Maria Bartiromo and Fox News part ways after more than 12 years

Longtime business anchor Maria Bartiromo is no longer with Fox News Media after more than 12 years at the network, Fox announced Thursday.

In a news release offering no explanation for her departure, the network said, "We thank Maria for her work over the last 12½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter."

The news release said the network had "parted ways" with the popular anchor.

Nevertheless, it remained unclear whether Bartiroma, 58, had left the network of her own accord, or whether the exit had been forced.  

Fox said her show, "Mornings With Maria," which airs from 6 to 9 a.m., will be renamed "Mornings with Fox Business" starting Friday, with rotating anchors. Her long-running program, "Sunday Morning Futures," will be hosted by Jason Chaffetz this Sunday while a new host will be named later.

As anchor of "Mornings With Maria" on Fox Business Network, Bartiromo was most famously CNBC's "Money Honey" during her long run there. She had been with Fox News Channel since 2014, when she joined Fox Business as global markets editor. During the 2020 election and afterward, she amplified Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election, and had subsequently become one of the president's leading supporters on television.

The Brooklyn native, who attended Long Island University's C.W. Post campus (now LIU Post) in Brookville, began her career at CNN business in the late 1980s where she worked with Lou Dobbs (who died in 2024). In 1993, Bartiromo joined CNBC where she became one of the network's most visible figures during the stock market boom of the 1990s, and was a frequent contributor on "Squawk Box." After 20 years there, Bartiromo became a household name, and among the best-known financial journalists on TV — which made the jump to Fox Business in 2014 even more surprising.

Although seven years old by that point, Fox Business lagged far behind CNBC, while Bartiromo, as global markets editor, was tapped to boost the channel's visibility. She did, although perhaps not entirely as intended.

Her "Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo" became one of the network's best-known programs, a hodgepodge of market news with politics, which she used to platform some of the nation's most prominent Republican officials, soon the most prominent one of them all. In the run-up to three elections, Trump was a frequent call-in guest and Bartiromo regular.

There was, in fact, speculation after Bartiromo and Fox parted ways Thursday that she was about to become White House press secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt. During a Thursday news conference, Vice President JD Vance was asked whether she had been tapped for the role. Vance laughed then said, "I don't know, man. No, I don't think so. ... I love Maria, I think she's an amazing person, amazing talent. I don't get involved in the personal drama of media stations. ... But I think whatever she does, she's gonna do great and I wish her all the best. She's a very, very dear friend."

A Fox News spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment.

Correction: An earlier version of this story said Fox News "dropped" Maria Bartiromo. Fox has said only that Bartiromo is no longer with the network and has not said whether her departure was her decision, Fox’s decision or mutual.