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| | '''Roger Eugene Ailes''' (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer [[Fox News Channel]] and the [[Fox Business Network]], as well as Chairman of Fox Television Stations and Twentieth Television. He had oversight over all national operations for Fox News and Television, serving as a senior adviser to [[Rupert Murdoch]], Chairman and CEO of [[News Corporation]]. He previously worked as a GOP operative. | | '''Roger Eugene Ailes''' (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer [[Fox News Channel]] and the [[Fox Business Network]], as well as Chairman of Fox Television Stations and Twentieth Television. He had oversight over all national operations for Fox News and Television, serving as a senior adviser to [[Rupert Murdoch]], Chairman and CEO of [[News Corporation]]. He previously worked as a GOP operative. |
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| − | After joining Fox News in 1996, Ailes created Fox’s first weekly public affairs show, "Fox News Sunday" and oversaw the successful launch of Fox News Channel and Fox Business. "He understands the news media, politics and the American people as well as anyone in the modern age," stated former Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html?_r=0/ A Fox Chief at the Pinnacle of Media and Politics By David Carr and Tim Arangokan. 9, 2010]</ref> | + | After joining Fox News in 1996, Ailes created Fox's first weekly public affairs show, "Fox News Sunday" and oversaw the successful launch of Fox News Channel and Fox Business. "He understands the news media, politics and the American people as well as anyone in the modern age," stated former Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html?_r=0/ A Fox Chief at the Pinnacle of Media and Politics By David Carr and Tim Arangokan. 9, 2010]</ref> |
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| − | Prior to Fox, Ailes served as president of [[CNBC]], making it the fastest growing major cable network in America and a leading source for business news, tripling ratings and increasing profits from $9 million to well over $100 million. Ailes also oversaw CNBC’s 1995 worldwide expansion to Europe and Asia. ''At the same time, he was president of "America’s Talking", which later became [[MSNBC]].'' | + | Prior to Fox, Ailes served as president of [[CNBC]], making it the fastest growing major cable network in America and a leading source for business news, tripling ratings and increasing profits from $9 million to well over $100 million. Ailes also oversaw CNBC's 1995 worldwide expansion to Europe and Asia. ''At the same time, he was president of "America’s Talking", which later became [[MSNBC]].'' |
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| − | Ailes had a three-year term as a board member of the National Hemophilia Foundation, was a member of the Director’s Guild of America, and a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Gettysburg. | + | Ailes had a three-year term as a board member of the National Hemophilia Foundation, was a member of the Director's Guild of America, and a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Gettysburg. |
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| − | Ailes earned his bachelor’s and received an honorary doctorate from Ohio University. | + | Ailes earned his bachelor's and received an honorary doctorate from Ohio University. |
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| | ==Pre-Fox News biography== | | ==Pre-Fox News biography== |
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| | Roger Ailes Biography, Blog and News Updates [http://www.rogerailes.com] | | Roger Ailes Biography, Blog and News Updates [http://www.rogerailes.com] |
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| − | In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, the Fox News chief says Obama thinks differently from most Americans, defends Murdoch’s GOP donations, and admits Beck sometimes goes too far.[https://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-16/fox-news-chairman-roger-ailes-slams-white-house-in-exclusive-interview/] | + | In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, the Fox News chief says Obama thinks differently from most Americans, defends Murdoch's GOP donations, and admits Beck sometimes goes too far.[https://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-16/fox-news-chairman-roger-ailes-slams-white-house-in-exclusive-interview/] |
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| | ===Further reading=== | | ===Further reading=== |