Dr. Phil launching new media network of 'citizen journalists' after his first one goes bankrupt

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Source: The Independent

Saturday 26 July 2025 04:56 BST


Celebrity psychologist Dr Phil McGraw is launching a new media network that will provide opportunities for “citizen journalists” to share their stories, less than two weeks after a similar venture went bankrupt.

Envoy Media Co. will include “live, balanced news, original entertainment programming, and immersive viewer experiences,” according to a press release shared by The Hollywood Reporter.

It comes after McGraw’s conservative-leaning cable network, Merit Street Media, filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, barely a year after its launch, while also suing its distribution partner, Trinity Broadcasting, for breach of contract.

THC reported that Envoy Media will also include library programming and original shows from McGraw and his friend and fellow TV star Steve Harvey, who also collaborated on Merit Street. The release included that the network’s app would also “provide an opportunity for citizen journalists to share news and stories from their communities while seamlessly integrating curated user-generated content on a national scale.”

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/dr-phil-new-network-envoy-media-b2789577.html

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Can't keep a good hack down.

[lonely bird]

1. Fercryinoutloud

Grifters gotta grift.

And their marks gotta be marks.

[FarPoint]

2. May his successful bankruptcies continue....

What a slimy opportunist and grifter this one is..... I shake my head and still want to ask Oprah....Why did you not vet this man?

[BigmanPigman]

15. Don't forget the gift of Dr Oz

Oprah should apoligize to all of us. Meanwhile, many Dems, including here on DU, thought she should run for POTUS during tRump's 1st term.

[Skittles]

20. I've never been able to stand Oprah

she likes people like Oz and Phil because they're a lot like her

[BigmanPigman]

21. Good point!

[Skittles]

22. I remember seeing clips of those "giveaway" shows

the audience just shining in their adoration and clapping like seals......there she is, I thought, the real Oprah

[BigmanPigman]

23. I never watched her shows

since every time I saw a clip or references I was turned off 100%! She was a joke and after seeing people applaud her for wheeling out an actual wagon full of real fat I said, "She is not a serious journalist" and then she gained a ton of weight and started her diet BS. That $$$$$ BS of hers was obviously her agenda. No respect for her from me! She was perceived by many as some enlightened guru. Suuuuure?!? Phil Donahue was a zillion times more professional at TV "journalism" than Oprah ever was.

[twodogsbarking]

3. Dr. Full of Shit.

[tanyev]

4. Oh, great. Will he give a platform to all those First Amendment Auditor nutjobs?

😒

[rurallib]

5. I wish him all the worst

[Blue Owl]

6. Dr. Phil can go Phuck himself

[chouchou]

7. Oh Yeah..Everybody needs simplistic mind-garbage.

[hunter]

8. Did he lose enough of his personal wealth that it hurts him?

Was his house foreclosed on? Was his car repossessed in the middle of the night? Did he have to abandon a cart of groceries at the checkout counter when his card was denied?

No?

Then it's just business.

Clown doctor Phil and the circus of fuckwits and sociopaths who support him can all go to hell.

[SouthBayDem]

9. Is there really a market for watching random people's hot takes on TV?

When these are freely available on Facebook already?

[republianmushroom]

10. Following in the shoes of trump ?

[hay rick]

11. Ugh. nt

[AZ8theist]

12. Let's see if the first story from his "citizen journalist" is about what a fraud Dr Phil is.....

[mdbl]

13. Oh Boy! Another network for assholes.

Just what we need.

[FakeNoose]

14. What the hell are "citizen journalists"? It sounds like another term for "Fake News"

[Mysterian]

16. Also "cheap news"

I take it McGraw is not paying these volunteer "reporters."

[Mysterian]

17. Maybe report on neighbors who do not support MAGA America

and help the proper authorities check them out for prosecution!

[Dem4life1970]

18. Dr. Phil, it's over. To use your phrase "How's that workin' for ya?"

[Skittles]

19. it's never over for white rich male repukes

their grift can be endless