CNN launches new business show

CNN Business has launched a brand-new series, “The 1 on 1 with CNN,” bringing together two business leaders for a conversation about their career journeys, their companies, and the challenges shaping the business world.

The first two episodes are available now on CNN’s streaming service.

“‘The 1 on 1’ lifts the curtain on the strategy, decision-making, and personalities of influential business leaders,” said Marie Beaudette, CNN’s vice president of business and media, in a statement. “These refreshingly direct conversations provide perspective on the many obstacles to success and illuminate how to overcome them.”

In the second episode, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready and Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail reflect on the scrappy early days of Venmo, unpacking the high-stakes decisions, personal influences, and evolving realities of building a company in today’s entrepreneurial landscape.

“‘The 1 on 1′” is now available on demand for CNN’s streaming subscribers via CNN.com and CNN connected TV and mobile apps.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.