Bartiromo to receive Horatio Alger Award
Fox Business anchor Maria S. Bartiromo will receive the prestigious Horatio Alger Award and become a lifetime member of the organization. The Horatio Alger Award has recognized esteemed individuals who have achieved remarkable success despite significant challenges, and who demonstrate a strong commitment to higher education and philanthropy. Bartiromo was born in Brooklyn, New York, and […]
Bartiromo to WSJ editor: Put my name in the paper
Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo has complained to Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker that the paper isn’t mentioning her when writing up comments from her show, reports Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker. Cartwright reports, “After Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Bartiromo on her show that China had agreed to purchase 12 million metric tons of American soybeans, a […]
Bartiromo’s pay since joining Fox Business: $70 million
Fox Business Network has paid news anchor Maria Bartiromo a massive $70 million since 2014, reports Martin Holmes of TV Insider. Holmes reports, “The revelation came in documents disclosed as part of Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The files, obtained by TheWrap, include transcriptions of the deposition in which Bartiromo, a defendant in the suit, was asked about […]
Bartiromo celebrates 30 years of TV business news coverage
Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo celebrated 30 years of television business news coverage on Wednesday. She was the first person to report live from the New York Stock Exchange floor. She worked at CNBC for 20 years before joining Fox Business in 2014. “When I first got there a lot of people did not want me […]
What’s Bartiromo’s future at Fox?
Corbin Bolies of The Daily Beast writes about Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo and her future at the company given her involvement in questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. Bolies writes, “Bartiromo in particular has emerged as a central figure in Fox’s ongoing woes. She was a key on-air booster of former President Donald Trump’s 2020 […]
Why Bartiromo of Fox Business is the center of the defamation suit
Stephen Battaglio of the Los Angeles Times writes about how Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo finds herself at the center of the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting. Battafglio writes, “In released court documents and deposition testimony connected to the case, Bartiromo is cited throughout for allowing former President Trump’s false claims about 2020 election fraud to air […]
Fox’s Bartiromo accused of calling attorney general about election
Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to a new book “Betrayal” by ABC’s chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl, reports Brian Stelter of CNN Business. Stelter writes, “Karl said he reached out to Bartiromo for a response, because, ‘after all, it’s highly inappropriate […]
Bartiromo to host “Fox News Primetime” next week
Maria Bartiromo will return to the anchor chair during “Fox News Primetime” on Monday as the network continues its search for a permanent host, reports Lindsey Ellefson of The Wrap. Ellefson writes, “Bartiromo will become the first woman to guest host the 7 p.m. show twice since it launched. The network has rotated a cast of star […]
Bartiromo’s gamble on Trump is key to her future career
Business Insider’s Claire Atkinson examines how Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo has tethered her career to former President Donald Trump and what that might mean to her future. Atkinson reports, “Some insiders say that going full Trump could win Bartiromo a spot on Fox’s evening schedule. “‘Of the people who have auditioned for the spot, she clearly would […]
Dobbs, Bartiromo file motion to dismiss voting system lawsuit
Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, Judge Jeanine Pirro and former host Lou Dobbs filed separate motions to dismiss electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic’s lawsuit against Fox Corp., reports a Reuters story. A Reuters story, “The lawsuit had claimed that the media group accused it of helping rig the U.S. presidential election in favor of Joe […]
