Now that Rupert Murdoch’s sons James and Lachlan are taking charge of 21st Century Fox, one of their greatest challenges will be Fox News. Or, more, specifically: Roger Ailes. On Tuesday, moments after announcing the succession plan, 21st Century Fox publicly contradicted Ailes’ claim that he would continue to report to the elder Murdoch even after the sons take over. And his contract is coming due soon. So with the sons in charge, will Ailes stay?
Fox News Channel will host a candidate forum for Republican candidates who do not qualify for the network’s GOP debate on Aug. 6. “As we noted when we first announced the debate criteria, our intention has always been to provide coverage to the wide field of Republican candidates and we are glad to present these details today,” said FNC executive vice president of news editorial Michael Clemente. The forum, in Cleveland, will be moderated by Bill Hemmer and Martha MacCallum. It will be carried live on Fox News from 1 to 3 p.m. ET.
Fox News Channel plans to restrict the first scheduled GOP debate to the top 10 candidates, based on polling averages from the five most recent national public opinion surveys. But the field could approach 20 candidates. In a letter to the heads of Fox News and the Republican National Committee, a group of New Hampshire Republicans suggested that Fox split the debate into two panels with FNC broadcasting the two panels back-to-back or on consecutive nights.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly reached 3.1 million viewers for the first part of her interview with TLC’s Duggar family about their son’s sexual misconduct, her […]
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Fox News Channel will limit the first 2016 Republican presidential debate to candidates who place in the top 10 of an average of the five most recent national polls, the cable network said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Harris Faulkner’s hobby may sound like a patriotic put-on, but the Fox News Channel anchor insists it’s legit. “The thing that I really love to do, […]
Fox anchor Shepard Smith told Fox News Channel viewers that reporter Mike Tobin’s mistake came during a chaotic situation Monday afternoon and was an “honest and straightforward” error and one that was corrected promptly.
Roger Ailes, opens up about the disgraced NBC News anchor, Rupert Murdoch, that MLK photo in his office, lesbian friends, his legacy (“I don’t give a rat’s ass what the world thinks”) and new candidates as he grows his $15 billion empire.
The profiles of the channel and its star talk show host rose together, making it unlikely that he will be punished because of the Falklands controversy.
Both NBC’s Brian Williams and Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly have been besieged with questions about their credibility. Most everything else about their episodes diverge, from the responses to the consequences.
Two former CBS reporters have strongly disputed Bill O’Reilly‘s accounts of what happened one night when they covered a riot in Buenos Aires, but on The Factor Monday night, O’Reilly brought on former NBC News bureau chief Don Browne who backed up his story.
Fox News Channel is on track to earn $1.50 per cable subscriber per month in the not-too-distant future. That dollar figure, higher than just about every other cable channel besides ESPN and TNT, demonstrates Fox’s power in the American television universe. Ten years ago the channel, a favorite among conservatives, was making just 25 cents per subscriber. It can now command six times as much.
The multi-year deal restores Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network to the satellite service. Terms were not disclosed.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Fox News Channel is dipping in to the nonfiction series realm by telling stories of Wild West legends like Jesse James, David Crockett and Billy the […]
