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The Hill reports: Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, reported a net loss of $50 million in the first quarter of 2023, just weeks after it paid a historic settlement to Dominion Voting Systems. The company reported total quarterly revenues of $4.08 billion, representing an 18 percent increase from the $3.46 billion reported in the prior year for …

Mediaite reports: While the notion that a person of Hispanic heritage could hold such views has flummoxed many on the political right, Newsmax took their confusion a step further by pairing their commentary about the dead suspect with a picture of the wrong Mauricio Garcia. The photo showed up on Monday night’s edition of Newsmax TV’s The Balance as host …

Variety reports: Since Carlson’s stunning exit last month, a timeslot that has been shunned by many Madison Avenue stalwarts seems as if it is being embraced. Procter & Gamble, one of the nation’s largest and most influential advertisers, has been running ads in “Fox News Tonight,” the network’s new 8 p.m. program, for female-skewing products like Venus razor blades by …

Axios reports: Tucker Carlson is preparing to unleash allies to attack Fox News in an effort to bully the network into letting him work for — or start — a right-wing rival, sources close to him tell Axios. Bryan Freedman, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer Carlson retained for the contract dispute, told Axios: “The idea that anyone is going to silence …

Mediaite reports: Megyn Kelly encouraged fellow former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to “walk away” from his agreement with the network and let them “take him to court” following reports that Fox News may fight to keep him off the air until 2025. The New York Times reported on Friday that while Carlson had told several people he was interested …

The Hill reports: Lawyers for Fox News are asking officials at Dominion Voting Systems to conduct an internal investigation after media reports have surfaced in recent days pertaining to the leak of text messages from Tucker Carlson, a former top host at the network. In its letter dated Friday, Fox lawyers said the company had learned documents Fox produced as …

The Hill reports: Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Media Matters for America over its publication of leaked videos showing Tucker Carlson, a former host at the network, making crude and offensive comments off the air. “We write on behalf of Fox Corporation to clarify any misunderstandings Media Matters may have had …

The Hill reports: Fox host Maria Bartiromo is pushing back on claims made by an ex-producer on her show who alleges that she used her personal connections to former President Trump to protect herself at the network. “If they were marginalizing her, she could always say, ‘I can get the President of the United States on the phone,’” Abby Grossberg …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): I saw, on the way into work, an illegal immigration family digging through the trash, looking for recyclables. JESSICA TARLOV (CO-HOST): How did you know they were illegal? WATTERS: You can tell. TARLOV: Jesse — WATTERS: I can tell. I’m a city guy. You don’t want me to get into it, but …

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters introduced Republican councilman Ryan Webb as a lesbian “woman of color” during an interview on Monday. After saying it was time for Republicans to “have a little fun” with gender identity, Watters introduced Webb as a “straight, White councilman from Delaware County, Indiana who just announced he identifies as a woman, and not …

“I’ve been watching the censorship happening, even in conservative mainstream media. You saw what Fox did to Tucker Carlson last week and the week before that, it was Dan Bongino, and, you know, the people who would actually question some of that narrative. “Is it a brilliant plan to send $130 billion to Ukraine, one of the most corrupt nations …

“Because wokeism is so absurd, their most persuasive critics are progressives. People on the left, actually, are the people that everybody’s believing because they’re going, ‘Wow, these guys are destroying us.’ It’s like when you’re a conservative, you come out against white nationalism. And this is kind of the mirror image. Wokeism is like that. In fact, I would argue …

Media Matters has the transcript: TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): I don’t want to be a slave to Fox Nation, which I don’t think that people watch anyway. We’re gonna — because, you know, I’m like a representative of the American media now, speaking to an exile in Romania and welcoming him back into the brotherhood of journalists. UNKNOWN: It would help …

The Daily Mail reports: Rising Fox News star Lawrence Jones has been tapped as the next rotating replacement for fired anchor Tucker Carlson’s 8pm weekday spot. Jones, 30, will take over as the next temporary host of the rebranded ‘Fox News Tonight’ starting on Monday, following Brian Kilmeade’s weeklong stint as Carlson’s replacement, a network spokesperson told DailyMail.com on Saturday. …

Rolling Stone reports: Top on-air presenters are openly worrying about getting fired. Management is on the prowl for leakers. And the leakers themselves are dodging “snitches” by putting fake names in their phone to hide incoming calls from reporters. Fox News’ first week of life after Tucker Carlson got fired was a strange one indeed. Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, …

“The establishment will do whatever it takes to keep Biden in the White House. You know that. He’s very useful to them. You see, his boring presidency is actually an opportunity. While we focus on Joe’s naps, Democrats solidify even more control across the sprawling federal bureaucracy. “The deep state gets deeper every day. They work quietly while Joe does …

The Insider reports: Viewership for the 8 p.m. hour of Fox News, a prime-time television spot occupied by Tucker Carlson for years, has plummeted by half in the days since the anchor was suddenly fired Monday. Ratings data from Nielsen reported by CNN’s Oliver Darcy show a minor dip on Monday, possibly because many viewers were unaware Carlson had been …

TMZ reports: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, and now another conservative news outlet, Newsmax, wants him to be more than just the face of the network, and it’s putting on a full-court press to land him. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ the news channel is doing everything it can to sweeten the deal for Tucker to come …

“Mr. Herring [photo] did make a substantial offer, which would be several million more than Fox paid — to my chagrin cause I don’t make that — but anyway, it’s Tucker. This isn’t about me. So, the offer’s on the table. We know Tucker’s in Florida vacationing with the family — wish him the best, hanging out. But, yeah — …

Media Matters has the transcript: RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (HOST): Pandemic would have been a really great time to scare America back into shape. We learned early on that one of the biggest predictors of COVID-related deaths was obesity. But what did Democrats do? They shut down the playgrounds, gyms, and they forced you to stay in your house and order takeout. …