Fox Business Network

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:59am on Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Anchor Alexis Glick Leaving Fox Business, TV Newser reported on December 23, 2009:

"I want you guys to know that today will be my last day here at the Fox Business Network," she said. "How many people can say that they've had the opportunity to help build a brand new network. Being the first new employee of FBN. Seeing it grow today to over 300 extraordinarily talented people. It's been an experience of a lifetime."

"I'm about to embark on a new venture that's going to allow me to utilize the skills I've learned at Fox Business, Morgan Stanley and the 'Today show,'" she continued. "I can't give any details yet, but suffice it to say that I'm extremely excited about taking on another interesting and unique project."

Glick had been with the network since 2006 and had been one of the most visible personalities."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 7:42am on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

John Stossel Reveals Why Peter Jennings Wouldn't Look At Him, the Daily Beast reported on December 6, 2009:

"When John Stossel announced in September that he was leaving ABC after 28 years and heading for Fox News, the obvious question was: What took him so long?

Stossel, who debuts his prime-time show on Fox Business Network this week, enraged not only the audience over the years, but also many at the network—notably the late Peter Jennings, who believed Stossel’s brand of libertarian advocacy journalism was a blot on the ABC escutcheon.

Jennings refused even to look at him when they passed in the halls. “Peter felt he was upholding the objectivity of ABC and I was violating that, I was bad for ABC," Stossel said.

The full story:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-06/fitting-in-at-fox/

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 11:01am on Friday, November 13th, 2009

FBN Not Even Close To Stealing CNBC's Lunch, Vanity Fair reported on November 13, 2009:

"The executive vice president of Fox Business, Kevin Magee, says he’s happy with the network’s performance so far. “We’re where we think we should be,” he tells Vanity Fair. In particular, Magee cites the success of FBN’s simulcast of Don Imus’s radio show, which debuted earlier this month. Imus “has brought a whole bunch of people to the channel who sought us out,” says Magee, “and once they found us they seemed to like us.”

Indeed, Opening Bell, which airs right after Imus, has seen its viewership increase by 217 percent.

On the other hand, Imus?

Sure, he talks about the economy occasionally, but does that mean he belongs on a business network? (What next, will ESPN hire Rush Limbaugh because he talks about football occasionally? Oh, wait. That happened.)

The full story:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/11/is-fox-business-network-a-lost-cause.html

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 9:55pm on Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Don Imus' deal with the Fox Business Network is worth about $3 Million, the Huffington Post reported on October 9, 2009:

"The contract is actually valued at around $3 million, according to insiders with knowledge of the deal.

The arrival of a big-name star like Imus is expected to boost the fledgling network's visibility and ratings — already, his debut was one of the most-watched programs in Fox Business history and beat the timeslot's average by 1500 percent. But insiders also say that there wasn't much wooing going on, as Imus, too, gets more than just $3 million out of the deal: the chance to be seen by hundreds of thousands of viewers on a national TV network for the first time since his controversial 2007 remarks got him removed from MSNBC."

The full story:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/09/don-imus-fox-business-dea_n_315505.html