[DoodleDawg]

...saying that "completely unfounded claims" were the cause.

That, and the $13 million paid out for "founded" claims...and the revolt of the advertisers which has threatened to spread to other shows...and the fact that you don't have anyone in the building willing to go to bat for you.

[Abby4116]

Don't know if this is credible, but I read on Facebook yesterday that it was the wives of the 2 young Murdochs that said O'Reilly must go and what they say goes.

As an aside, Greta wrote that when Ailes was fired last year that left a clause in their contracts that they could get out of the contract. She took advantage of that clause.

[Kazan]

.and the fact that you don't have anyone in the building willing to go to bat for you.

How do you know that?

Some at Fox News were crying he was fired:

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/bill-oreillys-ouster-fox-executives-fear-theres-more-to-come

reactions to the news of O’Reilly’s departure were decidedly mixed in the newsroom. Some staffers cried.