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Donald Trump Livestreams Third Debate On Facebook: A Glimpse Into Trump TV?

"Donald Trump has an audience, he has a message. It’s a matter of: can that sustain an entire network? I think it’s possible that it could," Glenn Hower, senior analyst for media/entertainment at market research firm Parks Associates, told Fortune. However, he added, similar attempts by political figures – such as Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, who launched a short-lived subscription web channel in 2014 – have failed.

From the article "Donald Trump Livestreams Third Debate On Facebook: A Glimpse Into Trump TV?" by Gretel Kauffman.

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