Olaf Wiig Joining Fox News Full-Time

Last week, a tipster asked for an update about Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig, the two Fox News employees who were kidnapped in Gaza in August. A couple insiders said Centanni and Wiig were on a well-deserved vacation, and that Wiig was offered a full-time job at FNC in London.

It was confirmed at last night’s party. THR’s Paul Gough reports: Roger Ailes “led the crowd in a round of applause” for Steve Centanni. Ailes said Wiig “would be joining the channel full-time at the end of the year…”

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