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R.I.P. NRATV… and possibly Ackerman McQueen

12:51 PM EDT on June 26, 2019

Our thoughts and prayers go out to NRATV and Ackerman McQueen.

In case you missed it, the failing NY Times reported yesterday that the NRA officially wrapped a blindfold over NRATV's eyes and placed it in front of the firing squad.

Here are the details:

The National Rifle Association has shut down production at NRATV.

The N.R.A. on Tuesday also severed all business with its estranged advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen, which operates NRATV, the N.R.A.’s live broadcasting media arm, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The New York Times.

While NRATV may continue to air past content, its live broadcasting will end and its on-air personalities — Ackerman employees including Dana Loesch — will no longer be the public faces of the N.R.A. It remained unclear whether the N.R.A. might try to hire some of those employees, but there was no indication it was negotiating to do so.

Based on all the lawsuits, coup attempts, questionable billing practices, and public back-and-forth squabbling between the NRA and Ackerman McQueen, this news was expected. In fact, it appears Ackerman has been preparing for it!