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| − | '''Roger Eugene Ailes''' (born May 15, 1940) is 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 has oversight over all national operations for FOX News and Television, serves as a senior adviser to [[Rupert Murdoch]], Chairman and CEO of [[News Corporation]]. | + | '''Roger Eugene Ailes''' (born May 15, 1940) is 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 has oversight over all national operations for FOX News and Television, serves as a senior adviser to [[Rupert Murdoch]], Chairman and CEO of [[News Corporation]]. |
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Since 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. | Since 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. | ||
| − | Prior to FOX, Ailes was 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 was 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]].'' |
He was a three-year term as a board member of the National Hemophilia Foundation, a member of the Director’s Guild of America and a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Gettysburg. | He was a three-year term as a board member of the National Hemophilia Foundation, a member of the Director’s Guild of America and a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Gettysburg. | ||
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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| + | == Fox News Tenure == | ||
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| + | {{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>}} | ||
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Revision as of 11:46, November 18, 2010
Roger Eugene Ailes (born May 15, 1940) is 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 has oversight over all national operations for FOX News and Television, serves as a senior adviser to Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation. Since 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.
Prior to FOX, Ailes was 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.
He was a three-year term as a board member of the National Hemophilia Foundation, a member of the Director’s Guild of America and a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Gettysburg.
Ailes earned his bachelor’s and received an honorary doctorate from Ohio University.
Fox News Tenure
| “ | 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. [1] | ” |