Opinion: What was Tucker Carlson worth to Fox News? About $650 million, according to Wall Street.

What was Tucker Carlson worth to Fox News? According to Wall Street, about $650 million.

Fox Corp.’s stock FOX FOXA swiftly plunged more than 5% on Monday when news broke that Carlson, Fox’s top prime-time host, had left the network. That initially wiped about $900 million off the company’s market value, combining its Class A and B shares. In late-afternoon trading the Class B shares were down 3.3%, equivalent to a loss of about $650 million of shareholder value.

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