Fox Business Network
| Fox Business Network | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | New York |
| Type: | News Media |
| Founder(s): | Rupert Murdoch |
| Year founded: | 2007 |
| Website: | Official website |
FOX Business Network (FBN) is a cable news channel and website owned by FOX Corporation and operated by FOX News Media. FBN was first launched in 2007 as a 24-hour news network dedicated to business, financial and economic news.[1][2]
The network is headquartered in New York and has three bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C.. According to FBN, the network is available in more than 60 million homes in the U.S. as of 2025.[3]
Background
Fox Business Network (FBN) broadcasts real-time market news and produces original programming. The network's focus is on business, financial, and economic news. Before the launch of FBN, CNBC was the only 24-hour business news network.[4]
At the end of 2024, FBN had an audience of 193,000 business day viewers and 129,000 total day viewers.[5]
The FBN website includes coverage on the global markets, industry-specific reports, the economy and policy, investing, technology, personal finance, business leaders and small business coverage. While the website features real-time stock market numbers, it also features news and breaking news stories.[6]
FBN programming includes shows such as the following (the following list is not comprehensive):[7]
- Mornings with Maria hosted by Maria Bartiromo
- Varney & Co hosted by Stuart Varney
- 'The Big Money Show hosted by Taylor Riggs, Dagen McDowell, Brian Brenberg, and Jackie DeAngelis
- Making Money with Charles Payne hosted by Charles Payne
- The Claman Countdown histed by Liz Claman
- Kudlow hosted by Larry Kudlow
- The Evening Edit hosted by Elizabeth MacDonald
- The Bottom Line hosted by Dagen McDowell
Leadership
FOX News Media operates the FOX Business Network. As of September 2025, the leadership of FOX News Media and FBN, was the following:[8]
- Suzanne Scott, Chief Executive Officer, FOX News Media
- Joe Dorrego, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, FOX News Media
- Jason Klarman, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, FOX News Media
- Jay Wallace, President and Executive Editor, FOX News Media
- Tom Lowell, Senior Executive Vice President & Managing Editor, FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network
Work and activities
Viewership
According to FBN, the network is available in more than 60 million homes in the U.S. as of 2025.[9]
2024 presidential election
On August 9, 2023, FBN announced that they would host the second Republican presidential primary debate along with Univision and Rumble. The debate was held in at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on September 27, 2023.[10] FBN's Stuart Varney, Fox News' Dana Perino, and Univision's Ilia Calderón co-moderated.
Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, and Vivek Ramaswamy participated. Donald Trump (R) said he would not attend the debate, instead planning to hold a campaign rally at Drake Enterprises, an automotive part manufacturer in Michigan.[11]
2016 presidential election
On October 27, 2015, FBN announced that they and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) would co-host the fourth Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wis. Maria Bartiromo, along with Neil Cavuto of FBN and Gerard Baker of the WSJ, moderated the primetime debate. FBN's Trish Regan and Sandra Smith and WSJ Washington bureau chief Gerald Seib moderated the undercard debate.[12][13]
The network received criticism for its choice of polls used to determine which candidates would participate in the undercard debate and which would participate in the primetime debate. Politico noted that Gov. Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee had been "downgraded" to the undercard debate.[14] Senator Lindsey Graham and Gov. George Pataki were altogether excluded from the debates. The two polls that the candidates' camapaigns criticized were a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll and an Investor's Business Daily/TIPP poll. The main contention was the methodology used in conducting the poll. FBN responded to the criticisms by stating that "it [FBN] accepted the four most recent live-interview polls, without discrimination."[14]
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Finances
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Media
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See also
- CNBC
- The Wall Street Journal
- Presidential debates (2015-2016)
- The fourth Republican presidential primary debate
- Sandra Smith
- Gerald Seib
- Maria Bartiromo
- Rupert Murdoch
- Neil Cavuto
- Gerard Baker
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Fox Business, "About Us," accessed September 24, 2025
- ↑ Fox News Media, "Home," accessed September 24, 2025
- ↑ Fox Business, "Corporate Information," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "Fox News – Ready for Business," October 15, 2007
- ↑ Fox News Media, "FOX BUSINESS NETWORK CLOSES OUT 2024 OVERTAKING CNBC IN TOTAL DAY VIEWERS FOR FIRST TIME IN NETWORK HISTORY," December 31, 2024
- ↑ FBN, "Homepage," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Fox Business, "On Air," accessed September 24, 2025
- ↑ Fox News Media, "Home," accessed September 24, 2025
- ↑ Fox Business, "About Us," accessed September 24, 2025
- ↑ Fox Business', "FOX Business to host second GOP primary debate in September," August 9, 2025
- ↑ Michigan Advance, "Trump to speak Wednesday at non-union Macomb Co. automotive parts manufacturer," September 25, 2023
- ↑ FBN, "FOX Business Network and the Wall Street Journal Present Two GOP Presidential Primary Debates on November 10th," October 27, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Fox Business announces Nov. 10 debate format, moderators," October 27, 2015
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Politico, "Fox Business under fire for GOP debate lineup," November 6, 2015
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