Fox News

Fox News is the news brand of Fox Corporation, the American media company spun off from 21st Century Fox in 2019. Its flagship outlet, the Fox News Channel (FNC), launched in 1996 under Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation with founding chief executive Roger Ailes, and grew into one of the most-watched cable news networks in the United States. The brand also spans the Fox Business Network, the Fox News Digital properties, Fox News Radio and a streaming service, Fox Nation. Editorially, Fox News combines straight news reporting with a large block of opinion and talk programming, especially in primetime, and is widely identified with a conservative-leaning audience and commentary. Its programming, anchors and commentators make it a central player in American political media, and its ratings leadership in cable news has been a defining feature of its commercial position. Commercially, Fox News sits inside Fox Corporation alongside the Fox broadcast network, Fox Sports and the company's television stations. Advertising and cable carriage fees are the core revenue drivers, supplemented by subscription revenue from Fox Nation and digital properties. The brand operates primarily in the United States, with international distribution of its channel and digital reach abroad. Fox News is regularly part of national media-policy stories. In the supplied evidence, Newsweek reports that the U.S. Justice Department contacted ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News as part of a Sherman Act antitrust inquiry into the networks' brief suspension of pooled White House coverage after CNN was barred from White House grounds. That item illustrates how the brand is treated as one of the major television news organizations in the U.S. market.

Fox News was created as part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation push into American television news. The Fox News Channel launched in 1996 with Roger Ailes as founding chief executive, initially reaching a limited number of cable households before expanding distribution and building a primetime lineup of news and opinion programming. Over the following years it became one of the highest-rated cable news networks in the United States, competing directly with CNN and MSNBC. The brand expanded beyond the core channel. Fox Business Network was added as a business-news outlet, Fox News Digital built a large web and mobile audience, Fox News Radio extended the brand into audio, and Fox Nation was introduced as a subscription streaming service. Together these properties turned Fox News from a single cable channel into a multi-platform news brand. Corporate ownership changed in 2019, when 21st Century Fox's assets were largely sold to The Walt Disney Company and the remaining broadcast, cable news, sports and stations businesses were separated into Fox Corporation, which became the parent of Fox News. The brand has remained a central part of Fox Corporation's portfolio and a dominant ratings performer in cable news. Fox News has also been a frequent subject of national media and political debate, including disputes over its coverage, its role in the White House press pool and its place among the major television networks. In the supplied evidence, Newsweek reports that the Justice Department contacted ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News as part of a Sherman Act antitrust inquiry after the networks briefly suspended pooled White House coverage when CNN was barred from White House grounds.

• 2019

  Fox Corporation is separated from 21st Century Fox and becomes the parent company of Fox News.

• 2018

  Fox Nation launches as a subscription streaming service.

• 2007

  Fox Business Network is launched as the brand's business-news channel.

• 1996

  Fox News Channel launches with Roger Ailes as founding chief executive under Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

Mass-market American cable and digital news brand with a large opinion-driven primetime lineup and a conservative-leaning audience.

• Fox News Channel

  The flagship cable news network combining news reporting with opinion and talk programming.

• Fox Business Network

  Business and markets news channel under the Fox News brand.

• Fox News Digital

  Web and mobile news and opinion platform.

• Fox Nation

  Subscription streaming service offering opinion and lifestyle programming.

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