Even for Fox News, the future is unwritten.
At the beginning of 2016, when the star of anchor Megan Kelly shines, far before the network cooperation
Founder Roger Ayers was fired on sexual harassment charges, 21st Century Fox (FOXA)
CEO James Murdoch says he is keen to sign a contract with herterm contract.
After all, Fox News's audience is older than those of cable rivals.
Ensure the gold status of a popular remote womantime lineup --
Kelly turned 46 in November. -
This seems to be a sensible and timely idea.
Fox News continues to beat Time Warner (TWX)
CNN and Comcast (CMCSA -Get Report)
But the Murdoch family certainly knows that nothing is eternal.
But nine months after Ayres was suddenly fired, former anchor of Bill O'Reilly, Fox News's biggest star, Gretchen Carlson, there are also many allegations of sexual harassment.
In addition to Fox's claim that it will promote "a working environment based on trust and respect for values", the Murdoch family has been forced to change the Fox News lineup, which looks like a stopgap waiting for further adjustments.
There is no doubt that the new schedule is easier because the Conservative Party's 9 p left a surprising impression on Tucker Carlson Tonight. m.
The Oriental show was fortunate enough to follow O'Reilly, whose ratings reached record levels in the first quarter, an amazing feat given that he has achieved the highest score --
Cable news programs have been watched for more than 16 years.
But to be honest, Carlson does benefit from O'Reilly's leadin.
In addition, he encountered some wind in his debut in January --
Several recent periods in political history: the inauguration of a president who warmly embraced Fox Conservatives and the first 100 days
It seems to be nationalism and likes to denigrate liberal ideas and idols.
Carlson averaged three shows in the first quarter.
The 27 million audience easily surpassed his predecessor, Megan Kelly.
In contrast, The O'Reilly Factor attracted an astonishing average of 3.
More than 98 million viewers, many more than 4 million viewers.
It is hard to imagine that tatuk Carlson of toningta was able to maintain the ratings of Fox News 8 p. m. hour.
O'Reilly's departure is likely to have a negative ripple effect on the ratings of the network, which means that advertising and revenue will be reduced.
At 2016, Fox News released more than $1.
Gross profit is 67 billion, a record of a network that routinely generates annual profits of more than $1 billion.
Fox's cable network group, of which Fox News is the largest, is expected to account for more than 72% of the company's profits for the current fiscal year, which will end on June, according to Douglas Arthur, media analyst at Huber Research Partners.
O'Reilly factor is the most profitable moment in Fox News, which has long been the most profitable part of 21st Century Fox and its former parent News Group(NWSA -Get Report).
Three months before 2017-
Third fiscal year 2017--
Fox News has released its highest rating for any quarter in 24 years.
One hour cable news
The New York Times reported on April 1 that O'Reilly and Fox News had paid some women $13 million in exchange since 2004 because they agreed not to sue or talk publicly about their sexual harassment allegations. Shares fell 0.
Wednesday is $ 9% to $30.
39, add 6.
The loss of 2% since the Times reported.
In a lawsuit in 2004, at the time, 33-year-old Fox News producer Andrea mcchris described how O'Reilly got her to buy a vibrator and called her to describe the sexual fantasies that sometimes sounded like he was masturbating.
The Times revealed two other cases of sexual harassment closed in the fall.
The new evening lineup announced by Fox News on Wednesday is unlikely to look the same in a year.
After Carlson's new slot, there will be an optimized slot.
Up version of Fox News's round table show five people, which will be moved to page 9m. from 5 p. m.
However, mixing six talking people together seems like a stopgap to wait longerterm solution.
The Five's co-hosts --
Kimberly Gilfoyle, Dana Perino, Bob Becker, Greg gefield, Juan Williams and New Jessie waters-
There may be a lot of noise, but it will be interesting to see if they can maintain the ratings of Fox News.
Ten Pence, Sean hanniti. m.
Performance may be affected.
Some even say Fox News will not extend the new 7 p. m.
The show, with the story of Martha marcallum, goes beyond six
After Kelly defected to comcasts snbc news in January, the host of the network was also forced to change the lineup.
MacCallum hosted the first 100 days in the same time period.
To be sure, as colleague Ken Doctor defended the street, the Murdoch family has experienced crises before, and the Fox News brand is unlikely to suffer too much in the eyes of the audience, although there are two very
Sexual harassment scandal.
More importantly, the cable bundle, although slightly worn out, is still a daunting business.
While it's not easy for young viewers to subscribe to cable, it's still the main content of the media --
Older families.
However, the fact remains that according to research data released by Nielsen Media last year, the median age of Fox News viewers is about 68.
That means more than half of the audience is over 68.
The median audience for CNN is 59.
It can be said that both networks need to work hard to reach younger audiences.
Teenagers--
Liberals and Conservatives-
Get news and entertainment from a wider range of websites, apps and streaming platforms.
Even Fox News could be hurt by widespread fragmentation in the media space, as it uses some industry terminology.
There is no doubt that Ayres and O'Reilly of Fox News created a unique television product that began to erupt in the 1960 s against those values that felt alienated from political progress and changed social customs.
But Fox also benefited from being the only game in town.
In the future, Fox News may bring more competition to conservative audiences.
Chris Rudy, the biggest news owner of the recent launch of a conservative cable network, said this week that he was certainly interested in talking to O'Reilly.
The same is true of an American news network and another right-wing --
Wing Net recently hired former Trump campaign manager Corey Levandowski as a commentator.
We can even hear more from the Sinclair Broadcasting Company nationwide (SGBI)
The company produced news clips from its headquarters north of Baltimore and distributed them to 173 local television stations across the country, although mainly in smaller markets.
Like Fox News, however, Sinclair has never tried to hide his conservative politics.
The full impact of Bill O'Reilly leaving Fox News on multiple sexual harassment allegations will not be found guilty for a period of time.
There is reason to believe that after the Times report, about 50 advertisers who withdrew their ads from the O'Reilly factory will return to 8 p. m. hour.
On Thursday, shares of its parent company rose 1 as Fox News officially entered a new chapter in its influential history. 2% to $30.
Trading in the morning 75.
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