Says the New York Times:

Glenn Beck is planning to charge his fans a monthly subscription for his daily talk show online starting this summer, as he makes the move from being a Fox News host to the owner of his own Internet network.

On Tuesday, Mr. Beck will announce a first-of-its-kind effort to take a popular — but also fiercely polarizing — television show and turn it into its own subscription enterprise. It is an adaptation of the business models of both HBO and Netflix for one man’s personal brand — and a huge risk, as he and his staff members acknowledged in interviews in recent days.

Beck will reportedly charge $5 to $10 a month for the privilege of seeing his pasty white mug on the internet. It's probably a smart financial move for him to capitalize on the few diehard fans he has left, since his broader audience is leaving him behind in droves. But he surely can't be entertaining any notions of regaining his once-massive media empire from this platform.