Lauren Petterson Named President of Fox Business Network
September 12 2019 - 10:18AM
Business Wire
Brian Jones to Depart
Lauren Petterson has been named President of FOX Business
Network (FBN), announced Suzanne Scott, CEO of FOX News Media. In a
related move, Brian Jones, who currently holds this position, will
depart. Ms. Petterson will begin her new role today and will also
continue overseeing Talent Development at FOX News Channel (FNC).
She will report directly to Ms. Scott.
In making the announcement, Ms. Scott said, “Brian is a talented
executive and a distinguished colleague who built FOX Business and
accomplished a great deal during his 20 years of combined service
at both FBN and FNC. We wish him continued success as he embarks on
his next chapter.”
Ms. Scott continued, “Lauren has extraordinary skills in
developing programming and working with talent and I am confident
she will lead FOX Business to even further success.”
Mr. Jones added, “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working
with Lauren for several years. Always a kind, creative and
collaborative colleague, I’m sure she will lead the hard working
FOX Business team to the next level.”
Mr. Jones helmed the launch team for FBN in 2007, and during his
tenure oversaw the ratings increases over CNBC during key market
hours and early evening timeslots. He led the network’s news and
analysis coverage of the 2008 financial crisis, the historic
equities market run, Brexit and the regulation of technology
companies. Mr. Jones also directed the first two Republican
presidential primary debates in FBN’s history during the 2016
election season, both of which garnered record ratings. Prior to
FBN, Mr. Jones held numerous senior management positions at News
Corporation and 20th Century Fox, managing international and
domestic projects with a track record of cost control, increasing
revenues and profitability.
Ms. Petterson commented, “I’m thrilled to take on this new,
challenging role at a pivotal time in business news and look
forward to working with such a dedicated and talented staff both on
and off the air.”
Prior to her promotion, Ms. Petterson served as the Senior Vice
President of Morning Programming and Talent Development for FNC
where she notably oversaw the entire FOX & Friends weekday and
weekend franchise for the last 11 years. FOX & Friends has been
the number one morning program in cable news for more than 17
years. She took on the additional talent development role three
years ago and has been responsible for the hiring process of
various new correspondents, anchors and contributors.
Ms. Petterson began her initial stint at FOX News as the senior
producer of FOX & Friends in 2007 and left for a position at
WCBS-TV for one year. She returned to FNC as the popular morning
show’s executive producer in 2008. From that point on, she rose
through the ranks to Senior Executive Producer and later Vice
President of Morning Programming. Before re-joining FNC in 2008,
Ms. Petterson was an executive producer at New York’s WCBS-TV’s CBS
2 News at 11pm newscast where she led a team that won two local
Emmy awards for Best Evening Newscast and Best Spot News. Prior to
that and before initially joining FNC, she was the executive
producer of WPIX-TV’s (Tribune) WB11 Morning News in New York from
2001 to 2007. While there, she was part of a team that won two
local Emmy awards and an Associated Press Broadcasters Association
award. Before that, she served as a producer at WCBS-TV’s 4pm
weekday newscast for two years.
Ms. Petterson began her television career in 1997 at WNYT
Newschannel 13 and later became an associate producer at News12
Long Island and a production assistant/associate producer for
WNBC-TV’s signature afternoon program Live at Five. She is a Magna
Cum Laude graduate of the University at Albany, SUNY with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.
About FOX Business Network:
FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel
delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact
both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York — the
business capital of the world — FBN launched in October 2007 and is
one of the leading business networks on television, having topped
CNBC in Business Day viewers for the second consecutive year in
2018. The network is available in more than 80 million homes in all
markets across the United States. Owned by FOX Corporation, FBN is
a unit of FOX News Media and has bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles,
and Washington, D.C.
About FOX News Media:
FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business
Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines
24/7, FOX News podcasts and the direct-to-consumer subscription
streaming service FOX Nation. A top five-cable network, FNC has
been the most watched television news channel for more than 17
consecutive years, while FBN has ranked as the number one business
channel for the past two years. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News
Media reaches 200 million people each month.
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