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Board His visionary leadership will help network reach new audiences, says CEO Chris Ruddy.
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Fubo’s David Gandler Joins Newsmax
avid gandler, co-founder and chief execu- tive officer of FuboTV, has joined the Newsmax board of directors. “David’s achievements as an entrepreneur in
the streaming and media industries will bring fresh perspec- tive as we continue to expand our global reach, including through our streaming service Newsmax+,” said Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax. “His success in building Fubo from startup to a leading operator demonstrates the visionary leadership that will help
Newsmax reach new audiences in today’s rapidly evolving media landscape.” Gandler joins the five existing members of the Newsmax
Board of Directors: Ruddy, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Christopher Nixon Cox, and Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky. “I have long admired and respected Christopher Ruddy
and his principled approach to jour- nalism,” said Gandler. “I look for- ward to working with Chris and his board of directors to unlock new opportunities for Newsmax that will deepen audience engagement and accelerate growth.” Fubo aggregates the best in TV,
including premium sports, news, and entertainment content, through a single app. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2020, just five years after its founding, Fubo has ranked among The Americas’ Fastest- Growing Companies by the Finan- cial Times (2025) and Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups (2019).
GANDLER Newsmax in Settlement With
Dominion Voting Systems The network determined it could not get a fair trial in Delaware.
Dominion Voting Systems original- N
ewsmax media, inc. reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, concluding a defamation
lawsuit that Dominion filed in Dela- ware Superior Court in 2021. In a filing submitted Aug. 18 with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Newsmax disclosed the parties have mutually agreed to resolve the litigation for a total pay- ment of $67 million. The settlement amount will be paid
out in installments over three fiscal years, which the company expects to fund through revenues.
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ly filed its lawsuit against Newsmax in 2021, seeking $1.6 billion in damages. Dominion alleged that certain state- ments made in Newsmax’s coverage of the 2020 presidential election were defamatory. From the outset, Newsmax has
always maintained its reporting was not defamatory and its coverage was consistent with accepted journalistic standards. “Newsmax believed it was critically important for the American people to hear both sides of the election disputes that arose in 2020,” the company said in its statement. “We stand by our coverage as fair, balanced, and con- ducted within professional standards of journalism.” Despite its confidence in its report-
ing, Newsmax determined the Dela- ware court with Judge Eric Davis pre- siding would not provide a fair trial wherein the company could present standard libel defenses to a jury. Davis also presided over the case of Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network, where he was harshly criti- cized by Fox’s then-chief legal officer for his actions and rulings. “From the very beginning, Judge
Davis ruled in ways that strongly favored the plaintiffs and limited Newsmax’s ability to defend itself,” Newsmax stated. Among the examples Newsmax
cited: Presumption of guilt: Davis ruled
early that Newsmax had committed defamation per se against the plaintiff in each of the 19 alleged statements —
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