John Stossel, the longtime ABC News correspondent and co-anchor of "20/20," is leaving ABC to join Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. TVNewser has learned Stossel will host a weekly, one-hour program for the 2-year-old business channel. He's expected to signed a multi-year deal with Fox which will include regular appearances on Fox News Channel during daytime and primetime. He'll also host four, hour-long specials on Fox News, much like the business/consumer specials he'd hosted for years on ABC.
Stossel, a libertarian, has been appearing on Fox News for years as a guest on shows including "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity & Colmes" and "The Big Story."
Stossel joined "20/20" in 1981 and was upped to co-anchor in 2003. TVNewser has learned there was a window in Stossel's ABC contract which allowed him to jump to Fox.
OFFICIAL: Fox and ABC News statements after the jump. Roger Ailes: "John has done meaningful and important work throughout his career. His thoughtful and charismatic style has carved a unique niche in the world of television."
FOX NEWS & FOX BUSINESS NETWORK SIGN ABC NEWS'S JOHN STOSSEL
Stossel to Host Program on FOX Business Network Along With Appearances on FOX News Channel
FOX News Channel (FNC) & FOX Business Network (FBN) have signed a multi-year deal with award-winning journalist John Stossel to anchor a weekly program on FBN and make regular appearances on FNC, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President.
The one-hour FOX Business program, entitled Stossel, will debut during the fourth quarter of 2009 on FBN's primetime line-up, featuring in-depth reports and discussions surrounding libertarian issues in the United States and abroad. Each week Stossel will be joined by experts to explore consumer-focused topics such as free-market economies, civil liberties, the business of health care, social security, and free trade.
[...] said. The topic of the summit will be nuclear proliferation and nuclear disarmament, Gibbs said. John Stossel Moves to Fox! – the-classic-liberal.com 09/10/2009 John Stossel , the longtime ABC News correspondent and [...]
Great! John Stossel will be an excellent fit for Fox and FBN.
I seriously cannot wait. I always liked his stuff on ABC, so having hime with his own show and no liberal influence on FOX ought to be great.
GREAT NEWS! I wish you well with your new career at FOX. Please, PLEASE! Do a special on Global Warming ... oops; I mean, CLIMATE CHANGE! Must be politically correct, mustn't we? I mean an accurate one with reputable experts. If you do, I'll believe you are what I hope you are; a man of truth. I'll even write about you in one of my columns.
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