John Krasinski slammed as sellout for cashing in on 'Some Good News' - New York Post

It’s decidedly bad news for John Krasinski’s squeaky clean reputation?

Ever since news broke that the “Quiet Place” star had agreed to sell his positive story broadcast “Some Good News,” which he developed for YouTube in March, critics have descended on social media to call out the 40-year-old actor/director for “selling out.”.

“For years now, I’ve been wondering, ‘Why is there not a news show dedicated entirely to good news?’ Well, desperately seeking my fix somewhere else, I reached out to all of you this week, asking — nay, begging — for some good news,” he began.

All told, “Some Good News” earned nearly 1 million followers on Instagram and 2.57 million subscribers on YouTube, with each broadcast bringing in between 3 million and 17 million viewers.

“Remember when he created this free feel good YouTube show to ‘make people feel good’ and now he is…………….selling it for $$$.

‘Mmmmm taste that sweet sweet capitalism.’.

Some Good News was pure and wonderful and ViacomCBS using it as a ‘multiplatform showcase across the conglomerate’s brands’ makes me want to stab myself in the eyeballs,” added Josh Pigford, a tech entrepreneur

Krasinski, at least, has high hopes for the new and hopefully improved “Some Good News.” In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter this week, he said, “Could not be more excited and proud to be partnering with CBS/Viacom to be able to bring ‘Some Good News’ to so many more people

From the first episode, our goal was to create a news show dedicated entirely to good news

Never did I expect to be joining the ranks of such a historic news organization as CBS.”

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