The fact that he's carved out a lucrative 21-year run at Fox News and honed his brand to become arguably the most influential right-wing pundit, despite the controversies, speaks to his appeal as a TV showman. O'Reilly announced his current vacation on air and said he'd return April 24.
As quickly as Fox News CEO Rupert Murdoch announced Tuesday that O'Reilly was a goner, news of Carlson taking over his time slot shook the Internet.
O'Reilly's firing comes after media outlets reported in early April that the outspoken conservative TV host and 21st Century Fox had paid up to $13 million since 2002 to five accusers so that they would not pursue their harassment lawsuits. On April 5, Wendy Walsh called Fox's hotline and described what she said was harassment and retaliatory behavior by O'Reilly back in 2013. His attorney claims the host has been the target of a "brutal campaign of character assassination" and has evidence, which he didn't immediately release, that a smear campaign is being orchestrated by "far-left organizations". "The O'Reilly Factor" has generated a huge ad bonanza for Fox, one that yielded more than $178 million in 2015.
After news of the settlements broke, The O'Reilly Factor lost more than half of its advertisers within a week, according to The Times.
People upset about O'Reilly's forced departure may quit their cable subscriptions, and Fox News would lose out on those fees, DiClemente said.
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Pence told the ship's captain that he had spoken to President Donald Trump, and Trump "wishes he were here". They have parted from what they called the "wait and see" attitude used by the Barack Obama administration.
NOW is calling for a thorough, independent investigation by New York City and state authorities into the culture of sexual and racial harassment at Fox News, and for appropriate accountability measures to be taken. NPR's David Folkenflik reports that Walsh went through Fox News' formal complaint process, alleging O'Reilly made unwelcome advances during what she believed to be a business dinner.
"That is the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today", he concludes, adding that he will remember his time at Fox "with great pride in the unprecedented success [he and the network] achieved". Nomura estimated Fox News would make more than $9 billion in affiliate fees this year. "That's bigger than O'Reilly", he said. About the advertisers who stampeded from O'Reilly's show after The Times' story.
In contrast to Fox News, Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan that has published O'Reilly's litany of best-selling books, said it was standing by him on Wednesday.
Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters, cited allegations that Shine retaliated against women with reports against former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes as well as those who came forward against O'Reilly. A photographer from the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano snapped a photo of Francis reaching out to shake his hand.
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