Maria Bartiromo out at Fox News Media

Fox News Media said yesterday (3 September) it was parting ways with its longtime business anchor Maria ​Bartiromo after more than a decade with the company.

The company gave ‌no specific reason for her departure, which it said was effective immediately. A Fox News spokesperson described the move as a "business decision."

"We thank Maria for her work over the last 12-1/2 years ​and wish her all the best on her next chapter," Fox News ​Media said in a statement.

Bartiromo was last on the air on 9 ⁠August. She did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Bartiromo was ​host of a daily morning show, "Mornings with Maria," on Fox Business, as well ​as a Friday evening show, "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street," and a Sunday morning programme, "Sunday Morning Futures."

She secured one of the first media interviews with US president after he left the White House ​in 2021.

Her sudden exit follows Karoline Leavitt's from the White House press secretary ​role last month, although Vice President JD Vance, asked on Thursday whether Bartiromo would be ‌the next ⁠press secretary, told reporters, "No, I don't think so."

"I just saw the news literally as I walked out," Vance said in the White House briefing room. "I love Maria. I think she's an amazing person and has amazing talent. I don't get involved in ​the personal drama of ​media stations."

Bartiromo Fox ⁠News in 2013 after two decades at rival CNBC, where she became the first journalist to report live daily from ​the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

She was among ​Fox hosts ⁠named in defamation litigation over the network's airing of that voting technology companies helped to rig the 2020 US presidential election, which Democrat Joe Biden won.

Fox agreed ⁠in 2023 ​to pay Dominion Voting Systems to settle ​one of the lawsuits, while Smartmatic's separate case against the network is still pending.