Tucker Carlson Coming Soon with his own Media Company after leaving Fox News

Tucker Carlson has recently raised $15 million funding from 1789 Capital to grow his media company.

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Carlson is currently embroiled in a legal battle with his former employer Fox News over a breach of his contract after he exited the network in April.

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Carlson was fired from Fox News in April without giving a reason for termination.

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After relaunching his show on Twitter, now Carlson plans to expand on that content with his new media startup, Last Country.

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Last Country will release longer videos behind a subscription paywall, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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This isn’t Carlson’s first foray into being a media founder.

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His new venture includes Carlson's former executive producer at Fox News Justin Wells, and Neil Patel, a former advisor to then-Vice President Dick Cheney and the Daily Caller's current publisher.

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Carlson began his career in journalism as a fact-checker for Policy Review, a national conservative journal then published by The Heritage Foundation.

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Tucker Carlson joined Fox News in 2009 and after 14 years, he was fired in April 2023.

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Now he is coming with his own media company, Last Country for which he has also raised $15 million in seed funding.

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