Categories: OLD Media Moves

Fox Business cancels “The Independents,” to debut “Kennedy”

Fox Business Network has canceled the libertarian-oriented program “The Independents” and will replace it with another show hosted by Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery,” reports Jordan Charlton of The Wrap.

Charlton writes, “The program featured a panel of hosts including former MTV VJ Lisa ‘Kennedy’ Montgomery alongside contributors Matt Welch and Kmele Foster.

“But Kennedy will not be leaving the network: On Jan. 26, she’ll debut her own program, self-titled ‘Kennedy’ at 10 p.m. ET on Fox Business. The show will concentrate on water-cooler topics, including politics, business and culture, and will air Monday-Friday.

“The premiere of ‘Kennedy’ is part of the network’s new prime time, featuring reality series ‘Strange Inheritance’ hosted by Jamie Colby, which will air before it at 9 p.m. ET.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.