Tucker Carlson is becoming a member of an extended checklist of nightly information hosts who as soon as commanded large audiences earlier than fast departures from their networks. They’ve continued their careers elsewhere with blended outcomes.
Invoice O’Reilly, the onetime host of the Fox Information present “The O’Reilly Issue,” was fired in 2017 amid a sexual harassment scandal. Mr. O’Reilly now hosts “No Spin Information,” a political opinion podcast that ranks No. 71 in Apple’s prime podcast charts for information reveals in the US, in line with Chartable, a podcast insights firm.
Mr. O’Reilly additionally runs a information and commentary web site, billoreilly.com, the place he livestreams interviews with politicians, writes opinions items and hawks merchandise. The location had 1.2 million visits final month, in line with SimilarWeb, an online visitors monitoring firm. (Fox Information’s flagship information web site had 329 million visits throughout the identical interval.)
Glenn Beck, the previous Fox Information host, departed in 2011 to start his personal on-line information enterprise. That included The Blaze, a information and video web site that had 12 million visits final month, in line with SimilarWeb. He additionally hosts “The Glenn Beck Program,” a radio present and podcast that ranked No. 13 in Apple’s prime podcast charts for information reveals in the US, in line with Chartable.
Chris Cuomo, the previous CNN host, was fired in 2021 amid an inquiry into his efforts to assist his brother, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, navigate sexual harassment accusations. The anchor now hosts “CUOMO” on NewsNation, a subscription tv information community. The location had 5 million visits final month, in line with SimilarWeb. Additionally in 2021, two prime editors at NewsNation resigned amid employees complaints of a right-leaning tilt to its protection and abysmal rankings.