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12-20-2024, 03:52 AM
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/exclusive-neil-cavuto-leaving-fox-news/
Cavuto, whose Fox News contract is up at the end of the month, will say goodbye with the conclusion of today's Your World show. Cavuto is one of the few remaining on-air talents who've been with Fox News since its October 1996 launch. "A beloved presence at Fox, his exit is not the consequence of any bad blood, but rather an increasingly common industry reality: Cavuto was offered a new contract, which he declined to accept his new deal," says Mediaite's Colby Hall. "Fox wanted him to stay on board, but a source explained that he ultimately decided to leave. The cable news industry undergone seen a season of belt-tightening that has resulted in similar departures of star journalists who have opted to quit their networks instead of taking a smaller salary. While Fox News is on much better footing than its competitors — thanks to continued ratings dominance and a successful multi-platform strategy — even Rupert Murdoch’s news behemoth is not immune to the new realities of the business. Over the past few years, Cavuto has become an iconoclast on Fox’s dayside programming, a rare voice willing to call out President-elect Donald Trump and face his wrath in return. Outside of politics, Cavuto has been open about his decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis and became a vocal critic of Covid vaccine denialism after a second bout of the virus nearly took his life."
Cavuto, whose Fox News contract is up at the end of the month, will say goodbye with the conclusion of today's Your World show. Cavuto is one of the few remaining on-air talents who've been with Fox News since its October 1996 launch. "A beloved presence at Fox, his exit is not the consequence of any bad blood, but rather an increasingly common industry reality: Cavuto was offered a new contract, which he declined to accept his new deal," says Mediaite's Colby Hall. "Fox wanted him to stay on board, but a source explained that he ultimately decided to leave. The cable news industry undergone seen a season of belt-tightening that has resulted in similar departures of star journalists who have opted to quit their networks instead of taking a smaller salary. While Fox News is on much better footing than its competitors — thanks to continued ratings dominance and a successful multi-platform strategy — even Rupert Murdoch’s news behemoth is not immune to the new realities of the business. Over the past few years, Cavuto has become an iconoclast on Fox’s dayside programming, a rare voice willing to call out President-elect Donald Trump and face his wrath in return. Outside of politics, Cavuto has been open about his decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis and became a vocal critic of Covid vaccine denialism after a second bout of the virus nearly took his life."