Shine's departure is the fourth big exit to rock Fox News since past year including Megyn Kelly's defection to NBC News where she'll host a primetime newsmagazine and daytime program, said THR.
Sean Hannity now Fox News' biggest star, gave a public endorsement of Shine before the latter resigned.
After talk of Shine's departure started last week, Fox News host Sean Hannity tweeted that Shine's departure would be "the total end" of Fox News Channel and started a hashtag #Istandwithshine. Fox also said that it was promoting two other executives, Suzanne Scott and Jay Wallace, into more prominent newsroom roles.
But yesterday's announcement came from the elder Murdoch, who noted that Jack Abernethy would remain co-president of Fox news and chief executive of Fox Television Stations.
The 86-year-old Rupert Murdoch has actively led the network as acting CEO since Ailes' departure.
In addition to Ailes, O'Reilly and now Shine, Fox has lost Megyn Kelly and Greta Van Susteren, both of whom anchored evening programmes on Fox.
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Shine was a staunch defender of O'Reilly when the host was at the network. Scott was named president of programming. Luhn claims that Shine arranged for her to travel to NY for trysts with Ailes, and when she suffered mental health troubles as a result of Ailes' alleged abuse, Shine tried to get her to see a psychiatrist. Shine hasn't been at the helm of Fox News long enough to become a household name.
"This is a significant day for all at Fox News", Murdoch said in a statement emailed to The Republican and other media outlets.
Disgraced former Fox News Channel star, Bill O'Reilly.
. He has denied all sexual harassment accusations that have been made against him, including $13 million in payouts he has made to various women in the past decade. In one filed by former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros, she alleged the news network "operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency, and misogyny".He will leave the company after helping a transition over the next few weeks, the cable channel said on Monday. Shine had reportedly been named in at least four lawsuits accusing Ailes of engaging in harassing or discriminatory behavior.
While Fox officially denies rumors of Hannity's impending exit, calling the rumors "completely untrue", several sources speaking to the Daily Beast say that Hannity may end his show as soon as this week.
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