The mogul also dodged a question about how the Fox News anchor’s settlement could impact the company’s Sky transaction.
James Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox, said it was “news to me” when he saw that Bill O’Reilly personally settled a complaint brought by a former Fox News legal analyst, Lis Wiehl, for $32 million.
(The figure was reported by The New York Times over the weekend.)Speaking at the Paley International Council Summit on Wednesday morning, Murdoch made it clear to the audience that the company did not pay out the money. “The settlement wasn’t a company settlement, and it was news to me when we saw that number the other day,” he said.
The company was aware that O’Reilly had settled the matter, before re-upping his contract, but did not know…
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