Tucker Carlson GONE from Fox

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(04-26-2023, 06:57 PM)pally Wrote: Tucker had almost no advertising support for his show. Most of the quality advertisers bailed out a long time ago. The only reason Fox could afford to keep him on the air was because of the massive amount of money they made off of carrier fees from cable and streaming companies.  The Fox package has been the 2nd most expensive suite of channels to carry except for the ABC/ESPN/Disney channels.  Fox would regularly hold their sports channels ( and NFL package) hostage to carriers who pushed back against the news stations.

Newsmax and OANN don't have that kind of leverage.  And frankly, adding Tucker still wouldn't give them that kind of leverage.  Unless Tucker's ego allows him to take a huge pay cut, there is no way he is ending up on one of those networks.  They can't afford him.  I see him going the monetized podcast/youtube channel route, where he is the recipient of most of the money.  The Alex Jones crowd has already proven they will shell out millions for the kind of crap they spew.

That makes sense, but if he keeps up his usual shenanigans won't he open himself up for a lawsuit again without the corporate overhead to take the fall?