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Hoofy and Boo now on Fox Business Network

Hoofy and Boo, the cartoon bear and bull on the Minyanville web site, now have an animated segment about business news on Fox Business Network‘s “Happy Hour” show each afternoon.

The animatedÂ pair provide an off-beat and humorous look at whatâ€™s going on in the world of business. Created by founder and CEO of Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia Todd Harrison to represent the dynamic trends in the financial marketplace, the comic characters will be created and produced by Minyanvilleâ€™s team of writers and producers.

In making the announcement, Harrison said, “With Hoofy and Boo appearing on Fox Business Network, we are truly bringing Main Street and Wall Street closer together. We are partnering with a leading broadcast entity to deliver entertaining and engaging content across a new medium: an animated news show.”

Brian Jones, Fox Business Network’s senior vice president of operations, added, “Hoofy and Booâ€™s News and Views are a refreshing addition to our line-up and are in line with Happy Hour’s overall aim to bring Main Street to The Street.”

Read the rest of the release 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.