Fox Business Network plans to replace Maria Bartiromo‘s single-anchor morning program with a new version of its “Big Money” roundtable, offering up a group of anchors who will now vie with for financial-news aficionados against CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
\n\nThe Fox Corp.-backed outlet said it will launch “Big Money in the Morning,” hosted by Dagen McDowell, Brian Brenberg and Taylor Riggs, along with Josh Schafer from Barron’s. McDowell and Brenberg will end their evening program, “The Bottom Line,” which will be replaced by encore episodes of Larry Kudlow’s program at 6 p.m.
\n\nFox Business has been without a regular early-morning anchor since August, when Bartiromo was removed from her program following what is believed to be the divulging of company information to outside parties. She was one of the best-known — and vociferous — peronsalities in the Fox News Media stable. She anchored hours and hours of markets and business coverage on Fox Business Network, both on her early-morning program “Mornings With Maria” as well as the Friday program “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.”
\n\nLiz Claman will launch a new Friday-night program, “Claman’s Power Players,” that will launch at 7 p.m. eastern. Meanwhile, Fox Business will expand the roster of rotating hosts…
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