The Dominion lawsuit unearthed private comments by Mr. Carlson may have become too hot to handle: of Fox Corporation, with the blessing of his father, conferred with the Fox News chief Suzanne Scott on Friday about dismissing Carlson, and the host was reportedly notified just 10 minutes before the announcement went out. Carlson’s contract, worth $20 million a year, is expected to be paid out. (Shares in Fox Corporation fell 3 percent yesterday - more than they did after the company settled with Dominion last week.) While the show doesn’t feature top-tier advertisers, many of whom recoiled from his frequent controversies, his formidable audience numbers would have helped Fox News in forthcoming negotiations with cable providers over fees they pay to carry its network. Carlson became the brightest star in the Fox News orbit, with “Tucker Carlson Tonight” averaging over three million viewers every night. Since gaining his prime-time show in 2017, Mr. Carlson, who commanded a following of millions and has the ear of Donald Trump.īut Fox and Rupert Murdoch, who are used to courting controversy and legal settlements as the costs of doing business, may be betting that getting rid of Mr.
Few had thought that repercussions from Fox’s $788 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems would reach Mr. Fox News’s firing of Tucker Carlson, the most popular prime-time host in cable news, sent shock waves through the media and political spheres yesterday.
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