Beck: mainstream nightly newscasts 'out of business in the next three to five years

In an interview with the New York Times, Glenn Beck, talk radio host and publisher of TheBlaze, made a prediction: It's only a matter of years before the big nightly newscasts are out of business, he said.

From the Q&A:

You’ve said The Blaze could put traditional TV news out of business. That’s a bold prediction.

I learned that when Barbara Walters came and did an interview with me. They had about 50 people in our studio for two days — more people in my offices than we had employees. All for an eight-minute segment.

But do you really think that will happen?

The nightly news is doing a fine job of putting itself out of business. Who watches it? I mean really, besides my grandparents, who are both dead, who is watching the nightly news? I think we’ll be ready to put them out of business in the next three to five years.

Erica Ritz has more from the interview here.