Newsmax, the right-wing TV news outlet, filed suit Wednesday against Fox News and its parent company, alleging the conservative media powerhouse had illegally sought to suppress the smaller challenger's growth in cable news.

"It came to our attention that Fox has had agreements - all of them shrouded in confidentiality and secrecy - with cable companies and other pay-TV distributors to block Newsmax and other independent [conservative] cable news channels from getting carriage," Newsmax founder and CEO Christopher Ruddy tells NPR.

"It's been very effective, and we've been - for many years - off many of the leading platforms such as Hulu and Sling," Ruddy says. "Fox is using its monopoly power on the center-right news market to stop Newsmax from getting distribution and becoming a top com

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