Archive · 3 Sep 2025
Newsmax Sues Fox News Over Alleged Antitrust Violations
Newsmax, a news channel, is suing Fox News, claiming Fox is being unfair.
Newsmax says Fox uses tactics to stop other right-leaning news channels from succeeding.
Newsmax claims Fox makes it hard for distributors to carry Newsmax and punishes them if they do.
Newsmax argues Fox is monopolizing the right-leaning news market.
Fox News denies these claims.
Newsmax is seeking money for damages and wants Fox to stop these practices.
The lawsuit centers on whether the market for right-leaning news is separate from all news.
Newsmax filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News and Fox Corporation.
Newsmax alleges Fox News uses anticompetitive practices to limit competition in the right-leaning news market.
The lawsuit claims Fox uses 'no carry' provisions and imposes penalties to suppress competitors.
Newsmax claims that Fox’s behavior has resulted in 'significant damages', including lost revenue.
Fox News responded that Newsmax's lawsuit is a result of its own competitive failures.
- Who
- Newsmax and Fox News
- What
- Newsmax filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News.
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- Federal court in Florida
- Why
- Newsmax alleges Fox News used anticompetitive means to exclude competitors.
Newsmax
Fox News
Market Definition
Newsmax
The market for right-leaning news is distinct from general news.
Fox News
Has not stated a position on this in the provided text.
Anticompetitive Practices
Newsmax
Fox engages in practices to exclude competitors.
Fox News
Newsmax's issues are due to their own failures in the marketplace.
- Plaintiff
- Newsmax
- Defendant
- Fox News and Fox Corporation
- Filed in
- Federal Court, Florida
- Allegation
- Antitrust violations to suppress competition
- Damages Sought
- Treble damages, injunction, and other relief
- Fox News Response
- Accuses Newsmax of competitive failures