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☆ Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch reportedly had calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy weeks before Tucker Carlson was fired
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch had calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Semafor reported. The separate phone calls reportedly happened weeks before Fox News host Tucker Carlson was fired. There is no clear link between the Murdochs' calls with Zelenskyy and Carlson's firing from Fox News. Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch had separate phone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy weeks before Tucker Carlson, who has been critical of Ukraine and Zelenskyy, was fired from Fox News, Semafor reported. The Washington Post reported that during a Fox newsroom meeting, Rupert Murdoch"loudly" challenged Carlson about one of his segments on the Ukraine war.
☆ Fox News has lost half its 8 p.m. audience in just days since Tucker Carlson's firing
  + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Fox News has lost about half of its 8 p.m. audience in the days following Tucker Carlson's firing. 1.33 million viewers tuned in on Wednesday, compared to 2.65 million for Carlson's unexpected final show last Friday. The ratings data from Nielsen has been tracked by CNN's Oliver Darcy every day since Carlson was fired. Carlson's last show Friday drew 2.65 million viewers, itself down from the other four days of last week which each topped 3 million, and Tuesday and Wednesday this week fell to 1.7 million and 1.33 million viewers, CNN reported. The viewers appear to be opting for other conservative networks, as Darcy reported that Newsmax's 8 p.m. hour totaled 510,000 viewers, tripling the audience they drew at the same time last Wednesday.
☆ Tucker Carlson was captured on video discussing if his 'postmenopausal fans' will like how he looks on air and describing a woman as 'yummy:' NYT
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Fox execs were concerned about Tucker Carlson calling a female exec the c-word, the WSJ reported. The New York Times obtained video that also showed Carlson talking about women in questionable ways. The Times reported Wednesday it had also obtained video that showed Carlson speaking about women in potentially inappropriate ways. The video, in which Carlson was off-camera, captured him discussing if his "postmenopausal fans" will like how he looks on his show, the outlet said. In another video, Carlson could be heard talking about finding a woman "yummy," the Times reported.
☆ Howard Stern says Tucker Carlson was likely 'nothing' to Rupert Murdoch and just another 'worker bee' in his giant corporation
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Carlson forgot that he was just a "worker bee" in media mogul Rupert Murdoch's company, Stern said. Radio icon Howard Stern said ousted Fox News star Tucker Carlson was likely "nothing" to Fox Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch and that he forgot he was just another "worker bee" in the billionaire media mogul's gigantic company. "You're nothing because he's still gonna' have billions upon billions upon billions of dollars and own a giant corporation. You're a worker bee. Murdoch himself made the call to get rid of Carlson, Fox News' top-rated host, people familiar with the situation had told the Los Angeles Times.
☆ Russia's foreign minister joins Tucker Carlson's Kremlin fanbase, blasting the TV host's ousting as an offense to freedom of speech
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke out in support of the now-ousted Tucker Carlson. He cited Carlson leaving Fox News as an example of poor press standards in the US. "I heard that Tucker Carlson has left Fox News. Lavrov's comments about Carlson were brief, but he isn't alone in the Kremlin's praise for the right-wing TV figure. Fox News announced that it parted ways with Tucker Carlson on Monday without specifying why the host was ousted.
☆ The 7 theories for why Tucker Carlson got fired from Fox News
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Tucker Carlson was axed by Fox News Monday, days after it settled Dominion's defamation lawsuit. Here are seven theories for why Fox News decided to part ways with Carlson. Since then, media industry insiders have been buzzing with different theories for why Carlson was pushed out. The C-wordWithin the Dominion lawsuit, there emerged a pattern of vulgar language spewed by Carlson throughout his time at Fox News. Rupert Murdoch (right) and Lachlan Murdoch at the US Open in 2018.
☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene says that 'everyone I've talked to' is boycotting Fox and deleting its app after Tucker Carlson's ousting
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Marjorie Taylor Greene said "everyone" she talks to is shunning Fox News after Tucker Carlson's exit. They have deleted Fox News on their phones and canceled their Fox Nation subscriptions, she said. Fox Corporation stock fell as much as 5% on Monday after Carlson's shock departure was announced. Fox News said on Monday that the network and Carlson, who was their top-rated host, had "agreed to part ways." "That's what they think they're doing to Tucker Carlson.
☆ Tucker Carlson enraged Fox News by calling an exec the c-word and feuding with its PR department before his ousting, report says
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Tucker Carlson feuded with Fox News executives before he was ousted, the Wall Street Journal reported. This included calling one senior executive the c-word, sources told the Journal. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson infuriated network executives before his ousting on Monday, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, precipitating his exit. Fox News announced on Monday that Carlson had been dropped from the network, where he was its most-watched prime-time host. And he complained to Fox executives about press coverage, according to the Journal.
☆ Tucker Carlson's next move
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Aaron Short | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Tucker Carlson's dismissal signals a new realignment in conservative media. Nobody at Fox "was as connected to the MAGA base as Tucker Carlson," one ex-Trump official said. Whatever the reason, Carlson's dismissal signals a new realignment in conservative media. Last month, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the top-rated program among all news channels with 3.25 million viewers including 421,000 viewers in the coveted age 25-54 demographic. His previous work includes the 2022 profile of Carlson, The Tucker Carlson Origin Story.
☆ Tucker Carlson's history of alleged workplace sexism stretches back to 2015, long before Abby Grossberg
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Possible rationales include Murdoch's contempt for Carlson's religiosity and Carlson's insistence on hewing to conspiracy theories about the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Internal correspondence unearthed in a defamation lawsuit against Fox News showed Carlson used sexist expletives to refer to a female Fox executive and a guest. The company last week agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. Carlson was one of many Fox News hosts who promoted false election conspiracies, the subject of the defamation suit, on their shows. Fox News is still facing a similar defamation suit from another voting machine manufacturer.
☆ CNN's Oliver Darcy says he requested $1,000 on Venmo from Tucker Carlson, who he says made a bet that Darcy would lose his job
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN journalist Oliver Darcy tweeted that Carlson had allegedly lost a $1,000 bet between them. Carlson called Darcy to say the CNN reporter would lose his job at the cable network, Darcy said. Oliver Darcy claimed on Tuesday that Tucker Carlson called him last year, betting $1,000 that the CNN reporter would meet a similar fate to the one he had met on Monday. "He vowed to Venmo me $1,000 if I still was employed by CNN a year later. Following over a decade at Fox News, Carlson was let go by the network 10 minutes before it released a statement.
☆ Fox News has a secret file of damaging info on Tucker Carlson in case he starts trashing the network: report
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Fox News PR keeps an "oppo file" on Tucker Carlson in case he lashes out, Rolling Stone reported. One insider told the outlet that such files are kept on all the network's talent. Fox News' PR chief has a dossier of damaging information on Tucker Carlson to be used in the event that he comes out swinging against the network, Rolling Stone reported. Some grievances against Carlson and his team have recently emerged, with former "Tucker Carlson Tonight" producer Abby Grossberg filing a lawsuit last month which alleged a "sexist" work environment. In response to the lawsuit, Fox told Insider the allegations have "no merit" and that it would "vigorously defend" the network.
☆ A former GOP strategist says Tucker Carlson would be a huge threat to Trump if the ex-Fox News host were to run for president in 2024
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Tucker Carlson would be a real threat to Trump if he were to run in 2024, says ex GOP strategist Rick Wilson. He'd instantly have an online fundraising juggernaut second only to Trump, and perhaps surpassing him," Wilson, who served as a strategist for former President George H.W. Wilson is now a staunch Trump critic and one of the cofounders of The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC. Even Trump's GOP would never vote for a former TV host pushing white replacement theory.' Trump and Carlson text each other often and are the closest they've ever been, The New York Times reported this week.
☆ Former Fox producer who sued Tucker Carlson alleging a 'sexist' work environment just 1 month before he was ousted has 'mixed feelings' about his departure
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A former Fox producer suing Tucker Carlson said his Monday ouster left her with "mixed feelings." Abby Grossberg spoke to MSNBC this week about her ongoing lawsuits against Carlson and Fox. A former Fox News producer who is suing Tucker Carlson and other company executives for running a "sexist" work environment said Carlson's shocking ouster on Monday felt like the deliverance of "partial" justice. So, when she learned that Carlson had been ousted on Monday morning, Grossberg said she was left with "mixed emotions." Grossberg has also alleged that Fox News attorneys coerced her into making false statements in a deposition for the since-settled Dominion lawsuit.
☆ Tucker Carlson breaks his silence without addressing why Fox News fired him
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Tucker Carlson broke his silence on Wednesday night, two days after his unceremonious exit from Fox News. On Monday, Fox News fired Carlson, noting his last show aired on Friday. "FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," the company said in a statement Monday. Vulgar private messages about his colleagues pushed Fox leadership toward letting go Carlson, The Wall Street Journal reported. Executives at Fox found out about the messages on the eve of the trial, according to The New York Times.
☆ Insiders say Tucker Carlson overplayed his hand at Fox but the 'whole universe' of right-wing media is courting him now
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
the Fox insider said. Lachlan Murdoch had defended Carlson time and again, most publicly in April 2021, pushing back against Anti-Defamation League complaints of the anchor's "great replacement theory" comments. Lachlan Murdoch and Rupert Murdoch. A second Fox News insider, who is familiar with conversations happening in Australia, said Lachlan Murdoch was looking long term. The board has also put pressure on the Murdoch family to change things at Fox News.
☆ Fox's not allowing Tucker Carlson to say goodbye to viewers is the equivalent of 'execution' says fired CNN anchor
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Tucker Carlson's abrupt ousting from Fox News is more like an "execution," according to a fired CNN anchor. "Not being given a chance to sign off is the television equivalent of an execution," Brian Stelter said in Vanity Fair. Yet Carlson, Fox News' top-rated host, never got the chance to say goodbye to his audience, thanks to his sudden ousting on Monday by the conservative media powerhouse. Advertisements featuring Fox News personalities, including Tucker Carlson, adorn the front of the News Corporation building, March 13, 2019. "The takeaway, at least for some TV insiders, is that Carlson was shoved— hard—by Fox management," Stelter wrote in Vanity Fair.
☆ Trump expresses shock over Tucker Carlson's ouster: 'Especially over the last year or so, he's been terrific to me'
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
"Especially over the last year or so, he's been terrific to me," Trump said of Carlson. He's a very good person and a very good man," Trump told Newsmax host Greg Kelly on Monday. Trump told Kelly he was unsure if Carlson left voluntarily, or if Fox News had fired Carlson. "But I think Tucker's been terrific," Trump said. "We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights," Carlson wrote, per Dominion's filing.
☆ Fox News hosts avoided saying Tucker Carlson's name after he was fired. 'We're not talking about him,' Sean Hannity said.
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Tucker Carlson was hardly mentioned by his former fellow Fox News hosts after he was fired Monday. Sean Hannity only mentioned Carlson to say "We're not talking about him" and that he had no details. NEW YORK (AP) — The day he was fired, Tucker Carlson was nearly invisible on the Fox News prime-time lineup that he used to dominate. "We're not talking about Tucker," Hannity said, unprompted. Carlson, Hannity and Ingraham appeared close in November 2020.
☆ AOC celebrates as Tucker Carlson is ousted from Fox News: 'Couldn't have happened to a better guy'
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated Tucker Carlson's bombshell ousting at Fox News. "Couldn't have happened to a better guy," Ocasio-Cortez said in a video posted to her Instagram. Still, Ocasio-Cortez said she is wary that Carlson will bounce back. Fox News announced it had parted ways with Carlson, the network's top host, on Monday. Several prominent right-wing personalities, such as Glenn Beck and Matt Walsh, voiced their displeasure and shock about Carlson's firing on Twitter on Monday.
☆ Tucker Carlson has now parted ways with 3 major cable news networks
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Chris Kaye | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Tucker Carlson has parted ways with Fox News, the media network announced Monday. Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News and no definitive reason has been given by him or his former employer. "FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," the network said in a Monday statement. The New York Times reported on Monday that Grossberg's legal team would depose Carlson "in the very near term." "I'm not defending it as the smartest choice, but I think it's the most interesting," Carlson told the Washington Post at the time.
☆ Before Tucker Carlson's ouster, Trump's aides worried for a hot minute that the Fox News host would back Ron DeSantis: NYT
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Donald Trump's 2024 team feared that Tucker Carlson would start backing Ron DeSantis, NYT reported. "I hate him passionately," Carlson wrote in one of the texts. The Times wrote that the pair had patched up their relationship after the texts went public. He ran the show "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on weeknights at 8 p.m., where he often touted conspiracy theories such as false 2020 election fraud claims. Representatives for Carlson, Trump, and DeSantis did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.
☆ Tucker Carlson's exit from Fox News may be ratings bane, advertising boon
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Aditya Soni Nivedita Balu | Aditya Soni | Nivedita Balu | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
April 25 (Reuters) - Star host Tucker Carlson's abrupt exit from Fox News is likely to hit short-term ratings but could nudge more mainstream advertisers to consider a network they have snubbed for being too partisan, investors and analysts said. News of his departure on Monday wiped nearly $1 billion from the market valuation of the network's parent company, Rupert Murdoch-controlled Fox Corp (FOXA.O). "It's a huge deal," said Matthew Tuttle, head of Tuttle Capital Management, an investment firm that is betting against Fox shares. The conservative-leaning Carlson's prime-time show was the highest-rated cable news program in the key 25-to-54 age demographic on Fox News - the most-watched U.S. cable news network. It's likely that advertisers who were seeking that audience may have limited other options for conservative news viewership without skewing too conservative."
☆ Bill O'Reilly says the GOP is in trouble now that Tucker Carlson is out at Fox — and bringing his far-right viewers with him
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Cheryl Teh | Lauren Steussy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Bill O'Reilly predicts Tucker Carlson's ouster at Fox News will cause trouble for the GOP. "Because the Republican Party, most of it, paid attention to Tucker Carlson," O'Reilly said. "Because the Republican Party, most of it, paid attention to Tucker Carlson," O'Reilly said on Monday on an episode of his show, "No Spin News." Carlson's fiefdom was focused on the Americans on the "committed right," O'Reilly said. Carlson also faces a lawsuit from his ex-producer, Abby Grossberg, who sued him and other Fox executives in March.
☆ Lawyers plan to depose Tucker Carlson about 'sexist' workplace later this year amid reports he was ousted from Fox News over misogynistic messages
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Grossberg's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court against Fox News in March, also names both Carlson and one of his top producers, Justin Wells, as defendants. Their removal from Fox News, however, doesn't mean they can escape scrutiny in the lawsuit, Grossberg's lawyer Tanvir Rahman told Insider. Grossberg's lawsuit was one factor in the decision to fire him, according to the Los Angeles Times. Grossberg's lawsuit alleges she experienced a hostile environment while working as a producer for shows hosted by Carlson and Maria Bartiromo. Fox executives derided Bartiromo with sexist terms, calling her "menopausal," "hysterical," a "diva," and a "crazy bitch," Grossberg's lawsuit claims.
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