Fox News Media Re-Ups CEO Suzanne Scott

Mike Emanuel has been named chief Washington correspondent for Fox News, after having served as the channel’s chief congressional and senior political correspondent.

Conservative media’s television trifecta tonight is handing Donald Trump the spotlight the former Celebrity Apprentice host has clearly been mourning since leaving the White House last month.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTucker Carlson will expand his content contributions for Fox News Media, agreeing to a new deal to create three video podcasts and some original specials for Fox Nation, the company’s subscription-based video service.Starting in April,  Carlson is expected to release at least three new video podcast episodes a week. They will feature interviews with newsmakers, as well as discussions of prominent issues in the news cycle.

If you saw Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s post-impeachment speech today, tonight’s Saturday Night Live cold open may seem more stenography that comedy.

Right-wing sources earned nearly half-a-million Facebook interactions in under two days on posts berating the White House for affirming that “trans rights are human rights”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAttorneys for Fox News filed individual motions Thursday night to dismiss Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit on behalf of Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, three anchors who have been named in the matter in which the voting technology company is seeking a whopping $2.7 billion.The three motions were filed by Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm representing Fox News in the matter.

Fox News personalities Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro contend that they were well within the bounds of First Amendment protection as they covered ultimately false claims that Smartmatic rigged the election results against Donald Trump.

Fox News is replacing another of its news hours with an opinion-driven program. The cable news channel will move The Greg Gutfeld Show to weeknights at 11 p.m.

As impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell was presenting chilling security and other video footage during the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on Thursday, Fox News cut away to The Five.

Fox News is expanding The Greg Gutfeld Show to weeknights at 11 p.m. ET, making a rare effort to reach late-night viewers with a comedic show.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News Channel plans to fill its 11 p.m. weeknight hour with an “irreverent” late-night show from host Greg Gutfeld, the latest in a series of programming maneuvers the Fox Corporation-owned outlet has put into place in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election,The show currently airing at 11 p.m.

Fox Corp. has signed Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott to a multi-year contract extension.

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said Fox News is not about to adjust its political orientation despite a bumpy period during and after the 2020 presidential election and a recent slip in its ratings.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe leadership of several prominent TV-news outlets has changed in recent months. But that transition will not be taking place at Fox News.Suzanne Scott, the CEO of Fox News Media, has extended her contract to continue leading the large unit, which is the biggest financial contributor to Fox Corporation.  Scott’s new term, said to be part of a new “multi-year” deal, was announced by Fox Corp.

Fox News is seeking a dismissal of Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit, arguing that it was providing First Amendment protected newsworthy information in featuring President Donald Trump’s surrogates and their false claims of election fraud.

Fox News has canceled Lou Dobbs’ Fox Business show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, and will replace him with a rotating group of hosts.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox Business Network is poised to cancel Lou Dobbs’ long-running program, the latest in a series of programming changes taking place at Fox News Media, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.A spokesperson for Fox News Media could not be reached for immediate comment.Dobbs is one of three Fox News personalities who has been sued along with the Fox Corporation unit by Smartmatic, the voting technology company that has levied a $2.7 billion defamation

A voting technology company is suing Fox News, three of its top hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump — Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell — for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped "steal" the U.S. presidential election.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSmartmatic, a maker of voting technology whose name has been the subject of disparaging commentary from a handful of conservative-news outlets, on Thursday said it had sued Fox News and three of its popular on-air personalities — Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro — for more than $2.7 billion, citing efforts made on Fox News programs to disparage the company’s business.Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, two attorneys who had been working for President