Yahoo Finance and CNBC have launched their third online show, which is called “Talking Numbers.”

Hosted by CNBC’s Brian Sullivan, “Talking Numbers” discusses investment opportunities by analyzing stocks from both a technical and fundamental point of view.

“Talking Numbers” aims to teach viewers how to harness both the technical and fundamental data points to become better investors. The daily online show will be divided into three self-contained segments, featuring discussions between Sullivan and two market professionals — Richard Ross (“The Chartist”), Auerbach Grayson global technical Ssrategist, and Enis Taner, CFA (“The Trader”), RiskReversal.com global macro editor.

“Talking Numbers” is targeting both active investors and beginners looking to learn more about technical analysis as its viewers. In addition to the daily online show, the site will feature interactive elements including video tutorials; a dedicated Twitter feed that will host an ongoing “technical vs. fundamentals” debate; and custom charts and data – all designed to create a dialogue between the pros on the panel and the active investor.

Since first announcing their partnership in June 2012, Yahoo Finance and CNBC have also started shows such as Off the Cuff and Big Data Download.

Linette Lopez of Business Insider writes about how the satirical news site The Onion has mocked business news network CNBC with a story.

Lopez writes, “In terms of business news, though, no network has been more criticized than CNBC. The channel was  mentioned over and over again in Heleine Olen’s recent book “Pound  Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance  Industry,” and even before that, USA Today, Jon Stewart and  more accused the network of working investors into a frenzy for ratings.

“Well now it’s The  Onion‘s turn. Check out this headline —‘Everyone  Who Started Watching ‘Mad Money’ In 2005 Now Billionaires’.

“An excerpt (from The Onion):

“[Host] Jim  Cramer turned out to be 100 percent accurate  with every stock he said to buy, sell, or hold; I started out by investing $600,  and now I have a net worth of $4.1 billion,’ said former dishwasher Paul Welling  from the plush 100-seat TV room aboard his custom luxury yacht. ‘All I had to do  was follow Jim’s investment instructions and then sit back as the millions upon  millions rolled in every day for the past eight years. And actually, I myself  watched no more than three times weekly, and today I own a media  conglomerate.’”

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CNBC.com was visited by 8.2 million unique users in April, up 50 percent compared to the same time period last year, according to data from comScore Media Metrix.

This is the site’s best April and third best month ever in terms of unique visitors since the site was launched.

CNBC’s iPhone application posted 589,000 unique visitors, a 7 percent increase year-over-year, according to Omniture.

CNBC mobile Web recorded 2.7 million unique visitors, a 21 percent increase year-over-year.

And CNBC’s iPad application posted 430,000 unique visitors, flat compared to last year.

Adam Warner of Schaeffer’s Research has seven steps he believe will fix the problems at CNBC.

Here are some of them:

So here are a few suggestions, some of which are actually real suggestions.

• Hyper-focus on what’s moving today: I know this is poor long-term investing advice. It’s best to ignore the short-term noise and concentrate on longer-term planning. Short-term trading is a net losing proposition. But CNBC’s goal is eyeballs. If a stock is hot for an hour or a day, focus more there and focus less on the old standbys. I don’t need to hear every single micro development in Facebook Inc (NASDSAQ:FB), or Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), or Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), unless it is actually causing the stock to move. Long term (OK, old) investors in mansions or country clubs or five-star hotels may be your “core” audience, but short-term stock flippers are going to be your variable audience.
• You’ve said in the past you want to model CNBC on sports coverage. “Squawk Box” is kind of the pre-game show, “Power Lunch” is halftime, etc. Well, that’s great, but the trading hours are the actual game itself in that case. And in actual sports, no one knows what’s going to happen (well, except for in the NBA). So treat it like a sporting event, and go where the story takes you. If there’s a better “game” going in gold, or bitcoin, or real estate (or some small biotech), go there. As Cramer once said, there’s always a bull market somewhere, so find it in a timely manner. In short, give us more shows like “Fast Money,” in my opinion. I know this adds to the gambling nature that the U.S. News guy wants to get rid of, and he’s right, but so what? That’s what sells. You’re a network, not a financial planner. Let the actual financial planner talk some sense.
• On a related subject, fewer CEOs. I don’t need to hear every single utterance from Jamie Dimon, et. al. It adds literally no value. Between legal restrictions, general aversion to say anything controversial, and softball questions, it’s a complete waste of time. Just stop.

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