Fox Business plans to shuffle daytime lineup

Fox Business Network is planning to shift its daytime lineup, reports Jeff Reeves of InvestorPlace.com.

Reeves writes, “While Dagen McDowell and Connell McShane will remain anchoring at 11 a.m., the volatile Dennis Kneale will soon join Cheryl Casone to host the noon hour. Melissa Francis – FBN’s newest add – and Lori Rothman will continue co-hosting the 1 p.m. hour, with Tracy Byrnes and Ashley Webster taking over as the new hosts of the 2 p.m. slot.

“Varney & Co has seen strong numbers of late, averaging nearly 160,000 viewers at one point in the last few weeks. FOX Business is hoping to build on that level of momentum with these new anchor assignments.

“Word is – FBN’s changes will possibly happen sometime in April.”

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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.