In her memoir Settle for More, to be released Tuesday, Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly says Donald Trump routinely attempted to gain favorable treatment from other journalists and commentators. “This is actually one of the untold stories of the 2016 campaign: I was not the only journalist to whom Trump offered gifts clearly meant to shape coverage,” Kelly said.
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is set for 20/20 on November 18, marking her first television interview since the Roger Ailes debacle.
Exclusives
Several news outlets have rebutted a report from Fox News stating that an “indictment” is “likely” in an ongoing FBI inquiry into the Clinton Foundation. Throughout the day on Thursday, NBC News, ABC News and CNN all reported that Fox’s assertion was not true. And Bret Baier, the Fox host responsible for the original assertion, seemed to backtrack from it, saying he had spoken “inartfully.”
Former Fox News chief Roger Ailes responded Thursday to a reported excerpt in Megyn Kelly’s forthcoming book, in which she apparently details months of sexual harassment at the hands of Ailes.
In his 20-plus years at Fox News he’s worked on every carriage deal for FNC and Fox Business Network since inception.
Fox News has offered its biggest star north of $20 million a year to stick around at the cable news channel. But the hotly anticipated, and widely expected, auction for her talents has not materialized.
The Kelly File host is in active negotiations; keeping her at the network is a priority for management, including Rupert Murdoch. “It’s up to her” and others “would give their right arm for her spot,” he says.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich has told Fox News host Megyn Kelly she is “fascinated with sex” amid criticism of her coverage of sexual misconduct accusations against […]
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, who left the network amid allegations of sexual harassment against former network chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, has revealed she will testify before Congress on forced arbitration, a common TV contract clause that legally binds parties to settle resolutions outside of the court system.
Chris Wallace walked the finest of lines during a campaign where debate moderators received an intense focus. As the first-ever general election moderator of Fox News, he had the hopes of an organization in the midst of a tough year riding on him along with additional baggage. Noting Trump’s claims Wednesday night that the election was being rigged against him, Wallace asked the Republican whether he would accept the results win or lose, noting that GOP vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said that he would. When Trump answered that “we will look at it at the time,” Wallace seemed incredulous.
Recovering from accusations of sexual harassment, Fox News Channel looks forward to the spotlight at the final 2016 debate.
FNC Tops In Total Viewers, CNN Wins Demo
Since the Roger Ailes scandal broke, 21st Century Fox’s James and Lachlan Murdoch have become more involved in the cable news network. Not only did the brothers unilaterally decide to retain the law firm Paul, Weiss, whose internal investigation facilitated Ailes’s exit, but they are now playing a pivotal role in persuading the network’s brightest star, Megyn Kelly, whose contract expires in July 2017, to sign a new pact.
NEW YORK (AP) — The three biggest cable news networks spent more time covering live Donald Trump rallies than they did for Hillary Clinton in September, with the widest disparity […]
Sean Hannity lashed out at his Fox News colleague Megyn Kelly on Twitter Wednesday night, saying that she “clearly” supports Hillary Clinton in response to comments Kelly made during her program earlier that night.
The attorney for former Fox News Channel personality Andrea Tantaros said today the host had turned down a settlement offer in the “seven figures” and would continue to press her case alleging harassment by senior executives at the 21st Century Fox-owned cable-news outlet.
A profile of the New York magazine reporter Gabriel Sherman, whose reporting helped solidify the downfall of ex-Fox News chief Roger Ailes. There’s no small measure of undaunted tenacity in Sherman’s reporting approach.
For 20 years, Roger Ailes did as he pleased at Fox News. Then former anchor Gretchen Carlson sued him for sexual harassment — and suddenly Rupert Murdoch, who’d long had his back, wasn’t there. How the most powerful man in cable news was toppled in 16 whirlwind days.
For Fox News Channel, the 2016 presidential race has meant that all the industry talk about cord-cutting and move away from appointment viewing is proving wrong for now. “Our ad sales were up a little over 20 percent for [fiscal year 2015], and this quarter is pacing better than that, versus a year ago,” says Paul Rittenberg, the cable network’s ad sales EVP. “I don’t think there’s any doubt that this calendar year will be, by far, our biggest sales year ever, certainly through the election.”
James Murdoch maintains that Fox News not only survived the ouster of Roger Ailes, but that the cable news network’s viewership actually improved after his stormy exit last summer.
