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American multinational mass media corporation (2013–2019)
Multiple women accused Bill O’Reilly of sexual harassment and related misconduct; reporting says five women received more than $13 million in settlements from O’Reilly or Fox, and one former Fox analy...
Multiple reports say Bill O’Reilly faced at least five women who reached settlements over allegations tied to sexual harassment and verbal abuse, with those five settlements totaling about $13 million...
was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and related misconduct while he was a host, allegations that ranged from lewd comments and unwanted advances to threatening behavior and career retal...
Bill O’Reilly was forced out of Fox News after The New York Times reported that five women had received roughly $13 million in settlements tied to allegations of sexual harassment and verbal abuse, a ...
Fox News is owned by Fox Corporation, the public company formed after Disney bought much of 21st Century Fox in 2019; the Murdoch family retains decisive control through voting shares and a family tru...
Fox Corporation was created in March 2019 as the remainder of 21st Century Fox after Disney bought most entertainment assets; control of the new Fox remains concentrated in the Murdoch family via a fa...
Fox News is funded through a mix of corporate ownership and commercial revenue streams: it is owned and operated within Fox Corporation, the Murdoch-controlled media company that holds Fox News as one...
Disney bought most of 21st Century Fox’s film, TV and international businesses in a deal valued about $71–71.3 billion, leaving a smaller, separate public company — Fox Corporation — that retained Fox...
Major U.S. media transactions since 2020 that are repeatedly cited in the reporting include: AT&T’s 2018–2022 divestiture and spinoff of WarnerMedia into a merged company with Discovery (closing April...
Bill O’Reilly’s exit from Fox News followed a cascade of civil settlements and advertiser defections that forced the network to sever ties with its highest‑rated host; the departure produced substanti...
Fox Corporation bought Red Seat Ventures in February 2025, a creator-economy podcast and media business that Fox says drove “over 200 million monthly active views” across 17 creator-led shows as of No...
Fox News was launched in 1996 as part of Rupert Murdoch’s television holdings and remained under Murdoch family control through successive corporate restructurings: from News Corporation to 21st Centu...
Bill O’Reilly is reported to have been involved in either and a separate , bringing reported totals to ; some accounts present the 2017 Lis Wiehl payment as a sixth settlement that raised his total to...
Fox News’ parent, Twenty-First Century Fox, reported in costs tied to settlements of sexual harassment and discrimination allegations related to Fox News for its fiscal year that ended June 30, 2017; ...
Documented public settlements tied to sexual‑harassment claims at Fox News include high‑profile individual payouts — notably Gretchen Carlson’s $20 million settlement and reported payments totaling $1...
Disney’s acquisition of much of 21st Century Fox closed after winning approvals from the U.S. Department of Justice, the European Commission and multiple national regulators; regulators required Disne...
The supplied analyses identify that Comcast chief executive Brian L. Roberts is of background and has personal ties to Israel, while the Murdoch family holds concentrated control of multiple major med...
was the pivotal outlet that first assembled the picture of multiple secrecy-shrouded settlements involving , initially reporting in April 2017 on five settlements totaling about $13 million and later ...
Yes — Murdoch-owned outlets were actively covering and taking political positions in 2016, most visibly when The Sun endorsed Vote Leave during the June 2016 Brexit referendum , and when Murdoch’s 21s...
Reporting from 2017 established that Bill O’Reilly and his employer together paid roughly $13 million in settlements to five women for claims dating back to 2002, and that some of those payouts were m...