Fox Business anchor Susan Li discusses covering COVID-19
We sat down (virtually) with Fox Business anchor Susan Li to discuss her experience covering COVID-19. Question: Let’s start from the beginning – when did you start covering COVID, and at what point did you realize that this was going to be THE story for the foreseeable future? Answer: We started looking at Hong Kong […]
Business/financial is fastest-growing news area during pandemic
Business and finance coverage is the fastest-growing area of news and information content during the coronavirus era, according to data from SimilarWeb, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “For the first time in several years, politics is not the top news category in America, or globally. “Driving the news: Of the several hundred global […]
Fox Business sees 80 percent increase in total viewers in April
Fox Business Network saw an 80 percent increase in its total viewers in April, boosted by uncertainty about the economy and the stock market. Its business day programming from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. drew an average of 293,000 total viewers, the network’s highest-rated business day in history. During market houses of 9 a.m. to […]
Bolton of Fox Business joins ABC News
ABC News President James Goldston sent the following note to the news division: Team— I am pleased to welcome Deirdre Bolton to ABC News as a business correspondent based in New York. Deirdre will join our stellar and tireless Business Unit and Chief Business, Economics and Technology Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis as they continue to cover […]
Fox Business anchor Bartiromo on her experience covering a crisis
Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo spoke with Dean Rotbart as part of the Business News Luminaries series recognizing those who have had a significant impact on business journalism in the 21st century. Bartiromo spoke about covering previous crises and how that helped her in the current pandemic. “I’m reporting the facts. I’m trying to […]
Fox Business and anchor Regan split
Fox Business Network announced Friday that anchor Trish Regan has left the organization. The move comes less than one month after controversial on-air remarks she made regarding the coronavirus pandemic — saying it was an effort to hurt President Donald Trump — and the suspension of her show. “We thank her for her contributions to […]
Education secretary promised easy interview with Bartiromo
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was promised an “easy” interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo if she appeared, according to a story from Hollywood Reporter staffer Jeremy Barr. Barr reports, “So much so that one Fox News producer sought to reassure Devos’ press secretary that host Maria Bartiromo would go easy on the Secretary […]
Fox Business employee tests positive for coronavirus
An employee of Fox Business Network tested positive for coronavirus, top executives at Fox News Media told staffers in a memo Friday evening, reports Brian Steinberg of Variety. Steinberg reports, “The staffer alerted the network today of the test results and employees have been notified while the Fox Corporation-owned outlet works to disinfect work areas. […]
Fox Business trims two hours of daily programming
Fox Business Network plans to trim two more hours of its daily programming schedule, the latest move by news organizations amid an intense cycle related to the coronavirus outbreak, reports Brian Steinberg of Variety. Steinberg reports, “The Fox Corporation-owned outlet will temporarily cease production of two programs – ‘FBN am’ at 5 a.m. and ‘Bulls & Bears’ […]
Fox Business removes Regan from prime-time slot
Fox Business Network anchor Trish Regan, whose on-air dismissal of the coronavirus as “another attempt to impeach the president,” has been removed from her prime-time slot for the foreseeable future, the network said on Friday. Michael Grynbaum of the New York Times reports, “Regan’s 8 p.m. program, ‘Trish Regan Primetime,’ is ‘on hiatus until further notice,’ […]
