Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News and will host his final show on the network on Thursday afternoon.
Cavuto’s contract concludes at the end of this month and is not being renewed.
According to a report from Mediaite, the host will bid farewell to his viewers at the end of Thursday’s episode of Your World.
The report explains:
Cavuto is one of the few remaining on-air talent still with the network after joining at its inception in the late 1990s. A beloved presence at Fox, his exit is not the consequence of any bad blood, but rather an increasingly common industry reality: Cavuto was offered a new contract, which he declined to accept his new deal. Fox wanted him to stay on board, but a source explained that he ultimately decided to leave.
The cable news industry undergone seen a season of belt-tightening that has resulted in similar departures of star journalists who have opted to quit their networks instead of taking a smaller salary. While Fox News is on much better footing than its competitors — thanks to continued ratings dominance and a successful multi-platform strategy — even Rupert Murdoch’s news behemoth is not immune to the new