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Pressure mounted Tuesday for Fox News to take action against its top-rated host, Bill O’Reilly, as a series of prominent companies pulled advertising from his show, and a leading women’s rights group called for his ouster.

"Fox Losing More Advertisers After Sexual Harassment Claims Against O’Reilly" is from the April 05, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and Michael S. Schmidt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"With a Stand-Alone App, Starz Looks beyond the Cable Bundle" is from the April 4, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Caroline Miller.

For nearly two decades, Bill O’Reilly has been Fox News’ top asset, building the No. 1 program in cable news for a network that has pulled in billions of dollars in revenues for its parent company, 21st Century Fox.

Behind the scenes, the company has repeatedly stood by O’Reilly as he faced a series of allegations of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior.

Fox News, which for more than a year has dealt with the fallout from an embarrassing sexual harassment scandal, was sued on Monday by the political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes, who claimed that she had been raped by the longtime anchor Charles Payne and was then retaliated against by the network after she came forward with her allegation.

"Fox News Contributor Says Rape Allegation Blacklisted Her" is from the September 18, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The private detective at the center of a Fox News article about the death of a young Democratic aide claims that the White House and a wealthy Trump supporter urged the network to run the article as part of a scheme to blunt speculation about the president’s ties to Russia, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

" Lawsuit Asserts White House Role in Fox News Article on Seth Rich" is from the August 01, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

President Donald Trump has long had ties to the nation’s major media players. But his connections with the country’s largest tabloid publisher, American Media Inc., run deeper than most.

"Investigators Focus on Another Trump Ally: The National Enquirer" is from the April 11, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Jim Rutenberg, Emily Steel and Mike Mcintire and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Verizon and Hearst to Create TV for Mobile Millennial Viewers" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Attempting to put to rest a drama that has plagued Fox News since the summer of 2016, the network’s parent company has reached a roughly $10 million settlement to resolve a group of racial and gender discrimination lawsuits involving 18 current and former employees, according to a document viewed by The New York Times and three people briefed on the deal.

"Fox Settles Discrimination Lawsuits for Roughly $10 Million" is from the May 15, 2018 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Verizon and AwesomenessTV to Form Mobile Video Service" is from the April 06, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Denizens of 'Sesame Street' Adapt to an Upscale TV Neighborhood" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Ken Kurson is a confidant of Rudy Giuliani. He is a onetime speechwriter for Donald Trump. And he is a close friend of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, who appointed Kurson to run his weekly newspaper, The New York Observer.

"A Kushner Ally Was Up for a Federal Post. Then the FBI Began Digging." is from the July 26, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Jesse Drucker, Emily Steel and Danny Hakim and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

One woman said she was riding a Ferris wheel at Coney Island after a company event when a co-worker suddenly took her hand and put it on his crotch. Another said she felt pressured into a sexual relationship with an executive and was fired after she rejected him. A third said that a co-worker grabbed her face and tried to kiss her, and she used her umbrella to fend him off.

"Proudly Edgy, Yet Regressive in the Workplace" is from the December 23, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

New troubles for Fox News arose Thursday as a lawsuit accused it of gender discrimination and one of the women who have accused Bill O’Reilly of sexual harassment said she would appear before the British regulatory group that is assessing Twenty-First Century Fox’s attempted takeover of Sky, the satellite TV giant.

"Fox News Besieged by New Bias Lawsuit and Federal Inquiry" is from the May 04, 2017 Financial section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and Niraj Chokshi and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

The cable TV business is a real fixer-upper.Ratings declines, advertising weakness and cord cutting have eroded the foundation of the industry over the past several years, and traditional television businesses have struggled mightily to remodel themselves for an era when viewers watch whatever they want, whenever they want, and across a proliferation of screens.

"Discovery to Buy Scripps, Owner of Food Network, in $11.9 Billion Deal" is from the July 31, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Facing a boycott by advertisers, unrest inside the company, protests outside Fox News headquarters and public calls for human rights investigations into company culture, Rupert Murdoch and his sons, Lachlan and James, are reckoning with the fallout of a sexual harassment scandal that has once again engulfed Fox News and its parent company, 21st Century Fox.

In the weeks after Roger Ailes was ousted as the chairman of Fox News in July, amid a sexual harassment scandal, company executives secretly struck an agreement with a longtime broadcast personality who had come forward with similar accusations about the network’s top host, Bill O’Reilly.

"Claims Against O’Reilly Were Secretly Settled" is from the January 10, 2017 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and Michael S. Schmidt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Fox Faces New Lawsuit Claiming Harassment by Roger Ailes" is from the December 13, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Viacom's Earnings Plunge After Battle for Control" is from the November 09, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Emily Steel and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Son-in-Law Discussed a Possible Trump TV Network With a Media Deal Maker" is from the October 17, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Maggie Haberman and Emily Steel and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Media Merger’s Possible Ripples" is from the October 24, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Brooks Barnes and Emily Steel and narrated by Caroline Miller.