{"id":1967484,"date":"2023-07-08T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-work-for-elon-tucker-discloses-how-much-money-hes-made-since-taking-show-to-twitter\/"},"modified":"2023-07-08T13:22:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T17:22:49","slug":"i-dont-work-for-elon-tucker-discloses-how-much-money-hes-made-since-taking-show-to-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-work-for-elon-tucker-discloses-how-much-money-hes-made-since-taking-show-to-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker reveals earnings since bringing show to Twitter: &#8216;I&#8217;m not Elon&#8217;s employee&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-dont-work-for-elon-tucker-discloses-how-much-money-hes-made-since-taking-show-to-twitter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tucker Carlson Breaks Free: Reveals the Business Breakdown of His New Media Venture<\/h2>\n<p>Tucker Carlson is done taking orders.<\/p>\n<p>The former Fox News host recently unveiled the inner workings of his exciting new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-maddow-considering-leaving-msnbc-report\/\" title=\"Rachel Maddow Considering Leaving MSNBC: Report\">media venture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson spilled the beans during a captivating interview with British comedian Russell Brand, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-president-trump-is-traveling-to-gettysburg-to-meet-with-gop-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Reports: President Trump Is Traveling to Gettysburg to Meet with GOP Lawmakers\">streamed live<\/a> on Rumble Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huge-tucker-agrees-first-live-interview-since-fox-exit-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> marked Carlson&#8217;s first public appearance since his unexpected departure from Fox.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Carlson revealed that he&#8217;s now broadcasting &#8220;Tucker on Twitter&#8221; as a regular user of the platform, free from any commercial obligations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t work for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/notice-tucker-ended-new-twitter-show-appears-warning-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon<\/a>,&#8221; Carlson boldly declared, referring to the platform&#8217;s billionaire owner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tucker Carlson:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t work for Elon Musk. He&#8217;s paid me zero money. I don&#8217;t think I ever want to work for anyone again.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pwr7FguWgk\">pic.twitter.com\/Pwr7FguWgk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1677362507735003136?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s paid me zero money,&#8221; Carlson emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his time as an employee at Fox News, Carlson expressed his desire to be his own boss and never work for anyone else again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I ever want to work for anyone again. I&#8217;ve done that,&#8221; he stated firmly.<\/p>\n<p>However, Carlson made it clear that he intends for his media work to be profitable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to make money. I think that&#8217;s fair,&#8221; he admitted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I&#8217;m not working for Elon Musk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He hasn&#8217;t offered to hire me, and even if he did, I wouldn&#8217;t accept&#8230; What he&#8217;s done is offer me the same opportunity he&#8217;s given every other Twitter user: a chance to share my views without any gatekeepers,&#8221; Carlson explained.<\/p>\n<p>Following the streaming of Carlson&#8217;s interview with Brand, nearly one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-the-guy-who-created-talk-radio-megyn-kelly-and-eric-bolling-discuss-rush-limbaughs-legacy\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is The Guy Who Created Talk Radio\u2019: Megyn Kelly And Eric Bolling Discuss Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Legacy\">million people tuned<\/a> in to watch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Russell Brand&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-work-for-elon-tucker-discloses-how-much-money-hes-made-since-taking-show-to-twitter\/\" title=\"Tucker reveals earnings since bringing show to Twitter: 'I'm not Elon's employee'\">live mid-day interview<\/a> with Tucker Carlson on Rumble was watched by almost 1 million people within the first few hours: numbers that CNN can&#8217;t dream of matching ever, let alone in Friday day-time in late July: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tj2xxqOJM4\">https:\/\/t.co\/tj2xxqOJM4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1677434564526895105?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-nba-is-up-to-its-neck-in-china-legendary-announcer-bob-costas-goes-after-ioc-nba\/\" title=\"\u2018The NBA Is Up To Its Neck In China\u2019: Legendary Announcer Bob Costas Goes After IOC, NBA\">prime-time host<\/a> on Fox News, Carlson dominated cable news ratings for years, leaving many of his viewers puzzled about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/real-reason-tucker-carlson-fired-revealed-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">why<\/a> he was ultimately let go by the network.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Carlson admitted that he still doesn&#8217;t know the exact reason behind his firing from Fox in April, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/07\/tucker-carlson-fox-firing-reaction-russell-brand-interview-1235431938\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For hosting &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight,&#8221; Carlson was paid a staggering $15 to $20 million, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jemimamcevoy\/2023\/04\/24\/tucker-carlson-made-as-much-as-20-million-a-year-at-fox-news\/?sh=4c2bb21f6879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dont-work-elon-tucker-discloses-much-money-made-since-taking-show-twitter\/\">&#8216;I Don&#8217;t Work for Elon&#8217;: Tucker Discloses How Much Money He&#8217;s Made Since Taking Show to Twitter<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucker Carlson breaks free, no more orders. In a live interview with Russell Brand on Rumble, the ex-Fox News host unveiled the details of his new media venture. This marked Carlson&#8217;s first interview since his sudden departure from Fox. He shared that he&#8217;s now airing &#8220;Tucker on Twitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":1967485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}