Fox News just continues to slap it’s viewership in the face this week as they’ve announced Paul Ryan has accepted a major role in the company.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will join the board of Fox Corporation, a new standalone entity that houses Fox News Channel and the Fox broadcast network, according to Variety.
Ryan will join Fox Corp. chairman and CEO Lachlan Murdoch, his father and Fox Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch, and former Ford CEO Jacques Nasser on the board.
Formula 1 Chairman and CEO Chase Carey, Aragon Global Holdings founder Anne Dias and Hernandez Media Ventures CEO Roland Hernandez are also set to join the board.
The new entity emerged Tuesday following the full separation of Fox Corporation from 21st Century Fox, which was acquired by Disney. Tuesday marks the first day 21st Century Fox and Fox are standalone, publicly traded companies, 21st Century Fox said in a statement to Variety.
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