Since Chris Licht took over the reins at CNN for Jeff Zucker in May 2022 through to the present day, the news network’s average daily reach decreased by 7 per cent year-over-year according to Samba TV. Meanwhile, viewership during this same time period (May 2022 – June 2023) with regard to the network’s competitors, including […]
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, has released the first instalment of his new show on Twitter. The 10-minute video is essentially a stripped-down version of what his Fox viewers would have seen on his nightly show. It may bring him into conflict with the network where he is under contract into 2025. There […]
Fox Corporation has reported financial results for the three months ended March 31st 2023. The company posted total quarterly revenues of $4.08 billion (€3.7bn), an 18 per cent increase from the $3.46 billion reported in the prior year quarter. Advertising revenues increased 43 per cent, primarily reflecting the impact of Super Bowl LVII, a higher volume […]
Fox Television Stations (FTS) has debuted its Fox Local app for streaming on connected televisions in the US. The free, user-friendly app is available across key platforms highlighting news, weather and programming from the Fox-owned stations in Washington DC, Atlanta and Detroit markets, with all stations set to launch this summer. Jeff Zellmer, Senior Vice […]
Fox News has agreed to ‘part ways’ with its top-rating host Tucker Carlson days after the broadcaster paid $787.5 million to settle the defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems. Fox News put out a statement that read: “We thank him for his service as a host and prior to that as a contributor… Mr Carlson’s […]
In a last minute move before trial on April 18th, Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit from the voting machine company, Dominion, over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. The news network agreed to pay $787.5 million (€720m) – around half of the $1.6 billion initially sought by Dominion. Dominion had argued its business […]
FOX Nation will debut a new reality series entitled The Real Hatfields & McCoys: Forever Feuding on April 24th, announced Jason Klarman, the streaming platform’s president. Over the course of five episodes, the series will spotlight the modern-day Hatfields and McCoys whose notoriously violence-ridden relationship has taken a contemporary twist. From the families’ brutal disputes […]
Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan (pictured) are on the witnesses list of voting-machine maker Dominion for their landmark defamation trial next month. Lawyers have listed more than 50 witnesses that they intend to question during the six-week trial in Delaware, including the Murdochs, Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott and Fox primetime stars Tucker […]
FOX News Audio will expand its true crime content with a new weekly podcast as well as a True Crime Minute for smart speakers. Adding to FOX News Audio’s existing true crime catalogue which includes podcasts such as What About Holly? and House of Broken Dreams, among others, the expansion will result in new crime content […]
Rupert Murdoch described allegations that the 2020 US election was stolen as “damaging” and “crazy” even though his Fox News continued to air the claims, according to depositions in the defamation lawsuit against the network by Dominion, the voting machine company. Apparently, Murdoch repeatedly emailed his concerns to Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott. Those […]