"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
CEO Chris Ruddy was joined by Newsmax hosts like Greg Kelly, Rob Schmitt, Carl Higbie, Rob Finnerty, and Greta Van Susteren as it rang the opening bell Thursday morning.
In recent weeks, Finnerty has bested competition from CNN in the ratings, despite only being in the timeslot for less than two months. So does the product match the hype? Let's find out.
"This is the elephant in the room. We saw that TMZ report drop on Friday. We can't really say much about what's going on. But Fox News does not want Tucker Carlson coming to Newsmax..."
"It could go so far as to have their executives come talk to us and explain this to us in terms of the timing and intent. And it could go as far as having public hearings."
"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."
"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."