{"id":18920,"date":"2020-01-02T16:05:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T22:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18920"},"modified":"2020-01-02T16:05:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T22:05:38","slug":"nerd-news-desk-cord-cutting-woes-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/02\/nerd-news-desk-cord-cutting-woes-mailbag\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerd News Desk &#8211; Cord Cutting Woes, MAILBAG!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JMc856iaeFg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Nerd News Desk - Cord Cutting Woes, MAILBAG!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ri2ke-cd90f7?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=9&amp;btn-skin=102&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;pbad=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIt looks like Sling and FUBO TV have been knocked down by the Fox\/Disney merger\/split thing. 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