Former Fox Executive Slams Rupert Murdoch for ‘Bile-Filled’ Fox News: ‘Things Have Gone Badly off the Tracks’

Naman Ramachandran Former Disney, DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox executive Tim Erickson has been named executive VP of brand Peanuts Worldwide, reporting into Eric Ellenbogen, CEO of WildBrain, the majority owner of Peanuts. Working together with the family of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, WildBrain’s content and management teams and brand co-owners Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Erickson will be responsible for sustaining a strategy supporting brand marketing and leveraging new

The Hill’s Ryan Grim reported Monday.Human resources notified Fox employees via email that it had “developed a secure, voluntary way for employees to self-attest their vaccination status.”Employees with the “Fox Clear Pass” are not required to wear a mask or social distance while at work, according to the email. But unvaccinated employees or those who have not uploaded their vaccination status are required to wear a mask and social distance while at work.

she will leave Fox News.McHenry’s lawsuit, originally filed in 2019, alleged that her “Un-PC” co-host, George “Tyrus” Murdoch, harassed her. The lawsuit cited inappropriate behavior on Murdoch’s part, including sexually charged text messages that he used to threaten her if she kept “being negative.”In the 2019 suit McHenry sued Murdoch, Fox News, parent company Fox Corp.

Britt McHenry is departing Fox News after reaching a settlement with the network over her sexual harassment claim against the network and contributor Tyrus.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian state broadcaster RAI has appointed as its president Marinella Soldi, a former CEO of Discovery Networks Southern Europe, and designated as managing director Carlo Fuortes, chief of the Rome Opera House Foundation.The planned management makeover was decided by the government headed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.The two key appointments at the mammoth pubcaster still require approval by a parliamentary committee that oversees RAI, but are likely

follow-up tweet, he criticized right-wing media for playing “a deadly game.”The CNN program rolled clips from Fox News showing hosts like Tucker Carlson saying the government’s push for vaccination could be more about “social control” than curbing the spread of the virus. Keilar paused the rollout of the on-air moments to point out that 607,771 Americans are confirmed dead from COVID-19, then moved on to playing Newsmax clips.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJedediah Bila has moved from the weekend edition of “Fox & Friends” to a collecting letters to her son, citing a desire to help people find common ground through simple conversations.Bila, who also did a stint as a co-host on ABC’s “The View,” has a new book, “Dear Hartley,” billed as a collection of 52 letters to her son that address “everything from character and empathy to parenting and friendship, from education and family to fitness and food.” The book is

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorExecutives at Fox News Channel believe one of the core elements behind the durability of the network’s late-afternoon panel program, “The Five,” is the connection between founding panelists Dana Perino and Greg Gutfeld.

“We watch the ‘NewsHour,’ and your leadership and assessment every night,” Carter said. “And that kind of helps to reassure us.“And I think we don’t watch Fox’s presentations very much.

NEW YORK -- Former Fox News and NBC personality Megyn Kelly will host a weekday live talk show on SiriusXM this fall, building upon a successful podcast.“The Megyn Kelly Show” will broadcast for two hours at noon and feature Kelly’s viewpoints on the day’s top stories, as well as listeners’ calls and interviews, the satellite media company said Tuesday.The show will premiere Sept.

NEW YORK -- The New York City Commission on Human Rights has fined Fox News $1 million, the largest penalty in its history, for violations of laws protecting against sexual harassment and job retaliation.As part of a settlement agreement announced Tuesday, Fox also agreed to mandate anti-harassment training for its New York-based staff and contributors and to temporarily allow people who allege misconduct under human rights law to bring claims and not be subject to binding arbitration.The

A new report is making a shocking allegation about who Tucker Carlson voted for in the 2020 presidential election.

UPDATE, THURSDAY JULY 1: Ex-Fox News Host Ed Henry filed two more defamation lawsuits today in US District Court in New York, naming National Public Radio’s David Folkenflik and CNN’s Alysin Camerota and Brian Stelter (as well as their CNN parent, TBS) for their allegedly defamatory commentary and reporting on his firing by Fox News.

exited his network for a time in 2016 after a report that he has an affair with a Las Vegas hostess.“We recently became aware of Ed’s personal issues and he’s taking some time off to work things out,” a Fox News spokeswoman told TheWrap at the time.His termination — along with that much-discussed HR overhaul — came after Fox News saw its late founder, Roger Ailes, and primetime star, Bill O’Reilly, ousted after multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.

Ed Henry, who was fired last year from Fox News for alleged sexual misconduct, is suing the news channel and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott for defamation.

Fox News handily topped the other cable news networks in second quarter ratings despite double-digit drops in viewership across the board.In total, Fox News averaged 1.190 million total viewers for the quarter, down 39% the same period in 2020. MSNBC averaged 847,000, down 30%, while CNN saw a 45% decline and averaged 654,000.In the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25 to 54, Fox News averaged 204,000.

Daily Beast, the broadcaster has reached a conclusion to an investigation which began in July 2016 when former CEO Roger Ailes was accused of sexual harassment. “We are pleased to reach an amicable resolution of this legacy matter,” a statement from Fox News Media obtained by Variety reads.“Fox News Media has already been in full compliance across the board, but cooperated with the New York City Commission on Human Rights to continue enacting extensive preventive measures against all forms of

NEW YORK -- The New York City Commission on Human Rights has fined Fox News $1 million, the largest penalty in its history, for violations of laws protecting against sexual harassment and job retaliation.As part of a settlement agreement announced Tuesday, Fox also agreed to mandate anti-harassment training for its New York-based staff and contributors and to temporarily drop a policy requiring people who allege misconduct to enter into binding arbitration.The penalty stems from an investigation