By Reuters: Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who was taken off the air by the neighborhood ultimate month, said on Tuesday he would relaunch his current on Twitter “soon.”
Fox News Media and Carlson agreed to half strategies ultimate month, shortly after dad or mum agency Fox Corp (FOXA.O) settled for $787.5 million a defamation lawsuit by way of which the top-rated host carried out a starring place.
The outspoken Carlson embraced conservative factors and delivered his views with a way that made his prime-time current, “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the highest-rated cable info program within the necessary factor 25-to-54-age demographic on the most-watched U.S. cable info neighborhood.
Ratings slumped after his departure.
“Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter,” Carlson said in a video posted on the social media platform. “We bring some other things too, which we’ll tell you about. But for now, we’re just grateful to be here.”
Carlson’s announcement comes weeks after Twitter-owner Elon Musk sat for a two-part interview with Carlson on Fox News.
Musk, who’s CEO of Twitter and has referred to himself as a “free speech absolutist,” has said his objective is to make Twitter a digital metropolis hall the place prospects can share numerous viewpoints.
“We have not signed a deal of any kind whatsoever,” Musk tweeted Tuesday. “Tucker is subject to the same rules & rewards of all content creators.”
That comprises subscription and a share of selling revenue, Musk said, together with, “Still working on the software needed for (the) latter.”
Musk said he hopes that others, “particularly from the left,” would moreover choose to be content material materials creators on Twitter.
Axios reported that Carlson’s attorneys despatched a letter to Fox accusing it of fraud and breach of contract.
Carlson’s authorized skilled did not reply to requests for comment. A spokesperson for Fox Corp declined to comment.
