Tucker has landed. He’s taking a version of his prior show to Twitter.
This makes perfect sense. The Twitter worldwide audience dwarfs the cable news audience. It’s where the political debates take place. And it’s free, unless you want a blue check mark, in which case you have to pay Elon Musk his $8 per month. It will be interesting if Tucker charges for access to his Twitter show, perhaps on the model that some other use where there is some free content, but also some premium content for a fee. He’ll be an even richer man if he monetizes his Twitter show.
It also makes Tucker his own editorial boss, which probably means a lot to him.
Nothing is a guaranteed success. He’ll still have to continue delivering content that people want. And he still will be a target for Media Matters and other haters. But since those same groups already have tried and failed to bully Elon Musk, their strategy of deplatforming through advertiser harassment deployed against Fox News and others won’t work.
To quote Kamala Harris, it’s Fweedom.
What time slot do you think he’s schedule his new Twitter show?
I was wondering how Tucker could start a new show if he was under contract with Fox News. This seems to be the answer: A reader alerted me to this report, via Axios, Tucker Carlson accuses Fox of fraud, contract breach:
Tucker Carlson, two weeks after being ousted by Fox News, accused the network Tuesday of fraud and breach of contract — and made a host of document demands that could precede legal action.Why it matters: The aggressive letter from his lawyers to Fox positions Carlson to argue that the noncompete provision in his contract is no longer valid — freeing him to launch his own competing show or media enterprise….The details: The letter — from Carlson lawyer Bryan Freedman to Fox officials Viet Dinh and Irena Briganti — said Fox employees, including “Rupert Murdoch himself,” broke promises to Carlson “intentionally and with reckless disregard for the truth.” …The letter also alleges Fox broke promises not to settle with Dominion Voting Systems “in a way which would indicate wrongdoing” on the part of Carlson and not to take any actions in a settlement that would harm Carlson’s reputation….A Fox News spokesperson said it is “categorically false” that Carlson lost his job as part of the network’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.
- Stephen Shackelford, an outside attorney for Dominion, told Axios’ Dan Primack: “Dominion did not insist on them firing Tucker Carlson as part of the settlement.”
What’s next: Carlson is also claiming that Briganti, Fox’s longtime communications and PR chief, attempted to “undermine, embarrass, and interfere” with Carlson’s future business prospects, which he maintains would constitute another breach of his employment contract.
- “Make no mistake, we intend to subpoena Ms. Briganti’s cell phone records and related documents, which evidence communications with her and all media, including, but not limited to The New York Times,” the letter said.
What to watch: Carlson’s lawyers added that because Carlson is considering litigation against the network to resolve these disputes, Fox News must take immediate steps “to preserve all existing documents and data” relevant to Fox’s relationship with Carlson, including correspondence between top executives and several media outlets.
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