NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roger Ailes, Chairman & CEO of FOX News Channel (FNC) and FOX Business Network (FBN) has announced two executive promotions within FOX Business. Bill Shine, 51, has been promoted to Senior Executive Vice President of Programming for FNC and has added responsibilities for FBN programming. Ailes also announced that current FOX Business Senior Vice President of Operations, Brian Jones, 54, has been promoted to Executive Vice President, News Operations.
In this added role, Shine will continue reporting directly to Ailes and will manage all programming and network synergies for FNC and FBN. Jones will assume additional day to day responsibilities for all FBN news operations, reporting directly to Shine.
In making the announcement, Ailes said, “Bill’s leadership and creative programming acumen has been very important to the success of FOX News. As we continue to innovate and grow as a news organization, it’s only natural that we utilize his talents for FOX Business Network to create a more efficient and cohesive flow across all the FOX News brands.”
Ailes continued, “Brian’s knowledge of news operations has been an asset to FOX Business since launch and I’m confident he will continue to perform as he assumes broader day-to-day responsibilities at the network.”
Shine commented, “The unparalleled programming vision of Roger Ailes has made FOX News the top channel in television news for well over a decade. I’m excited to take on this new role, working for Roger as he continues to build FOX Business with the leading talent in the financial news industry.”
Jones added, “I look forward to taking on this new challenge and working with Roger and Bill to develop FBN’s news operations to their fullest potential.”
An 18 year veteran of FNC, Shine joined the company as the senior producer of Hannity & Colmes when the network launched in 1996. He was named Network Executive Producer in December 2000 and was promoted to Vice President, Production in 2003. He continued his rise to Senior Vice President of Programming in 2005 and was later promoted to Executive Vice President in the same capacity in 2009. Prior to FNC, Shine was a producer/director at News Talk Television and began his career in production at WLIG-TV in Long Island, New York.
Jones joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in 1997 as Vice President of News Gathering where he was responsible for business development and later served as Vice President of News Affiliates. He also served as Vice President of SkyGlobal Networks for two years, where he was part of the team to purchase DirecTV for News Corp. Following that, he was named Director of Communications for the McGraw-Hill Companies, Information and Media Services.
He returned to FNC in 2003 as Vice President of News. He was later promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations for FBN, where he managed news gathering, staffing and operations on the production side, as well as the acquisition of financial data.
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 available in more than 75 million homes in major markets across the United States. Owned by 21st Century Fox, the network has bureaus in Chicago and Washington, DC. On the web at www.foxbusiness.com.
