OLD Media Moves

Bartiromo staying at CNBC

January 21, 2009

Don Kaplan of the New York Post reports that CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo is about to sign a new contract with the business news network.

Kaplan writes, “Bartiromo’s current seven-figure deal reportedly expires in March.

“There has been buzz that Bartiromo has reached out to [CNBC founder] and current Fox Business Channel boss Roger Ailes — as she has in the past when it came time to renegotiate her deal.

“A CNBC spokesman said cryptically that Bartiromo ‘is under contract, period.’

“Bartiromo is the anchor of CNBC’s daily ‘Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo’ and host and managing editor of the nationally-syndicated ‘Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo.'”

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