Fox News Media Parts Ways With Longtime Anchor Maria Bartiromo

NEW YORK — Fox News Media, the parent company of the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, announced on Thursday that it has parted ways with Maria Bartiromo, bringing an end to the veteran anchor’s 12-year tenure at the network.

The separation is “effective today,” a company spokesperson said in a brief statement. “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter.”

The departure comes after a notable period of absence for the veteran journalist; a review of archived footage shows that Bartiromo has not appeared on the air since August 9. As of Thursday, her biography page and dedicated show pages had been scrubbed from the Fox Business website. Bartiromo did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the move.

Bartiromo, who joined Fox in 2014 after a high-profile, two-decade stint at CNBC, served as the global markets editor for the Fox Business Network. During her time at the network, she anchored Mornings with Maria and Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street, while also hosting the popular business-focused program Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News Channel.

Her career has been defined by a significant evolution in both style and content. Initially rising to fame as a pioneer for women in financial media, she famously became the first journalist to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. During her 21-year tenure at CNBC, she was a fixture of the network’s flagship Closing Bell program and a regular contributor to NBC’s Today and Nightly News during the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

However, after transitioning to the Fox fold, Bartiromo’s editorial focus shifted from the largely apolitical reporting of her CNBC years toward a more openly conservative perspective. Her programs became a primary destination for officials within the Trump administration, and her influence on the network was underscored by consistent ratings success.

In recent years, however, her tenure was shadowed by legal challenges involving the network. In 2021, Bartiromo’s segments were cited as key exhibits in a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, which alleged that Fox News had knowingly broadcast false claims that the company’s voting machines were used to rig the 2020 presidential election. That litigation ultimately resulted in a historic $787 million settlement in 2023.

Bartiromo’s impact on American culture often transcended the boardroom. In the early 1990s, she was famously dubbed the “Money Honey,” a moniker she later admitted she found reductive. Her profile was so significant that Joey Ramone, the lead singer of The Ramones, wrote a song dedicated to her, and she appeared as herself in the 2010 film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

As the industry reflects on her departure, media analysts acknowledge that Bartiromo remains one of the first financial journalists on cable television to achieve a level of fame that extended far beyond the confines of Wall Street. Her exit marks the end of a transformative era for both the anchor and the network she helped define.

The shift in the media landscape continues, as parent company Comcast recently completed the spinoff of CNBC in 2025, further altering the trajectory of the financial media landscape in which Bartiromo was once a central figure.