Rupert Murdoch replaces scandal-hit Ailes as Fox News chief

Roger Ailes, the politically connected chief of Fox News, resigned Thursday under the cloud of a sexual harassment lawsuit, and was replaced by Rupert Murdoch, head of parent company 21st Century Fox.

The company said in a statement that Ailes's resignation was effective immediately and that Murdoch, 85, would take over the roles of chairman and acting chief executive of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.