JUST IN: Tucker Carlson Breached His Contract, Fox News Says

According to an Axios report, Fox News notified Tucker Carlson on Wednesday that he breached his contract by launching the first episode of his own Twitter show.

America’s #1 primetime news host aired the first episode of his new show Tuesday evening.

Watch the episode below:

Ep. 1 pic.twitter.com/O7CdPjF830

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 6, 2023

Axios reported it obtained a copy of the letter from Fox News and said the cable news network may explore legal options against Carlson.

“Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events,” Carlson’s attorney said to the outlet.

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*FOX NEWS TELLS TUCKER CARLSON HE'S IN BREACH OF CONTRACT: AXIOS

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 7, 2023

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Tucker Carlson on Twitter appears to be in breach of contract with Fox News.

According to Axios, Fox News says Tucker Carlson breached his contract

Fox News Wednesday notified Tucker Carlson's lawyers that the former prime-time anchor violated his contract with… pic.twitter.com/bupGJry6BQ

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 7, 2023

Axios reported:

Shortly after Carlson posted the first episode of his new show on Twitter Tuesday evening, Fox News general counsel Bernard Gugar sent a letter to Carlson’s lawyers saying Carlson “is in breach” of his contract agreement.

“In connection with such breach and pursuant to the Agreement, Fox expressly reserves all rights and remedies which are available to it at law or equity.”

The letter refers to Carlson’s contract, which was originally signed on November 8, 2019 and amended on February 16, 2021.

“This evening we were made aware of Mr. Tucker Carlson’s appearance on Twitter in a video that lasted over 10 minutes,” the letter read.

“Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Mr. Carlson’s ‘services shall be completely exclusive to Fox,'” it continues, quoting Carlson’s contract.

It adds that Carlson’s contract says he is “prohibited from rendering services of any type whatsoever, whether ‘over the internet via streaming or similar distribution, or other digital distribution whether now known or hereafter devised.'”

Carlson’s legal team, according to a source familiar with its thinking, objects to the network’s effort to block Carlson’s Twitter appearances because, they believe, Twitter is not directly competitive with Fox News.

A source told Axios that Fox believes it has been working in good faith to reach an amicable agreement.

At the time of writing, exactly 24 hours since Tucker Carlson posted the Twitter show episode, the tweet garnered 89.8 million views.

Meanwhile, Fox News has tanked in the ratings since Carlson came off the air.