Despite his distaste for Facebook and Google, it’s been clear for a while that Glenn Beck sees the writing on the wall-post; the Internet is the future. Last night, the New York Times got an exclusive scoop on what his part of the future will look like. The rumors have been confirmed. Beck will be starting a “live streaming video network” called GBTV and will continue to have a daily show. Only, now, it will be two hours long and viewers will be paying him monthly subscriptions instead of sending the money to the cable company.

In May, we told you about a study that predicted one in eight Americans would stop paying for cable TV in 2010. And though that conjecture may have made the industry sweat, it was only theoretical. Now, though, Brian Stelter at Media Decoder is reporting that due to a persistently weak economy, the amount of Americans paying for TV service has dropped two quarters in a row.

Asides from the various news channels, the folks in my apartment only really watch HBO, AMC, and Comedy Central. However, if any of you came over to visit, I’m positive you could sit down and turn on ESPN 32 or Game Show Network Latin (the one broadcast, not in Spanish, but in the actual dead language) because that’s what the cable companies make us get just so I can keep up with Boardwalk Empire. You can all relate, I’m sure. However, a cable company in Vermont is trying to change that by looking for a way to have viewers subscribe by the channel.

If you are reading this post you are probably aware that after President Obama‘s Oval Office address last week just about every pundit and anchor on MSNBC did a 180* and turned on the president. Headline news! Foreshadowing certain doom for the Dems in November. Except did it matter? Probably not to the country at large.

Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, discloses her plan for ensuring the future security of network and cable TV providers everywhere: nail a television set to the wall of every dorm room in America!

The New York Times is reporting that Oprah Winfrey will announce tomorrow that she is ending her syndicated talk show in 2011 at the end of her 25th season.

Earlier this month Nikki Finke reported that Oprah would close up shop and move to cable in early 2011. It looks like she knew what she was talking about.

Earlier this morning there was speculation that Glenn Beck was the new Oprah Winfrey of the book world, due to his ability to affect the sales of fiction thrillers. Well if Nikki Finke is right Winfrey may be contemplating a move into Glenn Beck territory, namely, cable TV.

In case you’re not able to enjoy the magic of Glenn Beck on a regular basis, we here at Mediaite are happy to provide you with a new, Daily Show inspired feature we like to call ‘Your Moment of Glenn.’ Behold.

Pretty much the only topic President Barack Obama has wanted to discuss in his summer media saturation tour is his health care reform plan. Alas, it frequently seems to be the last thing the cablers covering him prefer to focus on. However health care appears to be making a cable and op-ed page comeback in the form of some recent contentious town hall meetings.