MEDIA WINNER: Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren, the veteran cable news anchor whose career has included stints at CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, is in talks to join Newsmax, sources tell Mediaite. It's not known yet whether Van Susteren will host her own show for the conservative network, but she's been a frequent sight on their airwaves in recent weeks. Earlier this month, she delivered a report for Newsmax from a field hospital in Ukraine, and next week she’s expected to moderate the Republican Senate primary debate in Pennsylvania for the network. Newsmax has sought to position itself as a competitor with Fox News, benefitting from a surge in viewers who defected from Rupert Murdoch's network in the aftermath of the 2020 election to seek more stridently pro-Trump alternatives. Fox News is back on top of the cable news ratings, but adding Van Susteren to Newsmax's roster could bring some gravitas to their reporting. The network has had some missteps and legal headaches, including ongoing defamation lawsuits from Dominion and Smartmatic. Since leaving Fox News in 2016 after a bitter contract dispute, she spent 6 months at MSNBC, and then worked as a host at Gray TV and Voice of America. Getting back on a cable news network would certainly be a win for Van Susteren, and she'd be joining a number of her former Fox News colleagues who are now at Newsmax. |