"Tucker Carlson said he is launching a new show on Twitter, putting him on a potential collision course with Fox News, which ousted him last month while keeping him under contract.
"Starting soon, we'll be bringing a new version of the show we've been doing for the last 6 1/2 years to Twitter," Mr. Carlson said in a video posted to the social-media platform Tuesday.
"We're back," he wrote in the tweet accompanying the video.
The announcement comes after Fox News parted ways with Mr. Carlson last month, ending his decade-plus time at the news network. Fox News parent Fox Corp. and News Corp, the parent of The Wall Street Journal's publisher, share common ownership.
Earlier Tuesday, Mr. Carlson's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, sent a letter to Fox executives alleging that Fox News had breached its contract with Mr. Carlson and requesting that the company preserve documents, according to people familiar with the matter. Axios earlier reported on the letter. Mr. Freedman didn't respond to requests for comment.
At the time of his exit, Mr. Carlson was in the middle of a multiyear contract with Fox News. In recent days, Mr. Carlson has been negotiating with Fox to try to get out of it, people familiar with the discussions said.
Twitter responded to an emailed request for comment with an auto-reply of a poop emoji. Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday that he wants "to be clear that we have not signed a deal of any kind whatsoever. Tucker is subject to the same rules & rewards of all content creators."
Mr. Carlson's first public comments on his departure also came in a video posted on Twitter. In that April 26 video, he called most debates on television irrelevant and said there are few places where truth is told. "See you soon," he said at the end.
Mr. Carlson was ousted from Fox News on April 24, less than a week after Fox Corp. agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a legal dispute with Dominion Voting Systems, which had accused the network of broadcasting false claims by hosts and guests that the company had rigged the 2020 presidential election in favor of Democrat Joe Biden.
During the Dominion legal battle, private messages sent by Mr. Carlson to colleagues were made public. In some, he mocked claims made on air by guests and said he hated former President Donald Trump. The messages in which he showed disregard for Fox executives and colleagues were a major factor in his ouster, the Journal has reported.
The letter from Mr. Freedman alleged that Fox executives told Mr. Carlson that the communications he turned over as part of the discovery in the companies' defamation litigation with Dominion wouldn't be used against him in employment disputes, one of the people familiar with the matter said.
Mr. Musk appeared on Mr. Carlson's show in its final week. Mr. Musk didn't respond to a request for comment.
Mr. Carlson's new version of his show will employ staffers who worked on his Fox News telecast, one of the people familiar with the matter said.
During his time at Fox News, Mr. Carlson became the highest-rated host in prime-time cable news. His rise to national prominence began after he co-hosted the CNN show "Crossfire," as the main voice representing the political right." [1]
Mr. Carlson is one of the most prominent voices de-masking Ukraine's Zelensky among US taxpayers whose money pays for Mr. Zelensky's activities.
1. Carlson to Launch New Show On Twitter, Sets Up Fox Clash. Ansari, Talal;
Keach Hagey. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 10 May 2023: A.1.
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