NEW YORK, April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced that esteemed journalist Olivier
Knox has been named SiriusXM's Chief Washington
Correspondent. Knox will cover the day's top news stories and
provide analysis for all of SiriusXM's political channels starting
Monday, April 16. In the coming
months Knox will also host his own live weeknight show on the
P.O.T.U.S. channel.
A veteran journalist who has written about U.S. politics and
foreign policy for more than two decades, Knox has covered six
presidential campaigns and has deep knowledge of the inner-workings
of Capitol Hill and the White House. In July, he will be appointed
President of the White House Correspondents' Association, for which
he currently serves as Vice President. Knox joins SiriusXM from
Yahoo! News, where he was Chief Washington Correspondent, and he
previously covered U.S. politics for 15 years at Agence
France-Presse (AFP). For more than three years he also
hosted a weekly political roundtable show, Yahoo! News on
P.O.T.U.S.
In his new role as SiriusXM's Chief Washington Correspondent,
Knox will provide commentary for all of SiriusXM's political
channels, including the non-partisan SiriusXM P.O.T.U.S. (124), the
conservative Patriot (125), and the progressive Progress
(127). Knox will also host an upcoming weeknight show on P.O.T.U.S.
that will include interviews with top politicians and world
leaders, feature Knox's breakdown of current events, as well
as answer listeners' questions about the non-stop news cycle.
"I'm thrilled to be joining the team at SiriusXM," said Knox.
"I've loved hosting a show on SiriusXM these last few years,
bringing its deeply engaged audience in-depth conversations with
newsmakers and experts. I look forward to building on that
foundation in the months and years to come."
"We are delighted to have Olivier joining us at SiriusXM,"
said Megan Liberman, Senior Vice
President of News, Talk, & Entertainment Programming. "His
experience and stature in Washington, his knowledge of politics and
policy, and his analytical ability will all be huge assets. On top
of all that, he happens to be a great radio host."
Knox started his journalism career shortly after graduating from
the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies. His first post was at AFP as a desk
editor before landing his first proper reporting assignment as
Congressional Correspondent: the events leading up to President
Bill Clinton's impeachment and
eventual acquittal. From there, Knox covered the presidential
campaign of Vice President Al Gore,
and then all eight years of President George W. Bush. In 2009, he returned to cover
Congress for AFP, then left the agency in February 2012 when he was named Yahoo News's
first White House correspondent, and then chief Washington correspondent.
SiriusXM subscribers will be able to listen to Knox's reporting
and upcoming weeknight program on SiriusXM radios. Those with
streaming access can listen online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM
mobile app, and at home on a wide variety of connected devices
including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, PlayStation,
Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go
to www.SiriusXM.com/streaming to learn more.
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