head of Fox Sports programming, fired in sexual harassment probe

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Amid a probe of sexual harassment at Fox Sports, the company announced Monday that it had fired its controversial head of sports programming, Jamie Horowitz.

Horowitz’s dismissal came less than a week after 21st Century Fox began investigating allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace at Fox Sports. The company hired a law firm, which began interviewing women at Fox Sports about Horowitz’s behavior, according to a person familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to publicly discuss it.

Several women, including prominent on-air personalities, have already been interviewed about their treatment at Fox Sports, according to two people familiar with the investigation.

“Everyone at FOX Sports, no matter what role we play, or what business, function or show we contribute to — should act with respect and adhere to professional conduct at all times,” Fox Sports President Eric Shanks said in an email to staff members, announcing Horowitz’s departure.

http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-fox-sports-jamie-horowitz-sex-harassment-20170703-story.html

[spanone]

1. fox is toxic.

foxic

[Blue_Adept]

2. The broadcast business is toxic

Decades of this kind of stuff is built into it thanks to the likes of Roger Ailes. He was the most well known in the modern era but his kind permeated this business for a long, long, time and it doesn't just disappear because those people are gone.

[GeorgeGist]

3. ESPN, NBC, FOX ...

all got rid of him.

[Raine1967]

6. Yes indeed. Glad to bump the thread for your comment.

This guy is a serial harasser.

[Initech]

4. Is Fox News just a giant gentlemen's club?

[madinmaryland]

5. Sports programming sucks for women. The women who are qualified are passed over for the model typas

Sickening, because they are only there because of their looks and not their understanding of the sport. There are a lot of damn good women sports commentators who never get a chance in the business.