Maria Bartiromo may not be away from television for long.

Less than a week after her abrupt exit from Fox News Media, the veteran financial journalist has reportedly held talks with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss about a possible role at the network.

The discussions reportedly included one of the most recognizable programs in American television news.

RadarOnline reported Monday that Bartiromo has already spoken with Weiss about returning to television at CBS News. Citing unnamed insiders, the outlet said 60 Minutes was discussed as one possible destination.

The outlet did not report that a contract had been signed or that a final role had been selected. Its account portrays Bartiromo as eager to move quickly after leaving Fox and says her access to chief executives, Wall Street figures and political leaders is part of the appeal.

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The story remains an early account of private discussions rather than an official hiring announcement. CBS News, Weiss and Bartiromo have not publicly confirmed an agreement, and no start date or program assignment has been disclosed.

If the talks produce a deal, the move would place Bartiromo inside a very different newsroom only days after Fox began rebuilding three programs around her absence.

Fox News Media announced on September 3 that Bartiromo was no longer with the company, effective immediately. The network thanked her for 12-and-a-half years of work and wished her well, but its brief statement did not explain why the relationship ended.

The announcement came the same day the final episode of Mornings with Maria aired on Fox Business Network. Fox moved quickly to remake the schedule.

The weekday show was renamed Mornings with Fox Business and shifted to rotating anchors. Bartiromo’s Friday program became FBN’s Wall Street, initially with Cheryl Casone and then rotating hosts.

On Fox News Channel, Jason Chaffetz was named interim host of Sunday Morning Futures while the network searches for a permanent replacement. Those changes left no Bartiromo-branded program on the schedule by the following broadcast day.

The Associated Press described Bartiromo as a politically influential financial journalist whose Fox departure followed more than a decade at the company. The report noted that her X account still promoted Mornings with Maria after Fox’s announcement and that the company did not specify a reason for the separation.

Vice President JD Vance said he had not spoken to Bartiromo about the departure and offered no account of what led to it. He praised her work and wished her well.

President Trump also reacted publicly, calling Bartiromo a professional and saying her audience would be unhappy about the loss of her shows. Before joining Fox, Bartiromo spent 20 years at CNBC, where she became the first television journalist to report live each day from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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She worked at CNN earlier in her career and later won an Emmy for a documentary about Google.

Bartiromo built her career around business, markets and high-profile interviews with corporate and political figures. A move to CBS would place her in a very different newsroom just days after Fox began rebuilding its schedule without her.

For now, the only confirmed change is her departure from Fox. Her next television role remains unsettled.

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