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Francis on leaving CNBC for Fox Business

Melissa Francis of Fox Business Network talked with Jeff Reeves of InvestorPlace.com about why she recently left CNBC for the News Corp. business news channel.

Here is an excerpt:

Q: Fox Business seems to be gathering momentum for an outlet that hasn’t even celebrated its fifth birthday. What’s life like over there compared with CNBC?

A: I spent nine fantastic years at CNBC, and now I’m thrilled to join the team at Fox Business. I’ve been a fan of the Fox brand for a long time. The scope of the Fox Business network is broader — it is not just focused the day trader, but rather anyone who cares about what happens to their money, their retirement or the financial welfare of their family. It’s about the intersection between Main Street and Wall Street, and I find that really compelling.

Q: Why did you make the switch, if that’s not presumptuous to ask?

A: Anyone in the business will tell you that Roger Ailes is a genius. They repeatedly use that word when you mention his name. I came to find out he’s also a genuine and charismatic person. When he called, I knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime. I didn’t hesitate.

Read more here.

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.

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