Tucker Carlson is taking on Disney, HBO, Apple, and more in his latest venture.
The ousted Fox News talk show host has launched the Tucker Carlson Network, a subscription-based online streaming service. And the theme is a familiar one.
“It’s time to build an alternative to legacy media, and you can help us do it. It’s time they stopped hiding the truth from you. We’ll expose them together,” the site’s promotional materials announce.
Subscriptions to the service will run $9 per month or $72 per year. The site will only stream online and via Carlson’s website. It’s promising exclusive interviews and commentaries, as well as “a direct line to Tucker and his team.”
The site does not discuss what new shows it will feature, only saying it will “regularly” be releasing new video content.
Carlson had previously been posting his commentary and interviews on X, formerly Twitter. The Wall Street Journal reports that Carlson explored launching the new service through the social media site, but Twitter/X was unable to build out the necessary technology in time.
Free content will continue to be posted to Twitter/X from the Carlson team.
Carlson lined up financing for his online media company in mid-October, when Omeed Malik, through his newly launched 1789 Capital boutique investment company, invested $15 million in seed capital into Last Country, the startup founded by Carlson and Neil Patel. Malik, who also founded the bank Farvahar Partners, launched 1789 as an “anti-woke” equity firm.
Carlson was abruptly pushed out of Fox News on April 24. No official reason was given, but in the weeks since the action, leaks revealed he had allegedly sent misogynistic and vulgar messages about his coworkers. Tucker Carlson Tonight was Fox’s most-viewed evening program, averaging 3.2 million viewers during the first quarter.
On May 9, weeks after his departure, Carlson announced plans to bring a new version of his show to Twitter. In doing so, he reportedly gave up any severance payments he might have been owed by Fox. Puck News’ Dylan Byers, on Twitter, wrote at the time that Carlson would “forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. In order to break [his] non-compete clause.”
