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Fox’s settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M
Fox Corp.’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Methods above defamation costs is eye-popping, but the best charge to the media firm is likely to be significantly lessen. On Tuesday, Fox settled with Dominion around expenses that Fox News baselessly accused the firm of rigging its voting equipment towards previous President Donald Trump in 2020. It was the most-viewed media libel case in many years. Fox had about $4 billion of funds on hand as of December 2022, and MoffettNathanson analyst Robert Fishman expects the company to pay out the settlement during the present quarter. How substantially the lawsuit will truly close up costing Fox is unclear mainly because there…