Is LinkedIn’s future business television?
Owen Thomas writes for Business Insider about how LinkedIn could be a competitor to CNBC in the future by getting into televised business news and information. Thomas writes, “At the Ignition Mobile conference in San Francisco Thursday, Nishar suggested that in 10 years, when you walk into a room with a television in the morning […]
How the NYSE became a stage for financial news
Daniel Goodman and Kamelia Angelova of Business Insider write about how the New York Stock Exchange has become ground zero for financial news coverage. Goodman and Angelova write, “Then in 1995 Maria Bartiromo from CNBC became the first reporter to go live to TV from the floor of the NYSE, marking the beginning of a […]
Ex-CNBC executive producer named ME of LA TV station
Ramona Schindelheim, a former executive producer of CNBC‘s “Business Day,” has been named the managing editor of a Los Angeles television station. Kevin Roderick of LA Observed has the announcement from Fox 11 vice president Kingsley Smith: Please welcome our new Managing Editor Ramona Schindelheim. Ramona previously worked as an Executive Producer for CNBC’s Business […]
CNBC’s Kaminsky leaving for Morgan Stanley
CNBC capital markets editor Gary Kaminsky is leaving the business news network for a job at Morgan Stanley, reports Charles Gasparino of Fox Business Network. Gasparino writes, “Kaminsky left Neuberger — then a unit of Lehman Brothers — just months before the financial crisis led to the firm’s September 2008 bankruptcy. He is regarded as […]
CNBC starts program on China
CNBC announced Monday that it is launching a new program providing coverage of China. Every month, starting on March 15, CNBC’s Eunice Yoon will present a new half-hour programme, “Inside China,” which will provide viewers with news shaping China. Yoon will travel around the country covering the trends that are defining the new China and […]
KIngsland, former CNBC and Bloomberg journalist, dies at 49
Jim Kingsland, a business journalist who worked for CNBC, Fox Business Network and Bloomberg, died this week at the age of 49. Jerry Barmash of FishbowlNY writes, “He had severe diabetes, which led to a liver transplant several years ago. His eyesight was poor and his pancreas was compromised. “At Bloomberg for much of the […]
CNBC’s digital ops viewers rise
CNBC.com was visited by 6 million unique users in February, flat compared to the same time period last year, according to comScore Media Metrix. However, CNBC’s iPhone application posted 576,000 unique visitors, a 7 percent increase year-over-year, according to Omniture. CNBC’s iPad application posted 421,000 unique visitors, a 10 percent increase year-over-year, according to Omniture. […]
CNBC’s new reality series get mixed ratings
Dominic Patten of Deadline Hollywood reports that the new reality shows from CNBC reported mixed viewing data during the first week. Patten writes, “Debuting at 9 PM, the antiquities authenticating Treasure Detectives pulled in 279,000 total viewers and 62,000 in the Adults 25-54 demographic on the channel. That’s a jump from the 195,000 total viewers […]
Anti-CNBC ad runs on CNBC
Paul Shea of ValueWalk.com reports that a Fox Business Network ad slamming competitor CNBC ran on CNBC. Shea writes, “The appearance of an advertisement lambasting a network policy would, under normal circumstances, be considered an insult. Most networks would have attempted to have it removed from the air. CNBC, however, allowed the advertisement to air […]
Reaching viewers who don’t normally watch CNBC
David Bauder of The Associated Press looks at CNBC‘s new reality shows and how the business news network is trying to attract new viewers. Bauder writes, “Allen said he felt comfortable working with CNBC. “‘I felt like I didn’t have to be a character, that we could show up and be ourselves and not have […]
