FOX News Channel Names Porter Berry Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of FOX News Digital
17 August 2018 - 3:18AM
Business Wire
FOX News Channel (FNC) has named Porter Berry Vice President and
Editor-in-Chief of FOX News Digital, announced Jay Wallace,
President of FOX News and Executive Editor. In this role, Berry
will oversee all FOX News digital content, including FOXNews.com,
FOXBusiness.com and the FOX News apps.
In making the announcement, Wallace said, “Porter’s keen
understanding of the news business along with his extensive
experience across production and audience engagement make him the
ideal candidate to lead FOX News Digital. His work across FNC’s
programming has been instrumental in our success as a network and
we look forward to his leadership as we continue to grow our
digital platforms.”
Berry added, “I am beyond excited to work with our incredible
team of journalists and expert commentators across the channel in
continuing to make FOX News Digital the most compelling destination
for news, information, opinion and analysis. As someone who has
spent more than a decade at the network, there is no better
audience to serve.”
Recently, FOXNews.com has made enormous strides in the digital
space. According to July 2018 comScore data, FOXNews.com
outperformed CNN Brand in the total number of page views for the
first time ever with 1.5 billion multi-platform views over CNN
Brand’s 1.4 billion views. Additionally, FOXNews.com beat CNN.com
in the total number of page views (1,455,000,000 versus
1,219,000,000), marking the fourth consecutive month FNC has
outpaced CNN in the category. In multi-platform total minutes,
FOXNews.com maintained its number one ranking in engagement with
nearly 2.7 billion total minutes, beating CNN Brand by 262 million
and CNN.com by 491 million minutes, respectively.
Joining the network in 2004 as an associate producer, Berry has
risen through the ranks, most recently serving as the executive
producer of Hannity since 2014. In 2011, he led FNC’s ensemble
program The Five as executive producer, a position he held until
2017. He has also produced multiple FNC digital programs, including
special election coverage on debate and primary nights throughout
the 2012 and 2016 election seasons, as well as FNC’s New Year’s Eve
specials. From 2004 to 2011, Berry was an associate producer on The
O’Reilly Factor and prior to that, served in the same role for On
the Record with Greta Van Susteren.
Prior to FNC, Berry was a segment producer on MSNBC’s
Scarborough Country from 2003 until 2004. He previously worked in
the movie business on several television commercials and major
motion pictures, including “A Time to Kill," Enemy of the State,”
and “The Last of the Mohicans.” He is a graduate of Texas Christian
University.
FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business
Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com
and the soon to launch OTT platform, Fox Nation. FOX News also
produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX News
Edge. A top five-cable network, FNC has been the most watched news
channel in the country for more than 16 years. According to a 2018
Research Intelligencer study by Brand Keys, FOX News ranks as the
second most trusted television brand in the country. Additionally,
a Suffolk University/USA Today survey states Fox News is the most
trusted source for television news or commentary in the country,
while a 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey found that among
Americans who could name an objective news source, Fox News is the
top-cited outlet. FNC is available in 90 million homes and
dominates the cable news landscape while routinely notching the top
ten programs in the genre.
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