CNBC anchor Francis Heads to Fox Business Network

Chris Ariens of TVNewser.com reports that CNBC anchor Melissa Francis is leaving the network for a job at Fox Business Network.
 
Ariens writes, “Francis was a co-anchor of daytime programs ‘Power Lunch’ and, before that, ‘The Call.’ The Harvard grad has been on TV since she was one year old, staring in a Johnson & Johnson commercial. She would later play the role of Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on ‘Little House on the Prairie.’
 
“CNBC spokesman Brian Steel confirms the departure telling TVNewser, ‘We thank Melissa for her years of hard work and wish her well.’”

Fox Business has hired other CNBC talent in its four years, including anchor Liz Claman and reporters Dennis Kneale and Charles Gasparino.

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