The Fox News Channel is an American cable news network which belongs to the Fox Entertainment Group, with the Group itself being owned by News Corporation, one of the largest media conglomerate in the world. Created by Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corporation, Fox News Channel was launched on October 7, 1996 and had since went on to become the news channel with the largest number of regular viewers in the United States. Roger Ailes, a former media strategist for Richard Nixon, Ronald Regan and George Bush Sr, was hired for the job of CEO, and has been there ever since.
Rupert Murdoch
A man of controversies, Rupert Murdoch is the owner and chairman of News Corporation, the 2nd largest media conglomerate in the world after The Walt Disney Company. News Corp owns numerous newspapers in countries all over the globe. Other than newspapers, News Corp also has assets in the broadcasting, publishing and entertainment industry. Rupert Murdoch started News Corp with just one newspaper in Adelaide, Australia and has gone on to acquire more newspapers in Australia before expanding into the U.K and subsequently the U.S market.
Roger Ailes
As mentioned, he had been the media advisor and consultant on the presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon, Ronald Regan and George Bush Sr. And he is good at his job, with the result of helping them win their campaigns. He subsequently went back to working in the television industry and became the president of CNBC and created America’s Talking, a cable channel on NBC. This channel was replaced by MSNBC, which is the result of the partnership between Microsoft and NBC. Ailes was then hired by Rupert Murdoch to help create Fox News Channel.
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