"Joel Cheatwood, SVP/Development at Fox News, will be joining Mercury Radio Arts effective April 24, 2011. Part of his role as EVP will be to manage the partnership and serve as a liaison with the Fox News Channel.
Roger Ailes said: Joel is a good friend and one of the most talented and creative executives in the business. Over the past four years I have consistently valued his input and advice and that will not stop as we work with him in his new role.
Glenn Beck is consistently the third highest rated program on cable news. For the 27 months that Glenn Beck has aired on Fox News, the program has averaged more than 2.2 million total viewers and 563,000 viewers 25-54 years old, numbers normally associated with shows airing in primetime, not at 5pm. Glenn Beck has dominated all of its cable news competitors since launch."
Fox is calling it a partnership. Knowing Beck, this is only good.