Carlson’s lawyers sent an aggressive letter to Fox News, stating that the noncompete provision in his contract is no longer valid. This would free him up to launch his own competing show or media enterprise which he announced just yesterday would be exclusively on Twitter.
Sources have revealed that Carlson was told by a member of the Fox board that he was taken off the air as a part of the Dominion settlement. This led to Carlson believing that the network has breached his contract, releasing him from his noncompete clause.
A Fox News spokesperson said it is “categorically false” that Carlson lost his job as part of the network’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Stephen Shackelford, an outside attorney for Dominion, told Axios’ Dan Primack: “Dominion did not insist on them firing Tucker Carlson as part of the settlement.”
In response to these accusations, Fox News wants to keep paying Carlson until his contract runs out in January 2025. This would prevent him from starting a competing show. The situation creates a predicament for Carlson as he has already received offers from several right-wing outlets, and has even talked to Elon Musk about working together.
Carlson would violate his contract with Fox by doing anything that competes with the network, but his lawyers’ letter effectively holds that Fox breached the contract first.
Despite the situation, Carlson remains determined to continue his work. He recently announced that he will be bringing his show to Twitter. His video stated that they’d be bringing a new version of the show they’ve been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter.
The content will include some new things, which they plan to announce soon. For now, he is grateful to be able to exercise his free speech on the platform.