DISH Lost BIG in Pissing Match with Fox News

Remember when Dish Network dropped Fox News off their satellite?

Well it appears that Fox News won the war.

Dish says that they lost 63,000 pay-TV subscribers in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31.That number was almost double the number forecast by analyst. 

Dish also reported that quarterly revenue that fell short of estimates.

You may remember that Fox News petitioned hard to get Dish Network subscribers to drop the satellite service when Fox fell from the bird. 

Dish announced Today that founder and Chairman Charlie Ergen will return to take charge of the company.

Chief Executive Joe Clayton, 65, will retire on March 31. 

Fox News boss Roger Ailes can put another notch in his gun belt.