"Newsmax, the right-wing TV news outlet, filed suit Wednesday against Fox News and its parent company, alleging the conservative media powerhouse had illegally sought to suppress the smaller challenger's growth in cable news. "Fox Corporation has long engaged in an exclusionary scheme to increase and maintain its dominance in the market for U.S. right-leaning pay TV news, resulting in suppression of competition in that market that harms consumers, competition, and Newsmax Broadcasting," the lawsuit contends."
"The suit appears to be yet another consequence of the fallout of President Trump's electoral loss in 2020; On election night, Fox News's decision to call the key state of Arizona for Joe Biden before any other network led to outrage among much of its core pro-Trump audience. As Fox bled millions of viewers, executives routinely cited Newsmax as a threat."
Newsmax filed a federal lawsuit in Miami against Fox News and its parent company, alleging an exclusionary scheme designed to increase and maintain Fox's dominance in U.S. right-leaning pay TV news and to suppress competition, harming consumers and Newsmax's growth. Fox News Media rejected the allegation and Fox Corp. declined comment. The lawsuit ties to fallout from President Trump's 2020 loss and Fox's early Arizona call, which prompted viewer defections and executive concern about Newsmax. Internal Fox exchanges emerged during the Dominion defamation litigation; Fox paid $787.5 million in 2023 to settle that suit. Newsmax has settled related defamation suits and claims Fox targeted smaller right-leaning outlets.
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