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Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax, continues his legal battle against Fox News by pressuring the Justice Department to block Fox’s $22 billion acquisition of Roku over antitrust concerns related to streaming competition. Although Ruddy's previous lawsuit against Fox was dismissed last year, he and his allies have reportedly been lobbying the DOJ to investigate how the deal affects competition in the streaming market. Despite past failures in similar efforts, Ruddy remains persistent due to his connections with former President Trump and continues to challenge larger media companies through legal means.

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Chris Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax, is continuing his legal battle against Fox News by re-filing an antitrust lawsuit that was dismissed last year. The lawsuit accuses Fox of using exclusive carriage deals to restrict Newsmax's reach on streaming platforms. Ruddy and his allies in the White House have urged the Justice Department (DOJ) to scrutinize a $22 billion deal between Fox and Roku, investigating whether it would harm competition in the streaming market. Despite previous setbacks, such as failing to prevent mergers of media companies like Nexstar-Tegna or obtaining compensation for advertising giants' mergers, Ruddy's persistence has kept major corporations on their toes. Fox News maintains that Ruddy’s lawsuit is an attempt to compensate for Newsmax’s competitive shortcomings through legal means rather than improving its business performance.

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Chris Ruddy is proving you don’t need Fox News’ scale to make trouble for Fox News. asserted

you → prove → News

The Newsmax chief’s antitrust suit against his far larger rival — alleging Fox used exclusionary carriage deals to strangle Newsmax’s reach on streaming platforms — got tossed last year, but Ruddy refiled and keeps punching: asserted

Ruddy → allege → platforms

Ruddy and allies in the White House have been pressing the Justice Department’s antitrust enforcers to block Fox’s $22 billion acquisition of Roku, according to people familiar with the matter and communications viewed by Semafor. uncertain

Ruddy → press → Semafor

The DOJ widened its investigation into the deal’s effects on streaming competition. asserted

DOJ → widen → competition

Ruddy failed to foil the Nexstar-Tegna combination or to get a $250 million compensation fund included in an FTC settlement over an advertising-giants merger. asserted

Ruddy → fail → merger

But he has a line to Trump and has shown he can keep much bigger companies’ lawyers busy. asserted

he → have → lawyers

Fox has called Ruddy’s antitrust case an effort by Newsmax to “sue their way out of their own competitive failures.” asserted

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