Key takeaways:
- Fox News Media said Maria Bartiromo’s departure was effective Thursday and did not provide a reason.
- Bartiromo joined Fox in 2014 after nearly 21 years at CNBC and hosted “Mornings with Maria,” “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street” and “Sunday Morning Futures.”
- Dominion Voting Systems cited Bartiromo’s comments and shows in its defamation lawsuit against Fox, which settled in 2023 for $787 million.
Fox News Media has parted ways with Maria Bartiromo, ending the longtime financial journalist’s 12½-year run at the network where she became one of its most prominent business anchors.
“We thank Maria for her work over the last 12½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,” a Fox spokesperson said Thursday in a statement. The spokesperson said Bartiromo’s departure was “effective today” and did not give a reason.
Bartiromo did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment, NBC News reported.
Bartiromo joined Fox in 2014 after nearly 21 years at CNBC, where she hosted “Closing Bell,” one of the network’s highest-profile programs. She was also the first person to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, a milestone that helped make her one of the best-known financial journalists on television.
At Fox Business Network, Bartiromo served as global markets editor and hosted “Mornings with Maria” and “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.” She also anchored “Sunday Morning Futures,” a business-focused program on Fox News Channel. NPR reported that Fox is rebranding the shows and will use a rotating cast of anchors to host them.
Bartiromo had not appeared on Fox Business Network’s air since Aug. 9, according to a review of archived episodes cited by NBC News. Her biography page and show pages had already been removed from Fox’s websites Thursday.
Long regarded as a trailblazer for women in financial media, Bartiromo built a profile that extended beyond Wall Street. During her CNBC years, she appeared regularly on national broadcast programs, including NBC’s “TODAY” and “Nightly News,” particularly during the 2007-2008 financial crisis. CNBC was spun off from NBC News’ parent company, Comcast, in 2025.
Her reporting took a more openly conservative turn after she left CNBC, where her work had been viewed as largely apolitical, NBC News reported. Many of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet secretaries appeared regularly on her shows during both of his terms in office, and Fox often promoted Bartiromo’s programs as ratings winners.
Bartiromo’s role at Fox also drew scrutiny after the 2020 presidential election. Her comments and programs were cited as exhibits in a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. Dominion alleged that Fox knowingly broadcast false claims that the company had rigged the 2020 election. Fox settled the lawsuit in 2023 for $787 million. NPR reported that Bartiromo’s on-air comments, as well as remarks by guests she invited on her show, featured prominently in the case.
NPR also reported that Bartiromo features heavily in a second multibillion-dollar defamation suit filed by a voting software company against Fox News over statements about the 2020 vote, and that until Thursday she was the only individual defendant in that case still working at the network.
Early in her career, Bartiromo was nicknamed the “Money Honey,” a label she later said she had misgivings about. In the early 1990s, Joey Ramone of The Ramones released a song titled “Maria Bartiromo.” She also appeared as herself in the 2010 film “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” in a scene with Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gekko set during a fictional CNBC interview.
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