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Richard "Rich" O'Brien
(August 1956 ? August 5, 2017)
[1]
was an American television
creative director
known for his work at
Fox News
, where he worked from 1996 until his job was eliminated in May 2017.
[2]
At Fox, he eventually became a
senior vice president
and creative director.
[3]
Biography
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O'Brien was born in
Connecticut
.
[3]
Before joining Fox, he worked as a creative director at
CNBC
, and later helped create
America's Talking
, which later became
MSNBC
.
[4]
[3]
[5]
A 2001
New York Times Magazine
article described O'Brien as one of "the two sides of FNC's brain," with the other being
John Moody
.
[6]
References
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Richard O'Brien Obituary
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Sherman, Gabriel (2017-05-14).
"Women Can Wear Pants on Fox News Now, But Not Much Else Has Changed"
.
Daily Intelligencer
. Retrieved
2017-08-08
.
Ailes loyalists continue to be moved out: Last week, Fox's longtime head of graphics, Richard O'Brien, left when his job was eliminated in a reorganization.
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"Richard O'Brien, pioneering Fox News creative director, dies at 60"
.
Fox News
. 2017-08-07
. Retrieved
2017-08-08
.
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Ariens, Chris (2017-08-07).
"The Man Behind the Look of Fox News, Rich O'Brien, Has Died"
.
www.adweek.com
. Retrieved
2017-08-08
.
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Battaglio, Stephen (2003-04-02).
"Behind Front Lines at Cable News"
.
NY Daily News
. Retrieved
2017-08-08
.
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Sella, Marshall (2001-06-24).
"The Red-State Network"
.
The New York Times Magazine
. Retrieved
2017-08-08
.
