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Roger Ailes Is Negotiating His Departure as Chairman of Fox News
Source: New York Times
Roger Ailes Is Negotiating His Departure as Chairman of Fox News
By JOHN KOBLIN and JIM RUTENBERG JULY 19, 2016
Roger Ailes’s tenure as the head of Fox News appears to be over.
Mr. Ailes and 21st Century Fox, Fox News’s parent company, are in the advanced stages of discussions that would lead to his departure as chairman, Susan Estrich, one of Mr. Ailes’s lawyers, said in an interview on Tuesday.
The development follows a sexual harassment suit filed July 6 against Mr. Ailes by a former anchor, Gretchen Carlson. The suit prompted 21st Century Fox to conduct an internal review.
Since then, Mr. Ailes’s future at Fox News has been the subject of intense speculation, which increased on Monday with a report from New York magazine that the executives leading 21st Century Fox — Rupert Murdoch and his sons, James and Lachlan — had determined that Mr. Ailes must go.
The sides continued negotiations on Tuesday on terms that could include Mr. Ailes’s staying on in a consulting role for Fox News. Ms. Estrich said nothing was finalized on what sort of continuing role he would have at the network.
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By JOHN KOBLIN and JIM RUTENBERG JULY 19, 2016
Roger Ailes’s tenure as the head of Fox News appears to be over.
Mr. Ailes and 21st Century Fox, Fox News’s parent company, are in the advanced stages of discussions that would lead to his departure as chairman, Susan Estrich, one of Mr. Ailes’s lawyers, said in an interview on Tuesday.
The development follows a sexual harassment suit filed July 6 against Mr. Ailes by a former anchor, Gretchen Carlson. The suit prompted 21st Century Fox to conduct an internal review.
Since then, Mr. Ailes’s future at Fox News has been the subject of intense speculation, which increased on Monday with a report from New York magazine that the executives leading 21st Century Fox — Rupert Murdoch and his sons, James and Lachlan — had determined that Mr. Ailes must go.
The sides continued negotiations on Tuesday on terms that could include Mr. Ailes’s staying on in a consulting role for Fox News. Ms. Estrich said nothing was finalized on what sort of continuing role he would have at the network.
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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/business/media/roger-ailes-fox-news-murdoch.html