Bartiromo complains about losing Twitter followers
Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo complained on the air Wednesday about losing Twitter followers, reports Justin Baragona of The Daily Beast. Baragona reports, “Interviewing Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)—who recently wrote a front-page op-ed in the nation’s fourth-largest paper claiming he’s been ‘muzzled’—Bartiromo agreed with the conservative lawmaker that they need to tell social media companies they won’t “bow […]
Kudlow signs with Fox Business for daily show
Fox News has signed former U.S. National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow as a contributor and host of his own weekday program He will start on Feb. 8 and provide analysis on Fox News. His new weekday program on Fox Business will be announced at a later date. “Fox News Media was among the first […]
Fox Business website sets record for views and visits
Fox Business Network’s website marked its highest year since its 2007 launch. The website had 1.5 billion total multiplatform views for the year, up 67 percent versus the prior year and the first time in history finishing with over 1 billion multiplatform views. In multiplatform minutes, FoxBusiness.com saw over 2.6 billion minutes for the year, […]
Bartiromo is having trouble booking executives
Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business is getting rebuffed by some in corporate America as she prepares for an upcoming stint as a Fox News opinion anchor, according to seven people who work in major financial institutions and financial-communications executives, reports Claire Atkinson and Sean Czarnicki of Business Insider. Atkinson and Czarnicki report, “Bartiromo, who anchors ‘Mornings with Maria,’ […]
Fox to wary advertisers: Bartiromo is “hard-hitting journalism”
Fox News has tried to assured worried advertisers about blowback that its talent such as business-oriented anchor Maria Bartiromo, reports Justin Baragona, Maxwell Tani and Andrew Kirell of The Wrap. Baragona, Tani and Kirell write, “The network selling Bartiromo as a face of its journalism is especially eyebrow-raising considering the famed financial reporter’s years-long descent into full-on Trump […]
Fake Smithfield CEO appears on Fox Business
An animal rights activist posing as the chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods was interviewed on the air by Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, reports Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple reports, “In this case, the accusation is coming from Smithfield Foods: ‘FOX Business aired a segment that was a complete hoax,’ said Smithfield Chief Administrative […]
LA Times: Bartiromo losing the respect of other journalists
Stephen Battaglio of the Los Angeles Times also explores how Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo has been covering the false claims by President Donald Trump that the election was rigged. Battaglio reports, “But lately Bartiromo’s former colleagues — many of whom admire her reporting skills and tireless work ethic — are wondering why she allowed her programs to […]
What happened to Maria Bartiromo?
Sarah Ellison of The Washington Post writes about the transformation of Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, who has become an advocate for President Donald Trump. Ellison writes, “Like many Trump allies, she speaks as though the fact the investigation led to no criminal charges against the president means the entire enterprise was bogus from the outset. Mueller […]
Fox Business hires Scimecca as associate producer
Fox Business Network has hired Kevin Scimecca as an associate producer. Scimecca has been a senior social video producer for The Hill since November 2019. He previously worked at Fox Business as a social media producer and associate social media producer and as a production assistant for “Varney & Co.” Scimecca is a graduate of Seton Hall […]
Fox Business has highest ratings ever in 2020
Fox Business Network ended 2020 by notching its highest-rated year in network history across total day and business day dayparts, while nine FBN programs delivered milestone viewership highs, reports TVNewsCheck. A story on TVNewsCheck stated, “In commenting on the network’s year-end ratings, FBN President Lauren Petterson said: ‘We are incredibly proud of the entire Fox […]
