The Rupert Murdoch-owned conservative cable news channel launched on Oct. 7, 1996, three months after the debut of MSNBC. "It was a bold innovation, everybody laughed, nobody thought it would be successful. Not only did we very quickly become No. 1 but we’ve been able to maintain that No. 1 position for a long period of time," Sean Hannity said this morning on Fox & Friends. Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott told staffers in an email today: "25 years ago today, FOX News Channel went live for the very first time. After months of hiring and construction, and weeks of rehearsals, we had our first show at 6:00 AM ET. Critics didn’t give us much of a chance. After all, we were going up against Microsoft, GE and Time Warner, and were available in fewer homes. They predicted we’d give up within months and quickly flop."
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