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Donald Trump may be rubbing salt into the wound of Shepard Smith suddenly exiting Fox News Channel today, but the anchor could be back soon-ish to shine a spotlight of truth on the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host. “The decision to leave was Shep’s and his alone," said Smith's PR representative in a statement after the…

UPDATED with more details: Shepard Smith is stepping down from Fox News Channel, effective with Friday afternoon’s edition of Shepard Smith Reporting. The anchor has been a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s attacks, after Smith had been critical of the president at certain points in his administration. Smith…

Three days after Meghan Markle sued The Mail on Sunday and its parent company Associated Newspapers in the UK for publishing one of her private letters, it has be revealed that her husband Prince Harry is taking on Rupert Murdoch's The Sun and the owners of fellow tabloid The Daily Mirror. The September 27 filed…

In his zealous pursuit of mega-deals, Bob Iger has not always met with warm welcomes. When he first showed Steve Jobs one of his pet projects, Jobs bluntly dismissed it as "a piece of crap." George Lucas, upon selling his company to Iger, blurted on television that he'd sold out to "white slavers." When Ike…

In fiscal 2019, a period when the shape of the Murdoch media empire was transformed due to the sale to Disney of most of 21st Century Fox, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch saw their total compensation decline. According to a proxy statement filed by Fox Corp. with the SEC, chairman Rupert Murdoch collected $42.2 million in…

After calling for strong background checks “perhaps” tied to immigration reform this morning, President Donald Trump, responding to a weekend of mass shootings, returned to a more familiar stance by blaming “Fake News” for contributing “greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years.” See the tweets…

The rain in the nation's capital on the 4th of July may have put a damper on Donald Trump's military hardware heavy 'Salute to America', but the gathering was nothing but sunny skies for Fox News Channel. Snaring a total audience of 4.6 million during the former Celebrity Apprentice host's speech on the National Mall…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of Showtime’s The Loudest Voice & HBO’s Years And Years. The former premieres on June 30 & the latter debuts tonight. The initial round of voting for the 2019 Emmys ends today, but the opening salvos of the 2020 Emmys start tonight with the debut of Years and Years on HBO…

Rupert Murdoch, the 88-year-old chairman of Fox Corp., has fully recovered after being diagnosed with pneumonia about a month ago, according to a person familiar with the situation. The mogul’s most recent moment in the spotlight came on May 9, when he took the stage at Fox’s investor day, kicking off the event by…

Roger Ailes, the man who monetized vitriol while helping to elect Donald Trump, is about to become a loud presence on the screen once again, but this time he won't be running the show. Ailes is the lead character – indeed, the heavy – in both a Showtime series that premieres next week and a star-laden new movie. If he…

Fox Corp. executive chairman Rupert Murdoch bought shares in the company worth $21.2 million about a week after buying a similar amount “in error” and then quickly selling it again. According to the latest in a series of SEC filings, the company disclosed on Friday that Murdoch bought 600,000 shares in Fox Corp.…

UPDATE, with video Bill Maher has a plan for getting Donald Trump out of the White House – actually, a couple plans: Democrats, impeach. Melania, walk out. After calling on Democrats to “either do something” about what they’re calling a Constitutional crisis “or stop talking about it” – i.e., impeach or cut bait…