Cheddar hires CNBC’s Castillo
Cheddar editor in chief Jim Roberts sent out the following announcement on Thursday morning: Friends: I have some wonderful news to share. Michelle Castillo, a media and technology reporter at CNBC Digital, is joining Cheddar’s Scoops team. Michelle is an expert on the intersection of technology, entertainment and advertising, whether it’s streaming video, social media or the […]
Cheddar begins rolling out on Direct TV, U-verse
Business news channel Cheddar is beginning rollout across AT&T video platforms DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse TV. AT&T is an investor in Cheddar, which was founded in 2016. Its other distribution deals include Snapchart, Hulu, and YouTube’s live streaming service “AT&T operates one of the largest and best video platforms in the world, and we […]
Cheddar is putting its content on augmented reality headsets
Business news service Cheddar is putting its content on Magic Leap One augmented reality devices, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “The move is part of a bigger trend of media companies pushing to try new forms of distribution. Cheddar’s lead mobile engineer, Stephanie Lo, who built the beta version of the service, says […]
Cheddar seeks a senior news editor
Cheddar is looking to hire a creative and experienced Senior News Editor to help our small team of journalists develop business news content that will complement our growing news networks and grow our digital audience. A successful candidate will have a strong pedigree in covering Wall Street and Silicon Valley and experience translating complicated financial […]
CNBC hires Corba as a producer for “Squawk Box”
Jacqueline Corba has been hired as a producer at CNBC for Andrew Ross Sorkin on its “Squawk Box” show. She previously was a producer and a senior producer at Cheddar, where she worked for two years. Corba also worked as a broadcast associate and an associate producer at “CBS This Morning” for three years. Before […]
Cheddar seeks a field producer in New York
Cheddar seeks a creative, driven, and experienced Field Producer who is a passionate visual storyteller to put together guest notes, questions, scripts, clever lower thirds, and visual elements for a variety of different field productions, which include one-off live multicam interviews, live shows on location and packages. Mostly editorial in nature, the position does require […]
Cheddar is acquiring Rate my Professors
Cheddar, the streaming video network dubbed the “CNBC for millennials” is acquiring Rate My Professors, the popular website used by college students to rate their teachers and professors, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer writes, “Why it matters: The franchise, used by more than 6 million students a month, will add a user-generated component to […]
Cheddar to cover local New York news
Business news video channel Cheddar announced that its programming will air for half an hour every weeknight on CUNY TV, the independent station by the City University of New York, reports Christine Schmidt of the Nieman Lab. Schmidt writes, “That comes on top of its Cheddar Local initiative launched last summer, featuring one- to two-minute market updates from Cheddar on stations like New […]
Cheddar hires Lee as its managing editor
Business news video channel Cheddar has hired former New York Daily News managing editor Kristen Lee as its managing editor. Editor in chief Jim Roberts sent the following message to the staff: Friends: I’m delighted to announce the newest member of Cheddar’s news team. She is Kristen Lee, and she’ll be our new (and first) […]
Cheddar using cloud technology to provide free network on YouTube and Hulu
Synacor’s Cloud ID identity management platform is being used by Cheddar to place its digital news networks at no extra charge to users of YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV, reports Daniel Frankel of Multichannel News. Frankel writes, “Since April, as part of their base-tier packages, users of the Hulu and YouTube virtual MVPD […]
