Greta Van Susteren Will Join Newsmax Early-Evening Lineup in June
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGreta Van Susteren says she just couldn’t stay away from the immediacy of cable news.For the past few years, Van Susteren, one of the few anchors who can say they have been employed by CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel, has been working as a political analyst for Gray Television and doing a show for Voice of America.
Now, she’s about to get back on the grid as an anchor leading the 6 p.m. hour for conservative news outlet Newsmax.“Gray has been really fun, but here’s the big difference — there really is nothing like live news,” Van Susteren tells Variety.
Gray let her out of her contract so she could take the new job, she says.Mediaite previously reported that Van Susteren was in talks with Newsmax.
She hosted a Newsmax debate earlier this month between candidates from Pennsylvania for the U.S. Senate. Van Susteren is the latest in a line of personalities to join Newsmax who previously cultivated an audience at Fox News.
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