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Fox chief executive officer Lachlan Murdoch acknowledged a steep decline in viewership on Fox News ahead of midterm elections and attributed it to “viewer fatigue.”
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Murdoch → acknowledge → fatigue
The cable news network had seen similar trends during the 2006 midterms, which also fell during a president’s second term — George W. Bush’s, Murdoch said on a call with analysts on Monday (US time) to discuss financial results.
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Murdoch → see → results
Fox News notched strong viewership last year because of coverage on events like massive floods and the assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, which could account for the unfavorable comparison this year, Murdoch said.
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Murdoch → notch → comparison
The network is still the most-watched on cable and is expected to have more daily viewers on average than in any other midterm year going back to 1998.
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network → watch → 1998
Fox News experienced a 28 per cent drop in its prime-time audience to an average of 2 million viewers from September 28 to October 25, according to Nielsen data.
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News → experience → data
“Those viewers are not going to any other channel,” Murdoch said.
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Murdoch → go → channel
“They’re not switching to CNN or MS NOW.
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They → switch → CNN
They’re just fatigued and watching slightly less television overall.”
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They → fatigue → television
Versant Media Group’s MS NOW experienced a 15 per cent increase to 1.16 million viewers, while Skydance’s CNN averaged 644,000 viewers, a 16 per cent increase over the same period, Nielsen data showed.
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data → experience → period
Some media observers attribute the decline to President Donald Trump’s slipping approval ratings, suggesting disengagement from Fox’s traditional Republican audience.
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observers → attribute → audience
The Democrats are currently favoured by both traditional polls and prediction market odds to win the House of Representatives and Senate, as voters grapple with issues around affordability, a controversial war in Iran and tariffs.
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voters → favour → Iran
Fox reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $US4.57 billion ($6.5 billion), exceeding Wall Street’s estimates of $US4.31 billion.
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Fox → report → billion
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation were $US1.64 billion, beating analysts’ expectations of $US1.37 billion.
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earnings → beat → billion
The network also reported record political advertising for midterms of more than $US350 million.
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network → report → million
Fox saw $US250 million spent on political ads on local stations, $US50 million on the Tubi streaming platform and another $US50 million for national political ads.
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Fox → see → ads
Overall, ad revenue jumped 47 per cent to $US2.08 billion in the quarter, mainly from broadcasting the men’s FIFA World Cup over the summer.
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revenue → jump → summer
Murdoch said the network is interested in pursuing the US media rights for the next two tournaments.
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network → say → tournaments
FIFA began the bidding process for those last month.
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FIFA → begin → those
The rights are expected to fetch as much as $US4 billion.
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rights → expect → billion
“We were obviously happy with the performance of the World Cup this past year and we’ll be looking at the rights for 2030 and 2034 in a disciplined manner as we would with all sports rights,” Murdoch said.
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Murdoch → look → rights
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newsletter → deliver → stories
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