Tucker Carlson joins a long list of nightly news hosts that once drew large viewership before quickly leaving the network. They have continued their careers elsewhere, with mixed results.
Bill O’Reilly, the host of Fox News’ show The O’Reilly Factor, was fired in 2017 over a sexual harassment scandal. O’Reilly currently hosts a political opinion podcast called “No Spin News,” which is his top US news show on Apple. . chartablea podcast insight company.
Mr. O’Reilly also runs billoreilly.com, a news and commentary website where he conducts live interviews with politicians, writes opinion pieces and sells merchandise. The site had 1.2 million visits last month, according to the company. similar web, a web traffic monitoring company. (Fox News’ flagship news site had 329 million hits for him during the same period.)
Former Fox News host Glenn Beck retired in 2011 to launch his own online news venture. That included his news and video website, The Blaze, which had 12 million hits last month, according to SimilarWeb. He also hosts a radio show and podcast, ‘The Glenn Beck Program’, which ranks him number 13 on Apple’s US news program Top His Podcasts chart. chartable.
Former CNN host Chris Cuomo has spoken out in 2021 amid an investigation into his efforts to help his brother and former New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo navigate a situation where he has been accused of sexual harassment. was laid off in the year Anchor currently hosts “CUOMO” on his NewsNation, his subscription television news network. According to SimilarWeb, the site had 5 million visitors last month. Last year, NewsNation’s two top editors resigned amid staff dissatisfaction with its right-leaning tendencies and terrible reviews of its coverage.
