June 12 (Reuters) - Fox News (FOXA.O) has sent a "cease-and-desist" letter to Tucker Carlson over a competing Twitter series from the channel's former star host that drew a combined 169 million views for its first two episodes, Axios reported on Monday.
Last week, Axios said the news organization had notified Carlson's legal team of contract violations related to the launch of his Twitter show.
Carlson released the first episode last Tuesday, weeks after he parted ways with the media group.
His exit from the channel had come shortly after parent company Fox Corp settled for $787.5 million a defamation lawsuit in which the top-rated host played a starring role.
Fox News did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath
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sportsworker777 on June 12nd, 2023 at 15:49 UTC »
It only lists "contract violations" as the reason. Safe to assume it is for a non-compete clause? In which case I'm curious of the verbiage and what it prevents him from doing.
InkIcan on June 12nd, 2023 at 15:42 UTC »
cue Tucker Carlson confused outrage face
rikki-tikki-deadly on June 12nd, 2023 at 15:39 UTC »
Gotta make back that $787.5 million Dominion settlement somehow.