Posted on 09/03/2025 2:12:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Right-wing US media network Newsmax is suing Fox News over what it claims are anticompetitive tactics to supress competition, teeing up a legal battle in the American conservative news space.
The lawsuit, filed in a Florida federal court, accuses Fox News of using its market power to coerce TV providers to restrict competing right-leaning channels.
"Newsmax cannot sue their way out of their own competitive failures in the marketplace to chase headlines simply because they can't attract viewers," a Fox News spokesperson said.
The company, owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, is consistently ranked the most popular conservative news outlet in the US with a market value of nearly $26bn (£19bn).
Fox News "has long engaged in an exclusionary scheme to increase and maintain its dominance in the market for US right-leaning pay TV news," lawyers for Newsmax wrote in its antitrust complaint.
It's alleged Fox News uses exclusive content deals to block other right-wing channels, and imposes financial penalties on providers that do carry other conservative networks, among other exclusionary tactics.
The suit also accuses Fox News of using intimidation including pressuring its guests to not appear on rival networks, and hiring private investigators to target Newsmax executives
"Fox may have profited from exclusionary contracts and intimidation tactics for years, but those days are over," Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said.
It's asking a judge to declare Fox News' conduct unlawful, and block it from entering into what it says are exclusionary contracts, in addition to monetary damages.
Newsmax, founded in 1998 with a market value of $1.8bn, has gained traction in recent years, buoyed by support from President Donald Trump.
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Fox news in not conservative. They may lean more to the right but they are hardly right wing.
“Right wing”, “Immigrants”, “democracy”, “peaceful protests”?! Geez it’s exhausting
I doubt the BBC would EVER describe ANY network as “left-wing”, even though there are plenty of them, including the BBC itself.
‘right-wing?’
haven’t looked at either one outside of accidental posted clips for more than a decade. fox closer to 20 years.
😂😂😂😂. Right wing news......they forgot extreme. But, bbc.
GOPeers at best.
Mark La-VIN! ONE OF THE WURST....
This reminds me of how NBCUniversal was able to go after Fox Business with restrictions on basic or premium tiers. Fox Business became a premium tier channel because NBCUniversal imposed a CNBC exclusivity deal that also blocked Bloomberg.
On our Charter, Fox is 37/202, Newsmax is 222, One America is 223.
Agreed I can’t stand him.
Can they both lose? That would be awesome.
Not at all conservative. Clever marketing allows them to fool many into thinking they are right-leaning. Can’t stand them now, but they had me fooled for a number of years.
OAN experienced this already.
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