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Ailes met News Corp CEO [[Rupert Murdoch]], who hired him to create a cable news channel under Fox Entertainment Group.<ref name="DulisMay2017"/> Ailes founded Fox News in October 1996, served as its CEO until July 2016,<ref name="DulisMay2017"/> and transformed it "into the nation's long-running No. 1 cable news network."<ref name="FoxAilesDead77"/> The creation and success of Fox News broke the monopoly over the American public held by the [[Liberal elite|liberal media elite]] and gave a voice to conservative Americans opposed by those elite.<ref name="GiveVoice"/>

Ailes met News Corp CEO [[Rupert Murdoch]], who hired him to create a cable news channel under Fox Entertainment Group.<ref name="DulisMay2017"/> Ailes founded Fox News in October 1996, served as its CEO until July 2016,<ref name="DulisMay2017"/> and transformed it "into the nation's long-running No. 1 cable news network."<ref name="FoxAilesDead77"/> The creation and success of Fox News broke the monopoly over the American public held by the [[Liberal elite|liberal media elite]] and gave a voice to conservative Americans opposed by those elite.<ref name="GiveVoice"/>

For 17 consecutive years, until 2017, Fox News was the #1 cable news station in the U.S. for primetime, and even after the consecutive record was broken, it remained #1 overall.<ref>Kew, Ben (May 22, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/22/fox-news-slips-to-third-place-among-key-demographic-for-first-time-in-17-years/ Cable News Ratings Shock: Fox Slips to 3rd Place in Primetime for First Time in 17 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref> Fox News also had the #1 cable news show during Ailes's tenure as CEO, with ''The O'Reilly Factor'' being #1 for 15 consecutive years<ref>Katz, A.J. (DEcember 28, 2017). [http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2016-ratings-fox-news-channel-is-cable-tvs-most-watched-network/315009 2016 Ratings: Fox News Channel is Cable TV’s Most-Watched Network]. ''TVNewser''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref> until O'Reilly was forced out from Fox in April 2017.<ref>Elber, Lynn (April 20, 2017). [https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-04-20/oreilly-is-out-at-fox-but-influence-endures-career-too O'Reilly Is Out at Fox but Influence Endures; Career Too?]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref>

For 17 consecutive years, until 2017, Fox News was the #1 cable news station in the U.S. for primetime, and even after the consecutive record was broken, it remained #1 overall.<ref>Kew, Ben (May 22, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/22/fox-news-slips-to-third-place-among-key-demographic-for-first-time-in-17-years/ Cable News Ratings Shock: Fox Slips to 3rd Place in Primetime for First Time in 17 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref> Fox News also had the #1 cable news show during Ailes's tenure as CEO, with ''The O'Reilly Factor'' being #1 for 15 consecutive years<ref>Katz, A.J. (December 28, 2017). [http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2016-ratings-fox-news-channel-is-cable-tvs-most-watched-network/315009 2016 Ratings: Fox News Channel is Cable TV’s Most-Watched Network]. ''TVNewser''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref> until O'Reilly was forced out from Fox in April 2017.<ref>Elber, Lynn (April 20, 2017). [https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-04-20/oreilly-is-out-at-fox-but-influence-endures-career-too O'Reilly Is Out at Fox but Influence Endures; Career Too?]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref>

{{cquote|'''Mr. Ailes is certainly making money. At a time when the broadcast networks are struggling with diminishing audiences and profits in news, he has built Fox News into the profit engine of the News Corporation. ''Fox News is believed to make more money than CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined.'' The division is on track to achieve $700 million in operating profit this year (2010), according to analyst estimates that Mr. Ailes does not dispute.''' <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html?_r=1&ref=roger_e_ailes New York Times; "A Fox Chief at the Pinnacle of Media and Politics"]</ref>}}

{{cquote|'''Mr. Ailes is certainly making money. At a time when the broadcast networks are struggling with diminishing audiences and profits in news, he has built Fox News into the profit engine of the News Corporation. ''Fox News is believed to make more money than CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined.'' The division is on track to achieve $700 million in operating profit this year (2010), according to analyst estimates that Mr. Ailes does not dispute.''' <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html?_r=1&ref=roger_e_ailes New York Times; "A Fox Chief at the Pinnacle of Media and Politics"]</ref>}}