Mr. Katzenberg expressed disappointment with those numbers. “Is it the avalanche of people that we wanted and were going for out of launch?” he said. “The answer is no. It’s not up to what we wanted. It’s not close to what we wanted.”
Quibi placed a large bet on news programming for a lineup of shows from NBC, BBC, Telemundo and ESPN that it filed under the name Daily Essentials. Interest in those segments has been minimal. “The Daily Essentials are not that essential,” Mr. Katzenberg quipped.
Source: Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start – The New York Times
