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Fox News Parts Ways With Anchor Maria Bartiromo in Terse Two-Sentence Statement

Author: Rawstory·

Key Takeaways

  • •Fox News Media announced Maria Bartiromo's departure in a brief two-sentence statement that gave no reason for the exit, named no successor, and included no comment from her.
  • •Bartiromo anchored three programs across the two Fox channels: Mornings with Maria, Sunday Morning Futures, and Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street.
  • •Her weekday 6 a.m. slot becomes Mornings with FOX Business with rotating anchors, her Friday show is rebranded FBN's Wall Street, and Jason Chaffetz will host Sunday Morning Futures this Sunday while a permanent host is named later.
  • •Bartiromo joined Fox Business Network in January 2014 as global markets editor after spending 20 years at CNBC.
  • •In 1995 she became the first journalist to report live daily from the New York Stock Exchange floor, and her Fox guests included President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Fox News Parts Ways With Anchor Maria Bartiromo in Terse Two-Sentence Statement

Anchor Maria Bartiromo has left Fox News, the conservative network announced Thursday.

The company disclosed the move in a press release headed "FOX NEWS MEDIA PARTS WAYS WITH MARIA BARTIROMO," carrying a New York dateline. "We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter," Fox News Media said. The brevity of the two-sentence statement was unusual for the departure of one of the network's most prominent hosts.

The press release covered both Fox cable channels, where Bartiromo anchored three programs, according to her network biography. Fox's statement gave no reason for the exit, named no successor, and included no comment from Bartiromo.

According to the Tampa Free Press, Mornings with Maria, her weekday show, aired its final broadcast that morning from 6 to 9 a.m. Eastern on Fox Business Network. The 6 a.m. slot becomes Mornings with FOX Business on Friday, with rotating anchors filling in.

Network executives said an updated weekday lineup for Fox Business would be announced in the coming weeks. Her Friday evening program, Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street, is being rebranded FBN's Wall Street this week.

Fox Business anchor Cheryl Casone will host Friday's broadcast from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Eastern, with guest anchors filling the role in the weeks after.

Former Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz will host Sunday Morning Futures at 10 a.m. Eastern this Sunday on Fox News Channel. A permanent host for the Sunday program will be named later. The Sunday slot has been a regular venue for newsmaker interviews with senior administration officials, a role her high-profile guests underscored.

Bartiromo joined Fox Business Network in January 2014 as global markets editor, according to her network biography.

She was a one-time CNBC star who turned her success covering Wall Street into anchor jobs at both Fox channels, Variety reported. She spent 20 years at CNBC before that, and in 1995 she became the first journalist to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on a daily basis, according to the biography — a breakthrough that helped make business-news reporting a fixture of daytime financial television.

At Fox, she anchored Mornings with Maria, Sunday Morning Futures and, beginning in April 2017, the Friday investing program Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street. Her guests included President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to the biography.