LOS ANGELES: Fox News, a unit of Rupert Murdoch's newly separated Twenty-First Century Fox Inc film and TV company, said on Tuesday it had fired corporate communications chief Brian Lewisdue to "financial irregularities" and other issues.
"After an extensive internal investigation of Brian Lewis' conduct by Fox News, it was determined that he should be terminated for cause, specifically for issues relating to financial irregularities, as well as for multiple, material and significant breaches of his employment contract," the company said in a statement.