The former Fox News star made the announcement on social media.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced he is launching his own streaming service and website called the Tucker Carlson Network (TCN).
“We’ve been working in secret and producing an awful lot of material for months now. We’re launching a brand-new thing very soon,” Mr. Carlson said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, over the past weekend as he debuted the website.
Join us. https://t.co/sLkXnGKCFd pic.twitter.com/G8Fv2VVAlo
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 9, 2023
Since June, Mr. Carlson has been releasing videos on Elon Musk’s X platform, including a heavily watched video interview featuring former President Donald Trump. That video was released at the same time as the first Republican debate, which was held on Fox News and didn’t feature President Trump.
The former top-rated host “parted ways” with Fox News in April, although neither party has released many details about why he left. When reached for comment multiple times this year, multiple Fox spokespeople redirected The Epoch Times to the initial news release announcing his departure.
Carlson and his team had explored launching the streaming service through X, but the social media company was not able to move quickly enough to build out the technology needed for the service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
He will continue to post the service’s free content on X, the report said.
Other than President Trump, Mr. Carlson has interviewed influencer Andrew Tate, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Douglas MacGregor, InfoWars host Alex Jones, and many others.
Carlson began airing episodes for a new show on X in early June. Fox News sent a cease-and-desist letter to Carlson shortly after the show first launched, according to Axios, after the network argued Carlson was violating his contract.
Responds to VP Questions
In a recent speech, Mr. Carlson responded to speculation that he could be President Trump’s vice presidential pick for 2024.
“God would have to yell at me very loud” to get him into the political arena and run for vice president, he said, according to multiple news outlets. He said that being around politicians would be “so repulsive to me.”
