Nixon who ran in New York State and Christine Hallquist in Vermont to discuss their policies.
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