Tucker Carlson Network Launches Monday

Tucker Carlson is launching his own subscription streaming service, people familiar with the matter said, the former Fox News host’s official foray into paid content after months of posting videos on X.

The Wall Street Journal reports the Tucker Carlson Network, is expected to go live on Monday, the people said. It will be home to at least five different shows by midweek, they said, including interviews, short-form videos and monologues.

Tucker Carlson Network, whose logo resembles a red pill, will cost $9 a month—or $72 a year—and will initially be solely available through Carlson’s website, they said. Some of the content will be available without a subscription and will be ad-supported, while some interviews and monologues will be available exclusively to subscribers, who will have access to that content without ads.

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Carlson launched a show on X—then known as Twitter—in the spring, shortly after his acrimonious exit from Fox News. All his shows were posted as videos on the platform and were available without a subscription, including an interview with former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump that was released at the same time as the first Republican primary debate, which Trump had skipped. All of that content will also be available on the service, one of the people said.

Carlson will continue to post the service’s free content on X, the people said. His media company will also launch a new podcast, “The Tucker Carlson Podcast,” which will feature audio versions of that content.  

Other big stars who have left TV have built thriving digital businesses, but sometimes with smaller audiences and less influence than they had before. The new service will face a crowded field of competitors, from news personalities on YouTube and Rumble to TV networks such as Fox News and Newsmax.

Former White House adviser Neil Patel will serve as the Tucker Carlson Network’s chief executive, the people said. Carlson and Patel were roommates at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., which they graduated from in 1991, and in 2010 teamed up to found the conservative Daily Caller news site, which Patel still controls.

Carlson’s former executive producer at Fox, Justin Wells, will serve as Tucker Carlson Network’s president and oversee all programming.

Carlson remains under contract with Fox News, according to people familiar with the matter.