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The CEO of Fox News is Rupert Murdoch.
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Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes is the current CEO of Fox News. He was born on May 15th, 1940 in Warren, Ohio. Ailes began his television career in 1962 as a production assistant. After a brief stint in politics, Ailes returned to television in 1967. From there, he held various positions at various networks before eventually becoming the head of Fox News in 1996.
Early life and career
Roger Ailes was born on May 15, 1940 in Warren, Ohio, the son of Donna Marie (née née Sulzer; July 16, 1915 – May 10, 2017) and Robert Eugene Ailes (July 8, 1902 – May 30, 1989). He had a brother, Robert C. “Bucky” Ailes (1941–2019). Ailes’s father was a World War II veteran who had been severely injured during the fighting in Germany and subsequently worked as the foreman of a Schenectady General Electric plant. Donna Marie went to work to support her family. While attending Warren G. Harding High School, Ailes worked as a DJ at WKBN radio station.[7][8] He graduated from Harding in 1958.
In 1964, he enrolled at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He quit after one semester and readily admitted that he “wasn’t really ready for college”.[9] In 1965, he started working as a production assistant on The Mike Douglas Show when it came to Cleveland on its national tour. After filling in briefly for host Lou Gordon while he was on vacation,[10][11] Ailes officially replaced Gordon as co-host of the show’s Cleveland edition from 1967 to 1969 whereupon he moved back to New York as associate producer for the show.[12][13]
Fox News
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. A top cable n‑etwork, FNC has been the most watched news channel in the country for more than 15 years and according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll, is the most trusted television news source in the country. Owned by 21st Century Fox, FNC is available in 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.
Later life and career
In July 2016, Ailes was accused of sexual harassment by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson. She filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him, which led to his eventual resignation from Fox News on July 21, 2016. In November 2016, it was revealed that Ailes had reached a $40 million settlement with Fox News in order to avoid going to trial. In the months after his resignation, several other women came forward with similar allegations of sexual harassment and Ailes denied all claims of wrongdoing.
In February 2017, Ailes died at the age of 77.
Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-American media mogul. He is the co-chairman and CEO of 21st Century Fox, and the founder, chairman, and CEO of the Fox News Channel. Murdoch has also been a published author and a film producer.
Early life and career
Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne, Australia, on March 11, 1931. His father, Keith Murdoch, was a prominent newspaperman and his mother, Elisabeth Joy Greene, was of Irish Catholic descent. Rupert attended Oxford University. In 1953 he inherited two newspapers that his father had bought in 1952, and he quickly turned them both into successful enterprises. In the 1960s Murdoch expanded his holdings by buying other papers and launching a new weekly magazine.
Murdoch’s newspapers were known for their conservative slant, and this editorial stance led to some controversy in the 1970s when Murdoch attempted to enter the British market. He was eventually able to buy several papers there, but not without a great deal of public outcry.
In the 1980s Murdoch turned his attention to the United States, where he bought the losing New York Post and turned it into a tabloid success. He also bought several television stations and launched the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1986. The Fox network quickly rose to become one of the top-rated networks on television.
Murdoch’s media empire continued to grow in the 1990s as he added more newspapers and television stations to his holdings. He also launched a number of successful cable television channels, including Fox News Channel and FX. In 2007 Murdoch’s News Corporation made an unsuccessful bid to buy the entire satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
Fox News
Fox News is a 24-hour news channel owned by Fox Corporation which is available on cable and satellite services in the United States and abroad. The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1996, and its programming hasShift heading ampaigns, human interest stories, and sports coverage.
Later life and career
In January 2019, Murdoch resigned as chairman of 21st Century Fox, turning over the role to his son Lachlan. According to The Guardian, Murdoch left the company “amid shareholder unrest about succession planning and a desire for more independent board oversight”.
On March 20, 2019, it was announced that Murdoch would become co-chairman of Fox Corporation, which would be the legal successor to 21st Century Fox following the latter’s sale to Disney. He would serve alongside his son Lachlan as joint chairmen and CEO. The transaction was completed on March 12, 2020.
