Marketwatch hires Shrikant to write advice column
MarketWatch.com has hired Aditi Shrikant to write an advice column. Aimed at younger readers, the column will answer questions about relationships and money. She starts May 22, and the column will appear weekly. Shrikant has been at CNBC writing about topics including marriage, dating, friendships, money psychology, anxiety, depression, and workplace relationships. She previously was the lead […]
CNBC’s Pisani reflects on decades of markets coverage
CNBC markets correspondent Bob Pisani, who is leaving coverage from the New York Stock Exchange after 35 years, spoke about his beat. “I feel like the last of the Mohicans here,” said Pisani. “I’m the last of the ones who were on the air the first year.” Pisani said he saw his role as educating consumers […]
CNBC’s Pisani stepping away from daily markets coverage
CNBC senior vice president Dan Colarusso sent out the following on Tuesday: After 35 years, Bob Pisani has expressed his desire to step away from his day-to-day responsibilities as Senior Markets Correspondent at CNBC. His last day on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange will be May 9th. While we’ll certainly miss seeing […]
Cramer likes his future after CNBC spinoff
Ethan Alter of Adweek spoke to CNBC’s Jim Cramer and his longtime senior executive producer Regina Gilgan about their future after the network is spun off. Alter writes, “Cramer and Gilgan confirmed that they’re sticking with the network after it leaves the NBCUniversal News Group family later this year. Along with MSNBC, CNBC is bound for SpinCo—the spin-off […]
CNBC seeks a reporter/anchor in Singapore
CNBC is seeking an experienced Reporter/ Anchor, India based in Singapore to generate enterprise business stories, deliver them on TV, and contribute to digital and social platforms. You will be responsible for newsgathering, building relationships internally and externally, writing and producing key business stories and fronting the delivery for all platforms. With India as your […]
Catching up with Cramer as “Mad Money” turns 20
Oliver Darcy of “Status” interviewed CNBC’s Jim Cramer as his show “Mad Money” is turning 20. Here is an excerpt: When you look back on the past two decades of “Mad Money,” what do you see as your most lasting contribution to financial journalism? The best thing I have done is to de-mystify Wall Street to help […]
Senior editor Pavia departing CNBC
Jim Pavia, a senior editor at CNBC, is leaving to become managing director of communications at MarketCounsel Consulting. At CNBC digital, her oversaw two key pillars, the Financial Advisors Hub and personal finance. Pavia, an award-winning journalist, was formerly the editor/editorial director of InvestmentNews where he worked for 10 years. In 2014, he was the recipient […]
Could CNBC become an acquisition target?
Dylan Byers of Puck writes about the recent upswing in CNBC viewers and its prospects after its spun off from its parent company. Byers writes, “Alas, the salient detail here is that CNBC achieved all this with an average of just 275,000 viewers, a stark reminder of cable’s ever-declining audience and the perils of being tethered […]
Financial markets upheaval is a boost for financial news
The plunge in the financial markets has caused a boost for financial news, report Michael Grynbaum and John Koblin of The New York Times. Grynbaum and Koblin report, “Viewership of Fox Business and CNBC, the cable news channels devoted to corporate and economic coverage, has soared over the past week as Americans seek clarity on the current market duress. […]
Stock market drop boost CNBC, Fox Business
The stock market declines due to President Trump’s tariff policy has boosted viewers at CNBC and Fox Business, reports Mark Mwachiro of Adweek. Mwachiro reports, “CNBC also drew more viewers in both measured categories than Fox Business Network during business day and market hours on April 3. “FBN also experienced a viewership increase during market hours […]
