FOX News Channel Signs Martha MacCallum to New Multi-Year Deal
09 January 2020 - 10:17AM
Business Wire
Martha MacCallum has signed a new multi-year deal with FOX News
Channel (FNC) where she will continue as anchor of The Story with
Martha MacCallum (weeknights at 7PM/ET) and executive editor of the
primetime program, announced Suzanne Scott, CEO of FOX News Media
and Jay Wallace, its President. Additionally, Ms. MacCallum will
continue to co-anchor all of the network’s election and special
event political coverage alongside Special Report’s Bret Baier.
In making the joint announcement, Ms. Scott and Mr. Wallace
said, “Martha is a superb journalist which is exemplified nightly
by her incredibly strong interviewing skills and first-rate
reporting. We are delighted to have her continue anchoring and
helping lead the network’s political team for another important
election cycle and many years to come.”
Ms. MacCallum added, “Each night, it is a privilege and an honor
to connect with FOX News Channel’s millions of viewers at 7PM. With the election year in full swing, I
couldn’t be more thrilled to continue anchoring with our great
team, at the network that has afforded me invaluable experiences
over the past 15 years. I’m grateful to Suzanne Scott, Jay Wallace
and Lachlan Murdoch and Rupert Murdoch for their continued
confidence in me.”
For the last three years, The Story with Martha MacCallum has
been the number one cable news program at 7PM/ET in both total
viewers and the coveted 25-54 demographic, according to Nielsen
Media Research. Previously, MacCallum was the anchor of FNC’s The
First 100 Days, which chronicled the beginning of President Donald
Trump's administration, a prelude to launching The Story and taking
over the 7PM timeslot in 2017. Prior to joining the early primetime
lineup, she served as co-anchor of America's Newsroom (weekdays
9-11AM/ET) alongside Bill Hemmer from 2010 to 2017.
Throughout her tenure with the network, MacCallum has played a
role in every major political event since the 2004 presidential
election. Most recently, she co-anchored FNC’s coverage surrounding
the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump, which led all
of broadcast and cable coverage in the ratings. In April 2019,
MacCallum, alongside FNC’s chief political anchor Bret Baier,
co-moderated a town hall with Democratic presidential candidate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, which continues to rank as the highest rated
town hall featuring a 2020 presidential candidate to date. The duo
also co-moderated additional town halls with then-candidate Julian
Castro and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Amy
Klobuchar.
Ms. MacCallum notably co-anchored live coverage of the 2018
election which marked the highest-rated midterm election coverage
in cable news history with total viewers, topping all of broadcast
and cable news, according to Nielsen Media Research. Earlier that
year, she also landed an exclusive joint interview with
then-Supreme Court nominee and now Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his
wife Ashley Estes Kavanaugh. During that interview, in which
MacCallum received widespread praise, Kavanaugh addressed the
multiple allegations of sexual misconduct he was up against.
During the 2016 election season, Ms. MacCallum co-moderated two
Republican presidential primary debates alongside anchor Bill
Hemmer in Des Moines, IA and Cleveland, OH with the latter
delivering 6.1 million viewers and 1.2 million viewers in the 25-54
key demo. As part of the network’s political team, she has also
covered multiple State of the Union addresses, the 75th anniversary
of D-Day and earlier in her career, served as the lead reporter on
exit poll data and key voting trends. She was also FNC’s lead
anchor in London for the 2011 Royal Wedding and the birth of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child in 2013.
Since joining FOX News in 2004, she has interviewed numerous
political leaders and newsmakers, including: President Donald
Trump, Attorney General William Barr, Supreme Court Justice Neil
Gorsuch, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former
Defense Secretary James Mattis, General David Petraeus,
then-Republican presidential candidates Senator John McCain, Gov.
Mitt Romney, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie; former chairwoman
of the Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz,
former First Lady Laura Bush, former New York Times executive
editor Jill Abramson, Obama White House press secretary Josh
Earnest, former presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell
(D-CA).
Ms. MacCallum will release her first book, ”Unknown Valor,” this
February, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the World War II
battle at Iwo Jima. The book, which pays tribute to the Marines who
fought in the battle, includes Ms. MacCallum’s primary research
from Guam to Iwo Jima and first-hand interviews with the veterans
who served.
Prior to FNC, Ms. MacCallum held a variety of positions at NBC
News from 1997 to 2003. She was co-anchor of CNBC's Morning Call
and was the anchor of CNBC's Checkpoint, an evening news program
focusing on the war on terror and the Iraq War. In 1997 and 2003,
she was the recipient of the American Women in Radio and Television
award for her reporting while at NBC News. Before joining CNBC, Ms.
MacCallum was an anchor and reporter for WBIS-TV (ION-31), a sports
and business network in New York in 1996. Prior to that, she was a
business correspondent at Wall Street Journal Television where she
anchored The Wall Street Journal Report, World Market Outlook and
Business USA from 1991-1996. She began her career as a reporter for
Corporate Finance magazine.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC is a unit of FOX News
Media and has been the most watched television news channel for
more than 17 consecutive years. According to a 2019 Suffolk
University poll, FOX News is the most trusted source for television
news or commentary in the country, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion
Engagement Brand Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most
trusted cable news brand. A 2019 Morning Consult poll reported FOX
News as the most-watched cable channel among independents in the
county. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90
million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.
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