Where Is Maria Bartiromo Heading? Long-Time Fox News Favorite Out of Network after Hosting for More Than a Decade
Fox News favorite Maria Bartiromo has left the network after nearly 13 years. Bartiromo hosted her final show on Fox Business on Thursday morning. Fox News Media, the network’s parent company, announced her departure in a press release issued later that morning.
Bartiromo, who was the first journalist to report live from the New York Stock Exchange on a daily basis, had been off the air since Aug. 9. The company confirmed that Thursday marked her final day at the network. “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,” a spokesperson said in the press release.
End of a Long Affair
The release also said Bartiromo’s Fox Business morning show will now feature a rotating lineup of anchors and has been renamed “Mornings With Fox Business.” Her other Fox Business program, “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street,” will also be renamed, with her name removed from the title.
It remains unclear whether Bartiromo chose to leave the network or was pushed out. Her departure also appeared to receive little recognition during Thursday’s “Mornings With Maria” broadcast.
Court documents from a 2025 defamation lawsuit against Fox revealed that Bartiromo earned an eye-watering $70 million after joining the network from CNBC in 2014. She had previously worked at CNBC since 1993, when she was hired by then-CNBC President Roger Ailes, who later became a Fox executive.
Ailes resigned from Fox in 2016 after former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson accused him of sexual harassment. Around the same time, Bartiromo, 58, came under growing criticism over her favorable coverage of Donald Trump.
That coverage later became a key part of Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News, which the network ultimately settled for $787.5 million.
The lawsuit alleged that Bartiromo allowed false claims about the 2020 presidential election to air in an effort to retain viewers. During a December 2020 broadcast, she claimed an “intel source” had told her that “President Trump did in fact win the election.”
Biased Views
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More recently, in June, Bartiromo gave White House trade adviser Peter Navarro a platform for a fiery rant in which he credited former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) chief Anthony Fauci with creating the coronavirus.
The reasons behind Bartiromo’s departure remain unclear, but the brief and notably curt announcement has raised questions about what led to the split.
Her longtime Fox Business bio has also been completely removed from the network’s website.
Bartiromo’s move from CNBC to Fox came at the height of her career, when she had earned the nickname “Money Honey” for reporting from the traditionally male-dominated floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
At the time, CNBC praised her contributions in a statement, saying: “Her contributions to CNBC are too numerous to list but we thank her for all of her hard work over the years and wish her the best”
At the time, many doubted that the then-six-year-old Fox Business could compete with the more established CNBC. Today, Fox Business regularly beats CNBC in the ratings.
