Fox Business is bringing back “Kennedy” after a seven-month hiatus
Fox Business Network is bringing back “Kennedy” to its show lineup after a seven-month hiatus, reports Lindsey Ellefson at The Wrap. It will air at 8 p.m. Ellefson reports, “The show will air in that time slot Monday through Thursday going forward. “Lisa ‘Kennedy’ Montgomery’s primetime show was put on hiatus by Fox Business at the outset […]
Former Fox Business anchor Trish Regan hired by American Consequences
Trish Regan, the Fox Business anchor who left the network earlier this year, has been hired as executive editor of American Consequences, P.J. O’Rourke’s magazine. Regan left Fox Business in March after controversial on-air remarks she made regarding the coronavirus pandemic — saying it was an effort to hurt President Donald Trump — and the […]
Fox Business producer and writer Terrett talks about her job
Eleanor Terrett started her career as a television producer the summer before her senior year of college. Her persistence and enthusiasm led to her landing her first position at Fox Business as a green room production assistant. Now, three years later, she is the Fox Business New York Stock Exchange producer, where she works with […]
Fox News to launch Fox News International streaming service
Fox Corp.’s Fox News Media unit is planning on launching Fox News International, a live-streaming outlet that will make programming available from Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network in various countries at a rate of $6.99 per month. The company plans to debut the initiative on Aug. 20 in Mexico, followed by Spain, Germany […]
Bartiromo to celebrate 25th anniversary of reporting from NYSE floor
Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo will celebrate the 25th anniversary of her being the first journalist to report from the New York Stock Exchange floor on Tuesday. Sara Nathan of the New York Post reports, “The Fox Business vet was the first to go to Wall Street to report on TV when she was only 27 in 1995. […]
Fox Business has best quarter in history
Fox Business Network recorded its best quarter in the channel’s 13-year history, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. The channel had 255,000 total viewers across the business day, up 62 percent compared to second quarter 2019. Additionally, the network’s total day viewership saw increases of 44 percent with 171,000 total viewers while market hour […]
Fox Business reports double-digit viewer growth
Fox Business Network ended May 2020 with double-digit viewership growth in multiple categories during the month, reports Brian Flood of Fox Business. Flood reports, “FBN had double-digit growth in business day, market hour, and total day measurables, while broadcasting seven of the 15 most-watched business programs on television. FBN averaged 242,000 viewers during the business day hours […]
Fox Business anchor Susan Li discusses covering COVID-19
We sat down (virtually) with Fox Business anchor Susan Li to discuss her experience covering COVID-19. Question: Let’s start from the beginning – when did you start covering COVID, and at what point did you realize that this was going to be THE story for the foreseeable future? Answer: We started looking at Hong Kong […]
Business/financial is fastest-growing news area during pandemic
Business and finance coverage is the fastest-growing area of news and information content during the coronavirus era, according to data from SimilarWeb, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “For the first time in several years, politics is not the top news category in America, or globally. “Driving the news: Of the several hundred global […]
Fox Business sees 80 percent increase in total viewers in April
Fox Business Network saw an 80 percent increase in its total viewers in April, boosted by uncertainty about the economy and the stock market. Its business day programming from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. drew an average of 293,000 total viewers, the network’s highest-rated business day in history. During market houses of 9 a.m. to […]
