Friday’s theatrical release of the documentary, Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes, puts his life story in the public eye again. Two other Ailes projects, a feature film from director Jay Roach and a Showtime miniseries, are also in the works.
Fox News’s Ethical Standards Are A ‘Mystery’
Margaret Sullivan: “There are ethical standards at Fox News, we’re told. But just what they are, or how they’re enforced, is an enduring mystery. The network can’t seem to figure out whether it’s an arm of the Trump administration or a news network — or somehow, impossibly, both.”
Exclusives
Fox News Channel says it is disciplining employees who worked with the Trump administration to craft a Fox & Friends interview last year with former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. An email exchange showed Pruitt’s aides suggesting the interview, passing along “talking points” and given script approval by a Fox producer.
The cable network’s new streaming channel debuts Tuesday. It offers commentary programs, specialty shows and documentaries that feature familiar personalities including Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy, Laura Ingraham, Dana Perino and Britt McHenry as well as pro wrestler Tyrus. The one element of Fox News that Fox Nation won’t have is live news — at least not yet.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Bill Shine got $8.4 million in severance pay from 21st Century Fox after he left in May 2017. He’ll also receive bonus and options payments in 2018 and 2019 amounting to $7 million for the two years combined. The agreement is set to expire May 1, 2019.
Chris Wallace was born into journalism royalty, but that hasn’t stopped the anchor for Donald Trump’s favorite network from blazing a surprising path all his own.
As Disney buys the studio, the remaining media empire’s balance of power shifts to New York City’s cable news cash cow as TV creators and broadcast employees in Los Angeles feel increasingly marginalized.
The channel’s news anchors are butting heads with its big-name pundits, who are avid promoters of President Trump.
In an aggressive call on a night when many television networks played it safe, Fox News was the first major news organization to project that the Democrats would retake control of the House of Representatives, dealing a blow to the channel’s most famous viewer, President Trump.
Fox News is not happy with hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro for appearing onstage at a Trump campaign rally last night. “Fox News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events,” the network said in a statement Tuesday. “We have an extraordinary team of journalists helming our coverage tonight and we are extremely proud of their work. This was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Martha MacCallum is no stranger to Fox News Channel viewers, but she will have a prominent new role for the network during its midterm election coverage. […]
Popular Fox News Channel personality Sean Hannity appeared on the podium in a Missouri arena Monday night after being called to the stage by Trump. Another Fox News host, Jeanine Pirro, also appeared onstage with the president. “By the way, all those people in the back are fake news,” Hannity told the audience.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says Sean Hannity will not be appearing as a guest at President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Missouri, even as the campaign continued […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel’s Ainsley Earhardt says President Trump is suggesting that if the press doesn’t want to be called an enemy of the people, it should […]
New Fox chief Lachlan Murdoch deflected criticism of the company’s stewardship of Fox News, whose strident programming has inflamed Hollywood figures such as longtime Fox creators Seth MacFarlane and Steve Levitan.
On Sunday, Oct. 28, at 8 p.m. ET, FOX News Channel will present a one-hour special, Fox Nation First Look. The special will showcase the programming offerings on the new streaming service […]
While the anchor’s future at NBC is unclear, it’s unlikely that Fox would take her back.
Fox News doesn’t want the U.S. Supreme Court to review its copyright win against the media monitoring service TVEyes. On Wednesday, the cable news giant submitted its opposition to a cert petition and downplayed the stakes other than implying that a reversal of earlier decisions in the case would undercut the hundreds of millions of dollars invested in training journalists and gathering news.
Fox News said today it will debut the new on-demand subscription-based service Fox Nation on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The service will be priced at $5.99 a month or $64.99 per […]
Some of Fox News’ biggest stars are hosting and co-hosting shows on the network’s forthcoming paid streaming service, Fox Nation, the network announced Wednesday morning. Primetime host Laura Ingraham will co-host a show called Laura & Raymond (with Raymond Arroyo) and Sean Hannity will host a show “that is currently in development.” Judge Jeanine Pirro, who like Ingrahm and Hannity is a favorite of President Trump’s, will host a weekly, abbreviated version of her Justice With Judge Jeanine show for the service.
In a crucial period with the midterms less than a month away, some in the White House are worried that the president is losing a primetime megaphone to his base. As Trump has ramped up his rally schedule ahead of the midterms, viewership numbers for the raucous primetime events have been roughly similar to — sometimes dipping below — Fox News’ regular programming, and the network has recently stopped airing most evening events in full.
