Fox News settles with Gretchee Carlson, loses Greta Van Sustern

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/09/06/record-host-greta-van-susteren-leaves-fox-news/89906366/

>Greta Van Susteren, host of Fox News' On the Record since 2002, is leaving the network.

>The longtime host of the nightly news show will be replaced, starting today, by senior political analyst Brit Hume, the network said.

>"Yes, I have left the Fox News Channel. On Thursday night, I made my decision and informed Fox News of my decision that I was leaving Fox News Channel per my contract," Van Susteren said Tuesday on her Facebook page. "Fox has not felt like home to me for a few years and I took advantage of the clause in my contract which allows me to leave now."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/business/media/fox-news-roger-ailes-gretchen-carlson-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-settlement.html

>Fox News’s parent company spent $20 million on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit brought by a former anchor, Gretchen Carlson, whose allegations of sexual harassment toppled the network’s powerful chairman, Roger Ailes, and engulfed the company in crisis.

>But if the settlement was meant to signal the close of a damaging chapter for the network, it fell short. Fox’s newsroom was hit minutes later by a new shock wave: Greta Van Susteren, one of the channel’s best-known and longest-serving hosts, was leaving, effective immediately.
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