Fox Biz’s Varney beats CNBC shows
Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.” hosted by anchor Stuart Varney just earned its first ratings sweep over CNBC earlier this week. The show, which celebrated its one year anniversary this week, brought in 164,000 total viewers and 50,000 viewers in the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic on Wednesday – more than double CNBC’s 11 […]
Fox Biz’s all-female cast knows their stuff
Christopher Zara of the International Business Times interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo about her first year at the network and her career. Here is an excerpt: IBTimes: Gender parity is an issue in business and journalism. You have the only all-female cast on business television. Can you talk about your efforts to open […]
Varney’s Fox Biz show hits ratings high
Stuart Varney‘s show “Varney & Company” on Fox Business Network hit a ratings high in February, one year after switching to the 11 a.m. time slot, reports Brian Flood of TVNewser. Flood writes, “In February, Varney had his highest-rated month since the move, averaging 103,000 total veiwers and 18,000 in the key A25-54 demo. “‘We are […]
How Bartiromo decided on a career in business journalism
Tiffany Pham interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo about her career and her success for Forbes.com. Here is an excerpt: Tiffany Pham: What inspired you to pursue a career in journalism, particularly with a business and economic focus? Maria Bartiromo: I had been studying business and economics at NYU because it came easy to me. […]
Bartiromo celebrates one year at Fox Business
CME Group Executive Chairman Terry Duffy flips the switch on Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo with questions on her career in journalism as she celebrated her one-year anniversary on the network. “My guests have followed me,” said Bartiromo, who mentioned CEOs in business who she has interviewed. “I have had such unbelievable support.” “I […]
Fox Biz’s “Strange Inheritance” launches to large audience
Fox Business Network’s reality show “Strange Inheritance” launched Monday night and recorded the highest rated program launch ever for the network. The series follows Jamie Colby as she travels the country speaking with people who have been bequeathed unusual inheritances. Monday night’s debut of “Strange Inheritance” featured two back-to-back episodes, one detailing 1909 “caramel” baseball […]
Cavuto had highest-rated cable show this past weekend
Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto had the highest-rated cable show this past weekend, reports Sara Bibel of TVbythenumbers.com Bibel writes, “A special episode of Cavuto on Business, Neil Cavuto’s Cost of Freedom was the highest rated cable news program last weekend, with 1.268 million total viewers and 294,000 viewers in cable news’s key adults 25-54 demographic. […]
Different holiday strategies by TV biz news channels
The stock market may be closed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, but business news is still happening. The three business news channels on television — CNBC, Fox Business Network and Bloomberg Television — are handling the situation differently. CNBC is showing some of its prime-time business-related shows and is only occasionally putting […]
Fox Business story on Super Bowl attendance is misguided
Timothy Burke of Deadspin writes Friday about a Fox Business Network story on low Super Bowl attendance and how its premise is faulty. Burke writes, “Fox Business Network attempted to report on Super Bowl ticket sales today with threats that ‘the NFL is expecting record-low attendance.’ That’s not true, but somehow what reporter Elizabeth MacDonald […]
Fox Business returns to Dish Network
Fox Business Network has been returned to the Dish Network system, reports Joe Flint of The Wall Street Journal. Flint writes, “‘We thank the viewers of Fox News and Fox Business and Dish customers for their patience throughout this process,’ said Tim Carry, Fox News and Fox Business executive vice president of distribution, and Warren […]
