Piers Morgan is leaving Rupert Murdoch’s News UK to focus on expanding his Uncensored YouTube channel.

Piers Morgan is leaving Rupert Murdoch’s News UK. (Image: Getty)

Piers Morgan is leaving Rupert Murdoch’s News UK to focus on expanding his Uncensored YouTube channel in the US and around the world.

Sky News reported on Wednesday that Piers, 59, and News UK have agreed on a deal that will allow the broadcaster to take ownership of the Uncensored brand through his production company, Wake Up Productions.

The outlet reports that the deal will see Rupert Murdoch’s company profit from a cut of Piers Morgan Uncensored’s advertising revenue until 2029.

It is understood that Piers will fulfil a book deal with Murdoch-owned publisher Harper Collins later this year and continue to write occasionally for News Corporation publications.

Piers said: “I have had a great time working back at News and am delighted that we will continue to be partners.

Piers Morgan returned to Rupert Murdoch’s News UK in 2022. (Image: PA)

“Owning the brand allows my team and I the freedom to focus exclusively on building Uncensored into a standalone business, editorially and commercially, and in time, widening it from just me and my content.

“It’s clear from the recent US election that YouTube is an increasingly powerful and influential media platform, and Uncensored is one of the fastest-growing shows on it in the world.”

The former Good Morning Britain presenter returned to News UK in 2021 with a three-year deal that included writing columns for The Sun and New York Post and presenting his Uncensored show on TalkTV.

The deal, which was reported to have been £50 million, catapulted Piers to become the UK’s highest-paid journalist.

Piers Morgan hosted his Uncensored show on Talk TV for almost two years. (Image: Piers Morgan Uncensored)

Piers Morgan Uncensored launched on TalkTV in April 2022 and was broadcast in the UK, US, and Australia. He interviewed numerous big-name guests, including Donald Trump, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.

In February 2024, the former Britain’s Got Talent judge left TalkTV and broadcast his show globally on YouTube.

TalkTV folded one month later due to low viewership and became a streaming-only channel.

Piers, who edited News UK’s now-defunct newspaper News of the World, returned to Murdoch’s corporation in 2021 after leaving Good Morning Britain.

Piers Morgan left Good Morning Britain in 2021. (Image: Getty)

Piers left the ITV breakfast show following an uproar about his comments regarding the Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.

He said he “didn’t believe a word” of Meghan’s account that she was suffering from suicidal thoughts and experienced racism after joining the Royal Family.

He then infamously walked off the set after an argument with weather presenter Alex Beresford.

Ofcom received more than 57,000 complaints and Piers announced his decision to quit, adding that he “still didn’t” believe Meghan.