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FOX News Channel (FNC) achieved its highest-rated January in cable news history, marking 23 consecutive years as the top network in cable news. The network delivered 2.8 million primetime viewers (8-11 PM/ET) and 1.9 million total day viewers, showing significant year-over-year growth of 40% and 53% respectively.

FNC commanded 67% of total day viewers and 69% of primetime viewers, while competitors CNN and MSNBC hit all-time January lows. Several programs, including 'America's Newsroom', 'The Faulkner Focus', 'Outnumbered', and 'America Reports' achieved their highest-rated months ever. Notably, 'The Faulkner Focus' surpassed ABC's 'The View' in viewership for the first time.

The network's coverage of President Donald Trump's inauguration peaked at 12 million viewers, marking the highest non-primetime cable news telecast in history. FNC continues to lead with key demographics, including Independents, Democrats, Asians, Hispanics, and upscale viewers throughout total day programming.

FOX Nation has announced a new three-part series, 'Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner', following their successful collaboration on 'Yellowstone: One-Fifty'. The series, premiering February 8th, will feature Costner tracing the historic 1903 Yosemite expedition of President Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir.

The series is part of FOX Nation's 'America 250' campaign commemorating the country's 250th anniversary. Each episode will showcase spectacular visuals of Yosemite's landmarks while exploring the region's Indigenous American legacy and the establishment of the National Park System. The series highlights Roosevelt's conservation efforts, which led to the creation of 150 National Forests, 5 National Parks, and the preservation of 230 million acres of land.

Developed by Costner's Territory Films and Warm Springs Productions, the series will release weekly on the platform. FOX Nation, recently named one of the top 10 fastest-growing brands among Gen Z adults by Morning Consult, offers nearly 10,000 hours of content through various streaming platforms.

FOX News Media achieved record-breaking viewership during the inauguration coverage, marking the highest-rated non-primetime telecast in cable news history with 11.7 million viewers and 2.5 million in the A25-54 demographic. The network secured 80% of cable news audience share during special programming and was the only network to show gains compared to 2021 and 2017.

Co-anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, FNC's coverage outperformed broadcast networks ABC, NBC, and CBS in viewers. The network dominated primetime with 6.5 million viewers and showed increased viewership in both total day (+14%) and primetime (+2%) compared to 2024 to date. FOX News Digital also experienced significant growth compared to previous inaugurations, with increases in unique viewing devices (+35%), total view time (+83%), and media initiatives (+72%).

FOX News Digital secured its position as the leading news brand in 2024, achieving significant growth across all digital metrics. The platform recorded 41 billion total multiplatform minutes (up 11% vs. 2023), 21.1 billion total multiplatform views (up 5%), and averaged 110.7 million monthly unique visitors.

Notable achievements include a 20% year-over-year increase in YouTube views, reaching 2.8 billion views, and maintaining leadership in social media engagement with 404.4 million total interactions (up 34%). The FOX News Mobile App averaged 6.2 million monthly unique visitors. Meanwhile, competitor CNN experienced declines in multiplatform views (-4%), minutes (-3%), and unique visitors (-7%).

FOXBusiness.com demonstrated strong performance with 2 billion multiplatform views in 2024, outperforming CNN Business, WSJ Online, and other major business news sites.

OutKick, FOX 's sports multimedia platform, reported significant growth in Q4 2024 compared to Q4 2023. The platform achieved 7.8 million average monthly desktop and mobile unique visitors (up 28%), 97 million total multiplatform views (up 33%), and 91 million total multiplatform minutes (up 25%).

Social media performance showed strong momentum with 5.1 million social actions (up 25% vs. previous quarter) and 48.3 million total video views across Facebook, X, and YouTube (up 25% vs. previous quarter). The platform has expanded its influence by featuring prominent sports media personalities like Charles Barkley, Dan Patrick, Bob Costas, and Stephen A Smith, while focusing on sports, culture, entertainment, and politics coverage.

Fox (FOXA, FOX) has announced it will host a live audio webcast to discuss its second quarter fiscal 2025 financial results on February 4, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. PT. The company will release its financial results approximately 30 minutes earlier, at 8:00 a.m. ET / 5:00 a.m. PT on the same day. Both the live presentation and archived webcast will be accessible to investors through the company's investor relations website at investor.foxcorporation.com.

FOX News Media has announced significant programming changes across FOX News Channel (FNC) and FOX Business Network (FBN), effective January 2024. Will Cain will host the 4 PM/ET weekday timeslot on FNC with The Will Cain Show, while Charlie Hurt will replace him on FOX & Friends Weekend. The Fox Report and The Big Weekend Show will both expand to two-hour formats on weekends.

On FBN, Dagen McDowell will join The Big Money Show, which will expand to two hours from 12-2 PM/ET. The changes reflect FOX News Media's strategy to innovate programming and meet viewer needs during what they anticipate to be a historic news cycle. The Will Cain Show will feature conversations with newsmakers across politics, business, culture, and sports in a podcast style format.

Fox News Channel (FNC) achieved remarkable success in 2024, securing its position as the highest-rated cable network for the ninth consecutive year. The network captured 56% of cable news primetime audience and 53% in total day, marking its highest share since 2015. FNC averaged 2,384,000 primetime viewers (up 30% vs 2023) and 1,458,000 total day viewers (up 21% vs 2023).

'The Five' made history as the first non-primetime show to exceed 4 million viewers in Q4, while 'Gutfeld!' led all cable news in the 25-54 demographic. FNC dominated election coverage, reaching nearly 13.6 million viewers on election night. The network outperformed competitors CNN and MSNBC, with CNN recording its lowest viewership in network history and both competitors experiencing significant audience decline post-election.

OutKick, FOX 's sports multimedia platform, reported significant growth in November 2024. The platform achieved 7.7 million total desktop and mobile unique visitors (up 21% YoY), 34 million total multiplatform views (up 39% YoY), and 32 million total multiplatform minutes (up 38% YoY).

Social media performance was equally impressive, with 2.1 million social actions across Facebook, X, and Instagram (up 64% YoY and 11% MoM), and 17.7 million total video views on Facebook, X, and YouTube (up 94% YoY). The platform's success is attributed to its coverage of stories at the intersection of sports, culture, and politics.