Former Fox Primetime host Tucker Carlson is rumored to be raising funds for his new media venture – a brand new media company. Many of his former employees at Fox are reuniting with Carlson for his new venture, according to reports.
Puck News’ Dylan Byers reported on Wednesday that a “vast majority” of his former staffers who were laid off by the network this week will be joining him shortly after receiving the news.
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“It’s increasingly possible that the Twitter show is a top-of-funnel play for other things Tucker may soon have cooking,” Byer writes, referring to Carlson’s episodic posts on Twitter in recent weeks. “In fact, I am told he is raising capital to launch a new company that may yet prove more influential.”
Byers noted that Carlson would “certainly benefit from an incongruous number of ultra wealthy conservative media investors and a scant (though growing) number of opportunities.”
This new venture could “serve as a paradigm for a generation of TV news personalities with huge followings and fandoms who remain marooned to their desks amid shrinking audiences.”
Although Carlson has not fully cut ties with Fox News being that his contract does not expire until after the 2024 presidential election, Carlson has been permanently taken off the air.
Since Tucker left Fox News, the network has lost thousands of viewers, losing their number one spot as the most watched primetime cable news network. Who did they lose to? None other than MSNBC.
Carlson’s fan base, however, has skyrocketed with over 374,000,000 views since his first episode aired on Twitter on June 5.
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