Roger Ailes might soon be out of a job.

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/murdochs-have-decided-to-remove-roger-ailes.html

Murdochs Have Decided to Remove Roger Ailes — the Only Question Now Is When

Roger Ailes's tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end. Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James — co-chairmen and CEO, respectively, of parent company 21st Century Fox — have settled on removing the 76-year-old executive, say two sources briefed on a sexual harassment investigation of Ailes being conducted by New York law firm Paul, Weiss. After reviewing the initial findings of the probe, James Murdoch is said to be arguing that Ailes should be presented with a choice this week to resign or face being fired. Lachlan is more aligned with their father, who thinks that no action should be taken until after the GOP convention this week. Another source confirms that all three are in agreement that Ailes needs to go.

While Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes sparked the investigation, sources say it has expanded into a wide-ranging inquiry into Ailes’s controversial management style. The interviews are now being conducted at Paul, Weiss’s midtown offices because of concerns that the Fox offices could be bugged, sources say. The lawyers are seeking to interview former female employees of Fox News in addition to current staff. They are also looking into the appropriateness of Ailes’s pressuring employees to speak out on his behalf, against his accusers. For instance, they are focusing on an op-ed written by Fox Business anchor Neil Cavuto in which Cavuto called the allegations against Ailes “sick.” As Cavuto is a manager at Fox News (his title is senior VP and managing editor), his comments could be seen as part of a corporate attempt to silence women who would speak out.

21stCentury Fox did not respond for comment. Ailes’s spokesperson Irena Briganti also did not respond...

[Wounded Bear]

1. Only 20-30 years overdeu...

[Exilednight]

2. the relationship between Murdoch's kids and Ailes is

Strained at best. The children now run Fox and have wanted Ailes out for quite some time. This gives them a reason and doesn't make it look vindictive.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3. Now would be a good time.

The convention would give Fox some cover.

[Rex]

4. What? Pigman is in trouble? I don't believe it.

They knew Pig Ailes was doing all these horrible things to women, but NOW that it is BAD for business the decide to do something!

Better late then never, still...Murdoch is a POS just like Pigman.

[lpbk2713]

5. Now he'll have to pay for lurid sex.

Instead of using his position to coerce it.