Carriage Fees Battle May Be Behind Carlson’s Firing

Popular Information reports:

The reality of Fox News’ relationship with Carlson — and the conduct they were willing to not only ignore but defend — is important. Fox News is entering a critical time renegotiating its fees with cable companies. It is likely to argue that Carlson’s firing is a signal that the network is becoming more responsible and, therefore, more attractive to advertisers.

Fox News currently charges about $2.18 per subscriber, higher than any other non-sports channel. Vanity Fair reports that Fox News is trying to push that number much higher to over $3.

If Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch get their price, they will increase revenues from cable subscribers by $500 million or more per year. That means millions of cable subscribers who never watch Fox News will foot the bill for Fox News’ lies.

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Smart. @JuddLegum ties Tucker’s firing to Fox trying to extract more $ from cable companies (and thus cable subscribers, most of whom do not watch Fox News). “Millions of cable subscribers who never watch Fox News will foot the bill for Fox News’ lies.” https://t.co/enG88Kl8wr

— Richard Robbins (@rich1) April 25, 2023

FOX News is demanding a massive increase in its carriage fees, which will mean higher prices for all cable subscribers. About 50% of Americans still have cable or satellite.https://t.co/d6mFjMsiL8

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) April 24, 2023