My understanding is that Fox is continuing to pay Calson so that he can’t compete. I know in my state that’s a requirement once let go, else non competes are not binding.

He's still getting paid as per his contract, it's not quite the same.

I understand that he's still being paid by Fox News at the moment (and will continue to do so until 2025), so it's more a conflict-of-interest clause. Dunno the details of his contract, but I assume that completely canning him is more expensive than just taking his show off the air, but breaching his contract by doing a show on his own probably shields them from that.

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