Maria Bartiromo Out at Fox News, Fox Business
Maria Bartiromo has departed Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network after more than 12 years, with the company thanking her for her work and wishing her well. The move marks the end of her tenure as one of the network's most prominent business anchors, and follows a pattern in which Fox has previously parted ways with high-profile hosts due to falling out of favour, scandal, or a shift into politics.
Bartiromo's final "Mornings with Maria" aired on Thursday; the show will be renamed "Morning with Fox Business" and run with rotating anchors, while her Friday programme "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street" becomes "FBN's Wall Street", hosted initially by Cheryl Casone. Her Sunday show "Sunday Morning Futures" will be taken over this week by Jason Chaffetz ahead of a permanent replacement. She joined Fox in 2014 from CNBC to bolster its financial coverage, but was later named in the $787.5 million Dominion Voting Systems defamation settlement over false 2020 election claims aired on Fox programming; the exact reason for her exit has not been disclosed.
- Maria Bartiromo leaves Fox News and Fox Business after 12+ years
- Her shows will be renamed and hosted by rotating anchors
- She was named in Fox's $787.5m Dominion defamation settlement