CNBC has cancelled “The News with Shepard Smith” to focus on biz news

CNBC has canceled “The News with Shepard Smith,” its primetime general news show, to refocus on business and market coverage, reports Alex Sherman of CNBC.com. Sherman writes, “The network announced the news Thursday in an e-mail to CNBC employees. Smith will be leaving the network later this month, according to a person familiar with the […]

CNBC, Bloomberg, STAT News and Fortune among EPPY winners

Editor and Publisher named the winners of its 2022 EPPY Award, which honor the best in digital journalism. The business journalism winners are: Best business reporting (1 million or more unique visitors) “The ESG Mirage” by Bloomberg  Best business reporting (Fewer than 1 million unique visitors) “How a major health care system is operating like a […]

Cramer apologizes to CNBC viewers for Meta call

“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer apologized to CNBC’s viewers after he recommended this summer that they buy Facebook parent Meta’s stock, which fell 25 percent after its latest earnings this week, reports Ariel Zilber of The New York Post. Zilber reports, “Cramer said that putting his faith in the current management team at Meta was ‘ill-advised.’ He added that […]

CNBC’s Pisani on how financial journalism has changed

CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with VettaFi’s Dave Nadig about his work covering the markets. Here is an excerpt: Nadig: There are some great ones in the book – but clearly, the world is different now. What do you make of today’s financial journalism? Pisani: Well, there are not a lot of old-school journalists around that want to sit around as I […]

Meyers joins Fox Business as a producer

Fox Business has hired Kathryn Meyers as a producer. Recently, Meyers was a producer for CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer.” She joined CNBC in 2017 and has served as a segment producer and associate producer. She interned at the network when she was a student at the University of Miami. While in college, Meyers […]

CNBC erroneously posts, tweets death of Rev. Jesse Jackson

Business news channel CNBC deleted a story and a tweet that said that the Rev. Jesse Jackson had died at the age of 81. In a tweet from the public relations department, the channel said the error was caused while “attempting to troubleshoot a technical issue.” CNBC apologized to Rev. Jackson and readers for the […]

CNBC hires McNair as a reporter for Make It

CNBC Make It has hired Kamaron McNair as a money reporter. She starts on Monday. McNair previously covered personal finance and money news at theSkimm. She has previously written for LendingTree and The Daily Beast. She also interned at Elle. McNair graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2018, where she played softball.

Money manager proposes anti-Cramer ETF

Tuttle Capital Management — which previously launched an exchange-traded fund betting against Cathie Wood’s stock picks — plans to debut the Inverse Cramer ETF with the ticker SJIM, reports Claire Ballentine of Bloomberg News. Ballentine reports, “The host of Mad Money on CNBC is an outspoken and polarizing figure in the finance world, known for his ardent […]

CNBC seeks a retail and consumer reporter

CNBC Digital is looking for a reporter to join our company news team to help cover retailers and related businesses. This person will report on corporate earnings, executive shakeups and major developments at direct-to-consumer brands, such as Peloton, and emerging names, such as StockX, in a rapidly changing industry increasingly dependent on technology. The best […]

CNBC producer Meyers is departing

Kathryn Meyers, a producer for CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer,” is leaving after more than five years. Meyers previously was a segment producer and associate producer. She joined CNBC in June 2017. Meyers also interned for CNBC when she was a student at the University of Miami. She recently received her MBA from Seton […]