It’s the end of a 12-year era for Maria Bartiromo and Fox News.
The New York-based multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel announced that it has officially cut ties with the popular anchor. During her time with the company, she hosted three main programs centered on politics and business.
Maria Bartiromo has worked as a financial reporter, anchor, writer, and Global Markets Editor for various media companies, including CNN and CNBC. She has won several awards throughout her career.
Fox News Media announced on Thursday, September 3, that it has cut ties with one of its popular anchors. The company said Bartiromo no longer works there after more than a decade.
She was last seen on Fox Business Network nearly a month ago, on August 7, and on Fox News on August 9. The statement did not give a reason for her absence or departure, leaving room for speculation.
“We thank Maria for her work over the last 12½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,” the statement read, adding that the change is “effective today.” Hours after Fox News announced it had parted ways with the popular anchor, it removed her biography from the Fox Business website.
Notably, the statement was the only way Bartiromo’s exit was addressed. The network did not appear to acknowledge the end of Bartiromo’s on-air tenure.
Fox News Is Already Making Changes To Its Programs
According to PEOPLE, since the media company ousted Bartiromo, the “Mornings with Maria” program will transition to “Mornings with FOX Business” beginning Friday, September 4. The show will not have a new anchor to replace Bartiromo; rather, it is said to bring on a new slate of rotating anchors.
Also, Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” will now be hosted by Jason Chaffetz on Sunday, September 6, with a new host to be announced later. “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street” will be renamed “FBN’s Wall Street,” and Cheryl Casone will host its return with rotating anchors afterward.
In addition, the company has announced plans to launch a new weekday programming schedule, which it will unveil in the coming weeks.
Bartiromo’s departure makes history, as Fox News has parted ways with other anchors in the past. Tucker Carlson in 2023 and Bill O’Reilly in 2017 following sexual harassment allegations.
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Inside The Speculations Surrounding Maria Bartiromo’s Exit
Rumors about Bartiromo’s next move include one suggesting she could become the next White House Press Secretary after Karoline Leavitt’s departure. Media reporters have reportedly debunked this rumor.
It makes sense that many will assume Bartiromo has a future on Trump’s team, as she was one of the network’s staunchest believers in President Trump’s false accusations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, which Joe Biden won. The Los Angeles Times even described the journalist as a major Trump cheerleader.
This assumption goes both ways, as some wonder if this contributed to Fox News cutting ties with her. Many of the alleged voter-fraud claims aired on Bartiromo’s Sunday program, leading the media company to pay a $787.5 million settlement to Dominion Voting Systems, which sued the network for defamation.
The Conservative Journalist Recently Issued An Apology For Controversy Aired On Her Show
Bartiromo was reportedly compelled to deliver a humiliating on-air apology in June after Kevin O’Leary made a controversial statement during an appearance on her program. The Shark Tank entrepreneur made the claim when he appeared on her show in May, saying those opposing his Utah data center were receiving financial support from China.
The anchor had to pause her Fox Business Network Broadcast to issue a public apology to O’Leary, saying he had corrected the record. She added that she has no evidence that the “Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Strategies, Josh Kanter, Taylor Knuth, or Gabriel Finlayson are funded by China or the Chinese Communist Party.”
As reported by the Hindustan Times, Bartiromo extended the apology to Fox News Media, saying it apologizes for the error. “Fox News Media is likewise aware of no evidence that they are funded by, acting at the direction of, or coordinating with Chinese interests in opposing Kevin O’Leary’s project,” she said during the broadcast.
Maria Bartiromo Has Built A Successful Career Over The Years
The former Fox News anchor started her broadcasting career with CNN Business News as a producer, writer, and assignment editor, where she held these roles for five years. She then moved on to CNBC in 1993, where she established herself as a prominent figure in financial journalism by hosting several business shows for twenty years.
She made history in 1995, becoming the first journalist to deliver live reporting daily from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. This career move marked a significant development in financial broadcasting.
During her time at CNBC, she launched the network’s morning program, “Squawk Box,” anchored “The Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo,” and served as managing editor and anchor of “The Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo,” which was later changed to “On Money with Maria Bartiromo.”
AAE Speakers said that the journalist has received multiple awards throughout her career, including two Emmy Awards and a Gracie Award. The Financial Times also named her as one of the “50 Faces That Shaped the Decade,” and she was the first female journalist inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame.