Apropos of the discussion a week ago about the Fox demand for larger fees from Time-Warner, this story about Fox's chieftan, Roger Ailes is worth a read."Mr. Ailes is certainly making money. At a time when the broadcast networks are struggling with diminishing audiences and profits in news, he has built Fox News into the profit engine of the News Corporation. Fox News is believed to make more money than CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined. The division is on track to achieve $700 million in operating profit this year, according to analyst estimates that Mr. Ailes does not dispute." http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.htmlBe sure to read to the end of the story, and catch the photo of adoring fans (couldn't upload/download it).

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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