Journalist and tv presenter Piers Morgan smiles as he walks close to his home, after he left his high-profile breakfast slot with the broadcaster ITV, following his long-running criticism of Prince Harry’s spouse Meghan, in London, Britain, March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Piers Morgan, the outspoken British journalist and broadcaster, has joined Rupert Murdoch’s Information Corp (NWSA.O) and Fox Information Media in a worldwide deal that features anew TV present in early 2022, newspaper columns and a ebook deal.
Murdoch stated in a press release on Thursday Morgan was “the broadcaster each channel desires however is just too afraid to rent”.
“Piers is a superb presenter, a proficient journalist and says what persons are considering and feeling,” he stated.
The 56-year-old’s TV present will air on weeknights on FOX Nation in america, Sky Information Australia and on talkTV, a brand new British channel that can launch early subsequent yr. read more
The channel will debut lower than a yr after GB Information launched in June, aimed toward difficult what it casts because the London-centred consensus of the British media. It has since struggled to safe giant audiences.
Morgan will even be part of Murdoch’s tabloids The Solar and the New York Put up as a columnist, the corporate stated on Thursday, and HarperCollins UK will publish his subsequent ebook.
Morgan, who beforehand edited Murdoch’s defunct Information of the World tabloid and hosted a present on CNN, resigned from British broadcaster ITV’s breakfast present after he stated in March he didn’t imagine feedback made by Prince Harry’s spouse, Meghan, in an Oprah Winfrey interview.
Greater than 50,000 folks complained about his feedback, however Britain’s media regulator dominated that ITV didn’t break the broadcasting code on the grounds that Morgan was challenged by different presenters.
Morgan stated he was thrilled to be returning to Information Corp, the place he started his media profession greater than 30 years in the past.
“Rupert Murdoch has been a relentless and fearless champion of free speech and we’re going to be constructing one thing new and really thrilling collectively,” he stated.
“I am going dwelling and we’ll have some enjoyable.”
Reporting by Paul Sandle; modifying by Sarah Younger, Michael Holden and Steve Orlofsky
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