FOX Business Network Adds to Reporter Line-up

FOX Business Network (FBN) has named Tracy Byrnes, Robert Gray and Ashley Webster as reporters, and named Elizabeth MacDonald as stocks editor, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President, FOX News. In making the announcement, Magee said, "We are pleased to strengthen our coverage of worldwide business events, the markets and breaking news from the New York Stock Exchange with the addition of three reporters and a stocks editor.” Tracy Byrnes, who will serve as a reporter, has been a recurring guest on Fox News Channel (FNC), appearing on Cavuto on Business, Cashin’ In, Bulls and Bears, and Your World with Neil Cavuto. She previously served as a morning business correspondent for FOX affiliates in New York, Chicago and Washington D.C., among other cities. Earlier, Byrnes was a senior writer for TheStreet.com and a freelance reporter for The New York Post. Robert Gray, who will serve as a reporter based at the New York Stock Exchange, joins FBN from Bloomberg Television where he has held various roles as a reporter at the NYSE, weekend anchor and assistant producer since 1999. Before joining Bloomberg, Gray was a producer and writer for nationally syndicated radio programs and an announcer for C-SPAN. Elizabeth MacDonald, who will serve as a stocks editor, joins FBN from her role as senior editor at Forbes magazine. Before joining Forbes, MacDonald was a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal and prior to that, she was a financial editor for Worth magazine. Ashley Webster, who will serve as a London-based reporter, was previously the anchor of the nightly newscast on WZTV-TV (FOX) in Nashville, TN. Prior to that he anchored newscasts for WGBA-TV (NBC) in Green Bay, WI and KWST-TV (CBS) in Yuma, AZ. Webster has also spent six years working in the banking sector in London. 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 will launch on October 15th and is available in more than 30 million homes in major markets across the United States. Owned by News Corp, the network has bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Washington, DC and London. On the web at www.foxbusiness.com.