July 20, 2016
Sources: Roger Ailes negotiating exit as Fox News chief
Several media sources are reporting that Fox News CEO Roger Ailes is negotiating his exit following several allegations of sexual harassment.
While there have been reports that the outline of a deal has been finalized, an attorney for Ailes says he has not signed off on any package.
Daily Beast:
"There is no deal about anything at this point,” Estrich said. “Nobody’s got one right now,” she added concerning the generous severance package mentioned in the detailed document which Matt Drudge posted on Twitter. “We don’t know how that term sheet got there, but it is not an accurate or final term sheet about anything.”
Estrich said she didn’t know how Drudge obtained the term sheet or who provided it, but said many different draft versions exist in PDF form and Ailes has agreed to none of them.
“Roger had never seen that term sheet,” she said. “There were so many PDFs lying...(Read Full Post)