News Broadcasting
Fox News elevates Clemente, Moody
MUMBAI: US news broadcaster Fox News has elevated two executives in the network’s hard news division. Michael Clemente has been promoted to EVP of News Editorial and John Moody, currently the CEO of Newscore, will return to Fox News as executive editor and executive vice president.
Both executives will report directly to Fox News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes.
Newscore, a news service that allows worldwide editorial properties to share content and resources across all News Corp entities, will now be absorbed into the day to day operations of Fox News.
Ailes said, “As our fiscal year comes to a close, I’ve determined that Newscore will operate more efficiently and effectively inside Fox News. This move will strengthen our overall news gathering capabilities and enable us to operate at an even higher level.”
Clemente will continue to run day to day operations for the entire news division while Moody will operate as a senior adviser to Ailes on all editorial matters. Moody will also serve as the executive editor of foxnews.com and oversee all news related digital assets.
Ailes said, “John’s extensive experience in news for the past several decades both in television and in print remain unmatched in the industry. John helped us become the number one news network and I look forward to working closely with him again.”
Ailes further noted, “Michael Clemente is one of the most seasoned television news executives in the business. He continues to have the mindset of both a journalist and the instincts of a television programmer which have served the network very well during his tenure.”
Prior to his role with Newscore, Moody served as the EVP, News Editorial of Fox News where he was responsible for all editorial direction and story content for 13 years. Before this, he spent more than a decade at Time Magazine as both a writer and bureau chief.
Clemente joined Fox News in February of 2009 as the senior Vice President of News Editorial and has overseen all news operations and news editorial for the network, including the notable political coverage of the current election season.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
