The 27-year FNC veteran will oversee all technical, field and production operations of Fox News Media’s special events and breaking news coverage, including the 2024 presidential election.
Fox News will host a town hall with former President Donald Trump on Jan. 10, which happens to be the same evening as CNN’s Republican debate in Iowa. The Fox News event will be co-moderated by anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum and will be aired live from Des Moines, Iowa.
The Christmas holiday period began in a not-so-festive mood at Fox News with reports of the deaths of Adam Petlin, the director of Chicago bureau operations, and Matt Napolitano from Fox News Audio. Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott shared the news with staffers via two company-wide memos over the holiday weekend.
The cable network and broadcaster held merger talks 20 years ago. A possible mega-deal between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount could bring those ideas to the forefront again.
Exclusives
CNN will host a pair of Republican town halls back-to-back on Jan. 4, a little over a week before the Iowa caucuses weigh in on the primary race. CNN’s Kaitlin Collins will moderate a live town hall with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at 9 p.m. ET from Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. Then CNN Anchor Erin Burnett will moderate a live town hall with former Ambassador Nikki Haley at 10 p.m. ET, also from Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Fox News and CNN saw declines from last year while MSNBC saw a slight gain. The networks still face an existential threat from cable cord-cutting.
Fox News Channel has promoted Gillian Turner to a dual role as anchor and State Department and foreign policy correspondent. In this capacity, Turner will cover international and domestic issues […]
Megan Cassella is joining CNBC as a correspondent based in its Washington bureau. She will cover the intersection of business and Washington focusing on taxes, budget, regulatory policy and will […]
The former MSNBC anchor will serve as host and creative director for MSNBC Live! that launches next year, combining live interviews and panel discussions, as well as forums and other events featuring MSNBC anchors and talent.
Viewership for the fourth Republican debate fell since the last event, drawing more than 4 million for Nexstar’s NewsNation and its simulcast on The CW. But it was a record night for NewsNation, which drew 1.6 million viewers for its debate coverage, the largest audience in its history, according to Nielsen’s early fast national numbers. Another 2.5 million watched the simulcast on The CW, giving it its most watched program since 2018. In the 25-54 demo, NewsNation drew more than 350,000 viewers and The CW drew nearly 500,000. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
The cable news network will host forums next month in Iowa and New Hampshire, whose states represent two early contests for GOP candidates.
Perry Bacon Jr.: “The cancellation of Mehdi Hasan’s show is the latest in a series of recent moves by MSNBC that are pushing the network in the direction of being the television arm of the Democratic Party leadership, as opposed to a news outlet that upholds left-wing values and perspectives. The network should reverse its decision on Hasan and make clear that it embraces progressive criticism of President Biden and other Democratic leaders.”
Former Fox News staffer Andrew Delancey is suing the producer, Justin Wells — who was fired last spring along with the host — over the alleged assault and the network over alleged sexual harassment and negligence.
Spectrum News NY1 and Spectrum News NY1 Noticias are collaborating on two hour-long specials examining the roots of New York City’s ongoing migrant crisis and its impacts, one airing in […]
Former President Trump’s latest blast at a news organization is sharpening concerns about a drift toward authoritarianism if he is elected to a second term — even as skeptics wonder how he could make good on his threats.
The new ensemble show will be hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele, with Mehdi Hasan and Yasmin Vossoughian shifting to fill-in host role.
Multiple Newsmax staffers have reported a top executive for sexual harassment, sources told Mediaite. Still, that executive, Newsmax’s vice president of programming Chris Knowles, remains at the conservative cable news network.
Madison Scarpino has joined Fox News Channel as an Atlanta-based correspondent. She will begin her role on Dec. 4. Since January 2022, Scarpino has been a Fox News multimedia reporter […]
David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, was friends with some of the network’s biggest names. That didn’t matter when their jobs were on the line.
Nexstar’s NewsNation cable news network, has hired award-winning journalist and author Ross Coulthart as a special correspondent and investigative journalist. In his new role, effective immediately, he will contribute to […]
