BREAKING NEWS: Bill Shine is OUT as co-president of Fox News
Bill Shine has resigned from his position as co-president of Fox News after less than a year in the job
This follows a meeting Shine had last week with Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News’ parent company
Shine’s departure is the latest shake-up at Fox, which has seen Bill O’Reilly and former president Roger Ailes fired in the last year due to sex scandals
Shine reportedly advocated to keep O’Reilly despite numerous women making sexual harassment claims against the former anchor
By ASHLEY COLLMAN
DAILYMAIL.COM
1 May 2017
Bill Shine has resigned as co-president of Fox News, after less than a year in the job.
Shine reportedly become an unpopular figure at the network in recent weeks, following the ousting of Bill O’Reilly amid a new sex scandal at the right-wing network.
Women were reportedly planning to circulate a petition calling for Shine to be fired before he stepped down Monday, a source told New York Magazine.
Shine has been accused in the past of helping cover up former president Roger Ailes’ conduct towards Fox News employees by ‘silencing and smearing women who complained,’ Media Matters reported.
This comes exactly a week after Shine had a lunch meeting with Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News’ parent company, 21st Century Fox, and his co-president, Jack Abernethy.
Shine was promoted to the position of co-president last August, after longtime president Roger Ailes resigned amid a sex scandal.
Since then, Shine has had to deal with the loss of Megyn Kelly to rival NBC News, and a new sex scandal involving anchor Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly was forced out of his job last month, while on vacation.
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