First News (newspaper)

First News is the UK's only newspaper for young people and the widest-read children's publication in the country with a 2011 readership of over 2 million seven to 14 year olds every week. Published in full colour tabloid format every Friday, and aims to present current events and politics in a child-friendly format, alongside news on entertainment, sport and computer games. The latest ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations) figure for First News is 79,431 Jan-Jun 2015.

First News was founded by Sarah and Steve Thomson and launched by Editor Nicky Cox MBE in May 2006 at 11 Downing Street, official residence of the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the then Chancellor Gordon Brown said that the paper would make a "great contribution to education" by making children aware of current events.

First News is now the widest-read publication for children in the UK.

The paper is published by First News (UK) Ltd, an independently owned and financed publishing house established in January 2006. The First News (UK) Ltd management team comprises Nicky Cox MBE, former editorial director of BBC Children's Magazines and investors Steve and Sarah Jane Thomson.

Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel (FNC), also known as Fox News, is an American basic cable and satellite news television channel that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. As of February 2015, approximately 94,700,000 American households (81.4% of cable, satellite & telco customers) receive the Fox News Channel. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York. .

The channel was created by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who hired former Republican Party media consultant and NBC executive Roger Ailes as its founding CEO. It launched on October 7, 1996, to 17 million cable subscribers. It grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant cable news network in the United States.

Fox News Channel has been accused of biased reporting and promoting the Republican Party. The channel has also been cited as detrimental to the integrity of news overall. Fox News Channel employees have responded that news reporting operates independently of its opinion and entertainment, and have denied bias in news reporting.

Fox & Friends

Fox & Friends is a daily morning news/talk program that airs on Fox News Channel. The program - like most on Fox News - is considered to have conservative political leanings in its presentation.

It begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the latest Fox News Live headlines and news of the morning and continues with a variety of segments including current events, interviews, updates of news stories with correspondents, right-leaning analysis from the hosts, and entertainment segments.

History

Fox & Friends evolved from Fox X-press, Fox News Channel's original morning news program.

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, an additional hour was added to the beginning of the weekday show, but branded as a separate show called Fox & Friends First. It was the first Fox News show to air live for the day, starting at 6:00 a.m. It was discontinued on July 13, 2008 and replaced with an additional hour of Fox & Friends The Fox & Friends First title was reintroduced on March 5, 2012, also as a separate show airing one hour before the main three-hour program, but using a separate slate of rotating anchors.

First

First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).

First or 1st may also refer to:

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The News Today

The News Today is an English language evening daily newspaper in Chennai, India. It is published from Chennai every evening since 1982.

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