Is there a place for new ad-supported news channels?

Andrew Neil’s news channel GB News has itself been the source of headlines since its launch was announced. It has signed up some significant talent – often poached from other UK news outlets – and announced a suite of programing designed to separate itself from the nominally objective Sky News and BBC. It is by no means a cheap experiment in adding to media plurality in the UK, even if its proponents claim it appeals to a marginalized part of the population.