Tucker Carlson joins a long list of nightly news anchors who once had huge audiences before quickly moving off their networks. They have continued their careers elsewhere with mixed results.
Bill O’Reilly, the former host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor,” was fired in 2017 amid a sexual harassment scandal. Mr. O’Reilly now hosts “No Spin News,” a political opinion podcast that ranks No. 71 on Apple’s top news programming podcast charts in the United States, according to podcast insights company Chartable.
Mr. O’Reilly also runs a news and commentary website, billoreilly.com, where he livestreams interviews with politicians, writes op-eds and sells merchandise. The site was visited 1.2 million times last month, according to CompareWeb, a company that monitors web traffic. (Fox News’ main news site was visited 329 million times during the same period.)
Glenn Beck, the former Fox News host, left in 2011 to start his own online news venture. That included The Blaze, a news and video website that had 12 million visits last month, according to RelatedWeb. He also hosts “The Glenn Beck Program,” a radio show and podcast that Chartable ranks #13 on Apple’s top news show podcast charts in the United States.
Chris Cuomo, the former CNN host, was fired in 2021 during an investigation into his efforts to help his brother, former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, deal with allegations of sexual harassment. The anchor now hosts “CUOMO” on NewsNation, a subscription television news network. The site was visited five million times last month, according to CompareWeb. Also in 2021, two top editors at NewsNation resigned amid staff complaints about a rightward-leaning view of news coverage and abysmal ratings.
