Rupert Murdoch’s News UK has announced plans to launch a national television station called talkTV, which will be a rival to the floundering rightwing channel GB News and provide a platform for the return of Piers Morgan.
In a U-turn after similar plans were cancelled this year, News UK said it would hire “exceptional talent” for the station. Bosses believe Morgan fits in that category and is the biggest name to have signed up to the project.
As well as presenting a primetime evening show, Morgan will write a column for the Sun, a book for the Murdoch-owned HarperCollins and have his programme carried on Murdoch-owned channels around the world. He quit Good Morning Britain in March after refusing to apologise for comments about the mental health of the Duchess of Sussex.
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