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Fox loses $800 million in market value after Tucker Carlson’s departure
Business

Fox loses $800 million in market value after Tucker Carlson’s departure

Fox Corporation's worth as a public company has sunk more than $800 million after the media company on Monday announced that it is parting ways with star host Tucker Carlson, raising questions about the future of Fox News and the future of the conservative network's prime time lineup.Carlson, whose last show was on Friday, April 21, is leaving Fox News even as he remains a top-rated host for the network, drawing 334,000 viewers in the coveted 25- to 54-year-old demographic in the 8 p.m. slot for the week ended April 20, according to AdWeek. That was more than twice the audience of his competitors at CNN and MSNBC in the same hour, and also represented a bigger audience than other Fox News hosts such as Sean Hannity or Laura Ingraham. Shares of Fox dropped to a low of $29.27 on M...
Records in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters
Politics

Records in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters

NEW YORK – It wasn't critics, political foes or their bosses that united Fox News stars Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham when they gathered via text message for a gripe session shortly after the 2020 election.It was their own network's news division.“They're pathetic,” Carlson wrote.“THEY AREN'T SMART,” Ingraham emphasized.“What news have they broken the last four years?” Hannity asked.The Nov. 13, 2020, conversation was included among thousands of pages of recently released documents related to Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox for its post-election reporting. Like much of what was uncovered, the exchange ultimately may have little bearing on whether Fox will be judged guilty of libel.Instead, the material offers insight into how Fox's ...