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(Updated with statement from Fox News, Payne & Hughes attorney) Less than two weeks after returning to Fox Business Network from suspension after an investigation over claims of sexual harassment,  the host of Making Money With Charles Payne has been accused today of rape in a new lawsuit. A lawsuit that Fox News and…

Charles Payne is returning to Fox Business Network’s show Making Money tonight, just more than two months after he was suspended amid a sexual harassment investigation. The network confirmed a report in the Los Angeles Times today that the investigation has been completed and he had been cleared to return. Payne, a…

UPDATED, 7:50 AM: The now-benched host of Fox Business Network’s Making Money With Charles Payne is off the air while under investigation for sexual harassment, but the cable news veteran is making his case on social media today — with some Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin thrown in. Probably not making the scrambling…

Fox Business Network has promoted Gary Schreier to SVP Programming and Tom Bowman to VP Programming. Schreier will oversee all programming, talent and editorial content at the cable news network, while Bowman will manage day to day business coverage, planning and special programming. Schreier was at FBN when the…

Fox Business Network has re-signed Making Money host Charles Payne to a multi-year deal, announced Brian Jones, President of the network. "Charles' ability to identify news-driven investment opportunities has made his show appointment viewing for the business audience,” Jones said. “We're thrilled to have him continue…

Fox News Channel has a new CFO to replace Mark Kranz, who retired in August and is said to have been offered immunity to testify in a federal investigation of 21st Century Fox payments to FNC employees who said former chief Roger Ailes sexually harassed them. Co-Presidents Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine gave the job to…

Neil Cavuto returned to his hosting duties, after a three-month medical leave of absence to undergo open heart surgery, and viewers turned out. On Fox Business Network, Cavuto: Coast to Coast clocked 170K total viewers – a 28% spike since going on leave. In the news demo, his return week’s 21K marked a 17% jump. From…

Fox News Network and Leftfield Pictures have settled a lawsuit that the reality TV producer filed after Fox Business Network ordered 26 episodes of a Leftfield-produced reality series about estate sale managers then pulled out of the project three months later. The producer whose credits include History’s Pawn Stars…

And then, there were seven. That’s how many survived the poll-results culling of candidates by Fox Business Network for tonight’s sixth GOP primary debate after Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina were banished to the kids table. Paul pouted and is boycotting: "I won't participate in anything that's not first tier because we…

Once again, Fox Business Network is working with cable and satellite providers to get the network unbundled for its upcoming GOP debate, in order to make sure it gets seem by as many viewers as possible. FBN also announced, on the eve of its next GOP debate, that it and Fox News Channel had signed tomorrow night’s…

Updated with Rand Paul statement, 6 PM: Rand Paul says he’s boycotting Thursday night’s GOP primary debate after being relegated to the kids table. “I won’t participate in anything that’s not first tier because we have a first-tier campaign,” the Kentucky senator told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer moments before Fox Business Net…

Two Fox networks landed in the total-viewer Top 5 among cable networks for the week of November 9. Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network ranked No. 2 and No. 4 for the week in primetime, with an average of 2.3M and 1.6M viewers, respectively. (FNC also ranked No. 1 in total day with an average of 1.4M). ESPN…