Fox News Unveils Changes To Senior Editorial Ranks

The changes, which were announced to staff from Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace in a memo Wednesday afternoon, come just a few months after Fox senior VP Alan Komissaroff unexpectedly passed away, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Komissaroff died in January of a heart attack.

“As we mark nearly two months since Senior Vice President of News & Politics Alan Komissaroff tragically passed away, we wanted to share news about editorial leadership changes and the components of his position that will be absorbed by his colleagues,” Scott and Wallace wrote in their memo. “We miss Alan every day and are still heartbroken by his loss.”

Among the moves: Tom Lowell, a 20-year veteran of the channel, has been elevated to senior executive VP & managing editor for Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, a role that will have him overseeing all editorial content at both channels. “Over the last two years he has led daytime news with a focus on critical issues impacting everyday Americans and has worked closely with our top news anchors,” Scott and Wallace (to whom he will report) wrote. “His superb editorial expertise will benefit all of our programming.”

Suzanne Scott

Kim Rosenberg, a 27-year Fox veteran, has been named executive VP of news programming, overseeing all daytime news shows. She will report to Lowell.

On the politics front, Doug Rohrbeck and Jessica Loker will jointly oversee the channel’s political coverage, including debates and election nights. Rohrbeck, Fox’s senior VP of Washington news and politics, also oversees the news shows originating from Washington D.C., while Loker is VP of news and politics and also works as senior EP of Fox News Sunday.

The executive moves also come as Fox News finds itself at the center of the news cycle, thanks to the Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit (and the internal correspondence revealed through the discovery process), and with primetime host Tucker Carlson releasing Jan. 6 surveillance footage during his program earlier this month.

Scott and Wallace, in their memo, acknowledge that fact.

“Many of us know this, but it bears repeating during this time — criticism by competitors, individuals and organizations with partisan agendas is part of being number one in the news business,” they wrote. “We remain focused on the core values of our business — a free press, free expression, and free speech — all of which reflects our unwavering commitment to the people’s right to know, to be informed and to participate in the marketplace of ideas.”