His son is now the CEO but Rupert took the position of “executive chairman”. He is not going anywhere.
The article makes it sound like Ailes will be the one leaving soon.
Succession planning is challenging. IF Ailes is unavailable for health reasons, or if profits become unacceptably low, then it'll be time to make an orderly change. FoxNews profits aren't at risk, at least not much. One debate is a drop in the bucket. Where else are people going to go for news in the long run? CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC? The elites have an iron grip on the machine that forms public conciseness. Profits are guaranteed, it's only a question of how they are carved up between the "professional wrestlers' (You mean it's all FAKE!?)