Ex-Fox host Tucker Carlson to relaunch present on Twitter

Former Fox Information host Tucker Carlson, who was taken off the air by the community final month, says he’ll relaunch his present on Twitter “quickly”.

Fox Information Media and Carlson agreed to half methods final month, shortly after guardian firm Fox Corp settled for $US787.5 million ($A1.2 billion) a defamation lawsuit during which the top-rated host performed a starring position.

The outspoken Carlson embraced conservative points and delivered his views with a mode that made his prime-time present, Tucker Carlson Tonight, the highest-rated cable information program in the important thing 25-to-54 age demographic on the most-watched US cable information community.

Scores slumped after his departure.

“Beginning quickly, we’ll be bringing a brand new model of the present we have been doing for the final six and a half years to Twitter,” Carlson stated in a video posted on Tuesday on the social media platform.

“We carry another issues too, which we’ll inform you about. However for now, we’re simply grateful to be right here.”

Carlson’s announcement comes weeks after Twitter CEO Elon Musk sat for a two-part interview with Carlson on Fox Information.

Musk, who has referred to himself as a “free speech absolutist,” has stated his objective is to make Twitter a digital city corridor the place customers can share various viewpoints.

“We have now not signed a deal of any variety in any respect,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday.

“Tucker is topic to the identical guidelines and rewards of all content material creators.”

That features subscription and a share of promoting income, Musk stated, including, “Nonetheless engaged on the software program wanted for (the) latter.”

Musk stated he hopes that others, “notably from the left,” would additionally select to be content material creators on Twitter.

Axios reported that Carlson’s legal professionals despatched a letter to Fox accusing it of fraud and breach of contract.

Carlson’s lawyer didn’t reply to requests for remark. A spokesman for Fox Corp declined to remark.

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