Fox News Wednesday notified Tucker Carlson’s lawyers that the former prime-time anchor violated his contract with the network when he launched his own Twitter show Tuesday, according to a copy of a letter. (Axios)
In a letter to Carlson’s lawyers, Fox News general counsel Bernard Gugar said the broadcaster was “in breach” of his contract, which was signed in November 2019 and amended in February 2021. (NBC News)
His lawyer told Axios that any legal action by Fox would violate his First Amendment rights to free speech guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. (Reuters)
While Carlson was fired from the network in April, his contract with Fox would have seen him collect payment from the network through 2025 if he refrained from creating content that would compete with Fox’s own programming. (Rolling Stone)
Carlson’s 10-minute video, posted Tuesday evening, had been viewed about 73 million times by noon Wednesday, though that figure does not indicate how many individual users viewed the video or how long they watched for. (The Hill)