Roger Ailes

Fox News, SyFy Channel to Merge

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.21.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Roger Ailes, chairman of the new combined network known as SciFox, said that it would roll out a slate of new shows in the fall, including Bill O'Reilly's "Galactica Factor."

Get Real Blodget; News Corp. Won't Fire Glenn Beck

Charles Warner | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media


Charles Warner

News Corp. not only is not going to fire Glenn Beck for his remarks, his bosses, Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes, head of Fox News, are probably going to give him a raise for generating so much publicity.

Our Sick Society

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


Murray Fromson

To demean Barack Obama with the language his critics have employed is to demean us all.

Bill O'Reilly-Keith Olbermann Feud Ends with a Corporate Handshake?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

Corporate honchos at GE and News Corp making back-room editorial decisions for the "news" subsidiaries they control? I can't help but think it might not be the best thing for the integrity of journalism.

Fox Business' 24-Year-Old Reporter Getting "Crash Course" On Wall Street

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 06.30.2009 | Media


24-year-old Matt Egan of Edison, NJ has been covering the stock market for Fox Business Network since September 2007, after graduating from the Colleg...

Fox News Is Out of This World

Michael Wolff | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Fox News more and more represents not just another point of view but a peculiar one, which comes with its own logic, mores, rituals and mythology.

Murdoch, Ailes, Cheney Toast Charles Krauthammer At Private Luncheon

Politico | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media


Columnist Charles Krauthammer was feted at a private luncheon today at the St. Regis in honor of winning this year's Breindel Award, POLITICO has lear...

Monsanto Forced Fox TV to Censor Coverage of Dangerous Milk Drug

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Jeffrey Smith

The following is the third in a series called Get Our Milk Off Drugs, written in response to pending legislation that would interfere with dairies lab...

Fox News' New News Network Set To Redefine...News

Steve Young | Posted 05.13.2009 | Comedy


Steve Young

"We met with countless disgruntled television viewers of every color and creed of angry white men who say they are unhappy with the direction America is going but have yet to find television news they can truly believe in," revealed Ailes.

Roger Ailes, Wife Elizabeth Buy Another Local New York Paper

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 05.11.2009 | Media


Winning the cable news war isn't enough for Roger Ailes. The Fox News chairman also wants to turn his wife, Elizabeth, into the William Randolph Hears...

Jon Klein Jokes: Roger Ailes My "Single Most Important Problem"

Politico | Anne Schroeder Mullins | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media


CNN President Jon Klein joked that Fox News chairman Roger Ailes was his biggest problem in an interview conducted Monday by The Kalb Report's Marvin ...

Fox News Ratings "Crazy High" During Obama Administration, #2 Channel In All Of Cable

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.24.2009 | Media


Fox News Channel continued its ratings tear last week, coming in second place again among all cable channels in primetime. This is the fifth straight...

Keith Olbermann's News Corp Trifecta: Murdoch, Ailes, O'Reilly Monday's "Worst Persons" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media


Keith Olbermann featured an all-News Corp "Worst Persons" Monday night, with Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, and Bill O'Reilly taking top honors. O'Reil...

Murdoch, Ailes "Despise" O'Reilly

Politico | Posted 12.29.2008 | Media


In Michael Wolff's forthcoming biography of Rupert Murdoch, "The Man Who Owns The News," the author writes that the media mogul has seemed to turn awa...

"Alan, We Hardly Knew Ye"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.27.2008 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

Alan Colmes dutifully played the role of the fumbling, hapless Washington Generals to Hannity's Harlem Globetrotters. What's Sean going to do?

Exclusive Hannity And Colmes Breakup Footage

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment


Matthew Filipowicz

Hannity will now host the program by himself. And really, that's for the best. Both he and Colmes were together for twelve long years, and Sean needs some time for Sean.

Jason Linkins

Fox News President Claims He Told Staff To Give Obama Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.22.2008 | Media


Roger Ailes, who has re-upped for five more years at the helm of Fox News, spoke to the Los Angeles Times today on a wide range of topics, including t...

Roger Ailes Naysayers Left With Egg On Their Faces Following Contract Renewal

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.22.2008 | Media


Roger Ailes' 5-year contract renewal may seem like obvious news to the casual media-watcher — the network maintains significant ratings leads ov...

Fox News Gives E.D. Hill A "Terrorist Fist Jab"... Out The Door!

Martin Lewis | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media


Martin Lewis

What has loyalty to the Fox-Republican-Conservative-Neanderthal cause bought E.D. Hill? Nothing. Nada. Zip. She has been dumped by Fox News which just decided not to renew her contract.

Roger Ailes Renews Contract With News Corp

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media


FOX News chief Roger Ailes has signed on to remain at News Corp, the Huffington Post has learned. News Corp is expected to announce later today that ...

Post Columnist Writes Fox: Thank You For Marginalizing The Right

Washington Post | Harold Meyerson | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


To: Mr. Roger Ailes President, Fox News Dear Roger, You should be sitting when you read this, because I'm writing to apologize. In times past, I'v...

Fox News Looking Forward To Obama Administration, Expects Viewership Dip Between Election And Inaguration

Broadcasting & Cable | Marisa Guthrie | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media


Maybe it did all come down to Ohio--again. At least that's what it felt like at the Fox News Channel studios on Election Night. Brit Hume, FNC's drol...

Glenn Beck Is Now A Made Man

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media


Matthew Filipowicz

Glenn Beck has served the Republicans well, and so now, he gets his own show on the network that respects "fair and balanced" reporting the same way the actual Mafia respects the "law".

Report: NBC News Staffers Wonder Whether Roger Ailes' "America's Talking" Could Have Prevented NBC/MSNBC Credibility Issues

FTV Live via Chickaboomer | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media


Here is an interesting take on that article emailed to FTVLive from an NBC insider: "Want to know the buzz today at NBC News about the B & C opinion p...

The Dem Debate on Obama's Fox Turn

Ari Melber | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media


Ari Melber

Obama's appearance on The O'Reilly Factor revived the roiling debate among Democratic strategists, Obama aides and liberal bloggers over how to handle the cable channel.