CNBC launches new blog covering markets
CNBC.com launched “NetNet” on Friday. It’s a new section of its Web site, run by John Carney, that will cover the markets. Carney is a senior editor at CNBC.com, covering Wall Street, hedge funds, financial regulation and other business news. Prior to joining CNBC.com, Carney was the editor of Clusterstock.com and DealBreaker.com. Other writers for […]
Hedge funds and business journalists
Allen Wastler, the managing editor of CNBC.com, writes about how many hedge fund operators get nervous when they’re covered by the business news media. Wastler writes, “A noted hedge-fund manager was giving a speech. Tickets were being given to the public on a first come, first-served basis. We sent a reporter who snagged one of […]
A different audience for business coverage
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman writes Monday about an interview he had with CBS business correspondent Anthony Mason,, who notes that the network’s business coverage aims for a different audience than those watching CNBC and Fox Business. Friedman writes, “While the competitors have their strengths, Mason believes that CBS is not at a disadvantage in […]
Bartiromo named to Cable Hall of Fame
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo has neen named to the Cable Hall of Fame by the Cable Center. She is the only business journalist to have received the honor in its 13 years of inductions. The Denver-based Cable Center states, “Bartiromo joined CNBC in 1993 after five years as a producer and assignment editor with CNN […]
CNBC hires chief revenue officer, a new position
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE CNBC president Mark Hoffman made the following internal announcement on Thursday morning: The way the world consumes media seems to change daily. The CNBC team has worked hard to stay forward thinking and ahead of that curve by providing our unique content to our highly educated and affluent viewers and users […]
Bartiromo on how biz journalism has changed
Lulu Chiang, a senior producer at CNBC, interviewed CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo about what has changed in business journalism in the 15 years since she began reporting live from the New York Stock Exchange floor. Bartiromo said, “This is really special. Over the 15 years that I’ve been broadcasting, it wasn’t always easy. When the […]
Bartiromo to ring opening bell Wednesday to honor biz journalism first
CNBC‘s Maria Bartiromo, anchor of “Closing Bell” and host and managing editor of the nationally syndicated “Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo,” is ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday to commemorate her 15-year anniversary of making history as the first journalist to report daily from the floor of the NYSE. […]
CNBC to begin show of business biographies
CNBC announced Wednesday that it will begin a new program called “CNBC Bizography” that will profile famous business men and women. The first show will air Wednesday, Aug. 11, at 9 p.m. EST, and it will profile former boxer George Foreman, who has become a millionaire businessman after retiring from the ring. The networks says […]
CNBC's viewers dropping precipitously
The StreetInsider.com site has a posting on Tuesday about the sharp decline in CNBC‘s viewership numbers. It writes, “According to data from Nielsen Media Research, CNBC has lost viewership during every hour long block during the prime market news hours from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm EDT, with the biggest overall drop seen during the […]
Santelli on explaining the markets
Alissa Krinsky of TVNewser profiles CNBC‘s Rick Santelli, who reports every day from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, about how he does his job. Krinsky writes, “In fact, as he provides live updates each weekday from the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) group trading floor, Santelli feels his mission is to put the pieces together, helping viewers […]
