John Krasinski Is Getting Slammed for Selling "Some Good News"
JOHN KRASINSKI is getting slammed for selling his YouTube show "Some Good News" to ViacomCBS.
John started the show, presumably just to brighten people's lives during the pandemic. He did eight episodes and charged nothing for them.
But there's talk that with the sale, at least some of the content will air on CBS All Access, which is a pay service. John IS staying with the show as a producer, but he's not hosting it anymore.
Here are some of the salty comments he's been getting on Twitter: "So he made 8 YouTube videos comprised largely of unpaid contributions from fans, sold the brand to a major conglomerate, and isn't even going to make it anymore? Just cashed out? Does this rub anyone else the wrong way, kinda?"
And this one: "This will lose the heart of SGN and become just another corporate money making watered down version of what it once was."
John hasn't replied to the hate, but the "SGN" Twitter account said, quote, "We are going to be free and available on multiple platforms. SGN lives on and we hope you come with us."
The show's YouTube channel has more than 2.5 million subscribers and over 70 million views.
(Read more negative reactions here.)