In August 2021, the Fox Corporation board of directors gathered on the company’s movie studio lot in Los Angeles. Among the topics on the agenda: Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion […]
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Back to news homeFox’s Costs From Defamation Suit Lead to a Quarterly Net Loss
Lachlan Murdoch, the executive chairman of the Fox Corporation, conceded on Tuesday that a Delaware judge’s pretrial rulings against the company “severely limited our defense at trial” and contributed to […]
On Eve of Trial, Discovery of Carlson Texts Set Off Crisis Atop Fox
The day before Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation trial against Fox News was set to begin in a Delaware courthouse, the Fox board of directors and top executives made a startling discovery […]
Tucker Carlson, a Source of Repeated Controversies, Is Out at Fox News
Mr. Carlson did not respond to requests for comment on Monday.The Fox News host Harris Faulkner said on air Monday that starting that evening, an interim show, “Fox News Tonight,” […]
Fox News Parts Ways With Tucker Carlson
April 24, 2023, 11:41 a.m. ETApril 24, 2023, 11:41 a.m. ETTucker Carlson’s announcement comes less than a week after Fox settled a defamation suit for $787.5 million.Credit…Rebecca Noble for The […]
Will the Fox-Dominion Settlement Affect Its News Coverage? Don’t Count on It.
After the 2020 election, the talk inside Fox News was all about “a pivot” — a reorienting of its coverage away from former President Donald J. Trump and toward the […]
How Hard Lines in Fox-Dominion Deal Talks Suddenly Softened
On Tuesday morning, as the legal team for Dominion Voting Systems walked from their hotel to the courthouse where they were about to finish jury selection, one lawyer turned to […]
Reactions to Fox News’s $787 Million Dominion Settlement
On the surface, Fox News got pummeled.Rupert Murdoch, its founder, agreed to a massive settlement of $787.5 million, roughly two-thirds of the Fox Corporation’s net annual income. Fox News was […]
Fox News-Dominion Lawsuit Settlement: What to Know
Fox News’s agreement with Dominion Voting Systems on Tuesday abruptly resolved a lawsuit over how the network amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, which devastated Dominion’s reputation and […]
Judge Delays Fox and Dominion Trial by a Day
A Delaware judge on Monday said that he had delayed by a day the start of a highly anticipated defamation trial over the spread of misinformation in the 2020 presidential […]