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Fox News has dominated the ratings of other cable news outlets.<ref name=anderson>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-anderson4oct04,0,2195035.story?coll=la-opinion-center|title=Fox News: Enraging Liberals for 10 Years|date=October 4, 2006|first=Brian C.|last=Anderson|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Launched by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and former political consultant Roger Ailes as a refuge for viewers fed up with real or perceived [[liberal bias]] everywhere in the so-called "[[mainstream media]]", Fox is the undisputed ratings champion of cable news.  It's been trouncing [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]] and [[CNBC]] for years, and draws a much larger audience share than all competitors, including the three major broadcast news shows, combined. It is by far the most profitable news network in the world, on track to earn more than $700 Million in 2010.<ref name=10ailes>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html?_r=0|title=A Fox Chief at the Pinnacle of Media and Politics|date=January 9, 2010|first1=David|last1=Carr|first2=Tim|last2=Arango|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>  But the profit motive may cause some of the hostility Fox News has to the [[conservative]] positions on important social issues.

Fox News has dominated the ratings of other cable news outlets.<ref name=anderson>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-anderson4oct04,0,2195035.story?coll=la-opinion-center|title=Fox News: Enraging Liberals for 10 Years|date=October 4, 2006|first=Brian C.|last=Anderson|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Launched by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and former political consultant Roger Ailes as a refuge for viewers fed up with real or perceived [[liberal bias]] everywhere in the so-called "[[mainstream media]]", Fox is the undisputed ratings champion of cable news.  It's been trouncing [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]] and [[CNBC]] for years, and draws a much larger audience share than all competitors, including the three major broadcast news shows, combined. It is by far the most profitable news network in the world, on track to earn more than $700 Million in 2010.<ref name=10ailes>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html?_r=0|title=A Fox Chief at the Pinnacle of Media and Politics|date=January 9, 2010|first1=David|last1=Carr|first2=Tim|last2=Arango|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>  But the profit motive may cause some of the hostility Fox News has to the [[conservative]] positions on important social issues.

Indeed, for over 100 consecutive months, FNC has been the most-watched cable news channel in the country. FNC is available in more than 90 million homes. It is part of the Fox Television Stations Group, a subsidiary of [[Australia]]n-born media mogul [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation]]. [[Roger Ailes]] was named Chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group on August 15, 2005. Ailes resigned on July 21, 2016, following a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment of female employees.  Rupert Murdoch is his interim replacement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roger-ailes-resigns_us_57912e0ee4b0fc06ec5c4c8a|title=Roger Ailes Steps Down As Fox News CEO After Widespread Accusations Of Sexual Harassment|date=July 21,2016|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> Despite its strong ratings dominance in the United States, Fox News did not perform well in the [[United Ingdom]], causing its parent company to stop broadcasting it in the country in 2017 in order to focus on its U.S. market.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/29/guardian-sky-stop-broadcasting-fox-news-uk/ Guardian: Sky to Stop Broadcasting Fox News in UK]. ''Breitbart News''. August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.</ref><ref>Concha, Joe (August 29, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/348409-fox-news-no-longer-airing-in-the-uk Fox News no longer airing in the UK]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 29, 2017.</ref>

Indeed, for over 100 consecutive months, FNC has been the most-watched cable news channel in the country. FNC is available in more than 90 million homes. It is part of the Fox Television Stations Group, a subsidiary of [[Australia]]n-born media mogul [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation]]. [[Roger Ailes]] was named Chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group on August 15, 2005. Ailes resigned on July 21, 2016, following a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment of female employees.  Rupert Murdoch is his interim replacement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roger-ailes-resigns_us_57912e0ee4b0fc06ec5c4c8a|title=Roger Ailes Steps Down As Fox News CEO After Widespread Accusations Of Sexual Harassment|date=July 21,2016|accessdate=July 21, 2016}}</ref> Despite its strong ratings dominance in the United States, Fox News did not perform well in the [[United Kingdom]], causing its parent company to stop broadcasting it in the country in 2017 in order to focus on its U.S. market.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/29/guardian-sky-stop-broadcasting-fox-news-uk/ Guardian: Sky to Stop Broadcasting Fox News in UK]. ''Breitbart News''. August 29, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.</ref><ref>Concha, Joe (August 29, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/348409-fox-news-no-longer-airing-in-the-uk Fox News no longer airing in the UK]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 29, 2017.</ref>

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