Not even a non-compete clause can keep hard-working business journalist Maria Bartiromo from heading to the exclusive World Economic Forum this year.
Bartiromo quit CNBC — after 20 years — in November, reportedly for a new deal with Fox Business Network, leaving news-industry tattlers wondering whether CNBC would prevent her from appearing on air from the Swiss Alps event.
FBN has yet to confirm her hiring, and Bartiromo can’t technically do any on-air reporting until after Jan. 31 — when her non-compete ends.
Bartiromo has been attending the Davos Forum for years, and her spokesman, Ken Sunshine, tells us she’ll attend the event, same as always, the only difference being she’ll be there as a private citizen and as a host of a few seminars.
We doubt Bartiromo will be sitting in her hotel room when there’s some high profile schmoozing to be done, with presidents and bank chiefs all around.
Meanwhile, the former Money Honey has been busy tweeting photos of place settings at a White House dinner party, holiday lights in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, where she grew up, and a few promotional re-tweets for her new colleagues at the Fox News Channel.