Maria Bartiromo is out at Fox News Media effective immediately, the company announced Thursday.
The cable giant confirmed that Bartiromo, 57, departed after more than 12 years with the network, with her final “Mornings with Maria” broadcast airing Thursday morning on Fox Business Network. The company thanked her for her work and wished her well in a brief statement that gave no reason for the split.
“Effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with Fox News Media,” the company announced.
“We thank Maria for her work over the last 12-and-a-half years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,” Fox News Media said in a statement.
The sudden exit leaves multiple programming holes across the network’s lineup. “Mornings with Maria” will be replaced Friday by “Mornings with FOX Business,” using rotating anchors rather than a permanent host. Her weekly “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street” becomes “FBN’s Wall Street,” with Cheryl Casone stepping in this week before a rotation system takes hold. On Fox News Channel, Jason Chaffetz will host “Sunday Morning Futures” this Sunday while the network searches for a permanent replacement.
Bartiromo had been absent from Fox airwaves for more than a month before Thursday’s announcement, a gap that went unexplained in the company’s statement. Fox Business also indicated it plans to unveil a new weekday programming schedule in the coming weeks, suggesting broader changes beyond her departure.
The announcement immediately fueled speculation that Bartiromo would join the Trump administration, with online chatter suggesting she could replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.
Vice President JD Vance moved to shut down that rumor when asked about it by reporters.
“I love Maria. I think she’s an amazing person, amazing talent,” Vance told reporters.
“Whatever she does, look, she’s gonna do great, and I wish her all the best. She’s a very, very dear friend,” he continued.
Pressed directly on whether Bartiromo was headed to the White House, Vance was blunt: “I don’t know, man. Uh, no, I don’t think so.”
Bartiromo’s exit marks the end of a lengthy tenure that saw her become one of the network’s most prominent business and political voices. She joined Fox Business Network in 2013 after 20 years at CNBC, where she had become the first journalist to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Her Sunday morning program on Fox News Channel had become a regular stop for Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials during his first term and into his second.
Fox News and Fox Business are subsidiaries of Fox Corp, which is a sister company to News Corp, the corporate parent of the outlet.