Fox Business Network Makes Changes, Adds Anchor

Posted Sep 22, 2010 by Walt Belcher

Updated Sep 22, 2010 at 09:46 AM

The Fox Business Network (FBN) will tweak its daytime lineup on Monday adding Lori Rothman as co-anchor of the 1 p.m. biz block (with FBN’s Chris Carter).

Rothman comes from Bloomberg TV where she worked for five years. Rothman joined Bloomberg in 2000 and moved to the anchor desk in the fall of 2005. Prior to that, she covered the markets from the New York Stock Exchange for more than 100 Bloomberg affiliates nationwide

Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President for the network, made the annoucement Tuesday. He said “we are excited to welcome Lori to our new daytime roster and look forward to continuing our effort to bring viewers the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute coverage of market hours action.”

The Fox Business block, which covers mid-market action from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. will now kickoff with Dagen McDowell and Connell McShane co-anchoring the first hour, followed by Cheryl Casone continuing as anchor of the noon hour. Brian Sullivan covering the 2 p.m. hour.

The remainder of FBN’s market and business news programming continues with Liz Claman reporting the close of the markets on Countdown to the Closing Bell (3-4 p.m.), joined by David Asman from 4-5 p.m. for FoX Business Bulls & Bears. The post market early evening line-up will continue to be led by The Willis Report (5-6 p.m.) followed by Neil Cavuto (6 to 7 p.m.), America’s Nightly Scoreboard (7 -8 p.m.), Money Rocks (8- to 9 p.m.) and John Stossel (Thursdays 9 p.m.).