Top Fox producer dies of Covid

Eric Spinato, a top producer for Fox News and Fox Business, died of Covid-19 at the weekend, according to Fox.

Staff at the network were told on Monday that it was “with tremendous sadness” that Mr Spinato “passed away suddenly,” according to a memo seen by Mediate and CNN.

It said Mr Spinato was "instrumental to the growth and entrepreneurial success" of the network over a 23-year period of working for Fox.

Starting at the network in 1998, he worked as booker, producer and story editor before leaving for CNN and MSNBC in 2004, and returning in 2007 to launch Fox Business.