Caruso-Cabrera named CNBC’s chief international correspondent
Nikhil Doegun, senior vice president and editor in chief of business news at CNBC, made the following staff announcement on Wednesday: The past few months have shown us in vivid detail that events outside our borders have a direct impact on U.S. markets and are closely followed by U.S. viewers and users. With that in mind, […]
CNBC anchor Drury scoots around the newsroom
Brian Steel, who oversees PR for CNBC, posts the following video of anchor Amanda Drury rolling around the newsroom using a scooter.
The redesigned CNBC newsroom
Herb Greenberg of CNBC has posted a photo of his new desk in the redesigned newsroom at the business news channel.
Alexis Glick says she will return to TV
Former CNBC and Fox Business Network anchor Alexis Glick tells Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman that she eventually plans to return to television. Friedman writes, “Does she miss being on TV? Well, of course. ‘I do miss it, definitely!’ she shot back. ‘Talking about the deficit, the jobs situation, the economy — those subjects are […]
Most widely read biz news site is, surprise, Yahoo Finance
Eric Jackson of Forbes.com looks at Compete numbers of traffic on business news sites and discovers that Yahoo Finance still gets more visitors than business news heavyweights such as The Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney and others. Jackson writes, “And the biggest kahuna when it comes to financial news – at least by visitors — is […]
Fox Busines, CNBC see audience declines in past month
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Both Fox Business Network and CNBC have seen a double-digit decline in viewers since the early August market turmoil drove numbers up, according to Nielsen data obtained by Talking Biz News from an independent third party. The data shows that Fox Business has done a better job of retaining viewers in […]
Business media outlets accused of patent infringement
Bloomberg LP and Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, and five other media outlets were sued for allegedly infringing two patents for “instantaneous symbol lookup,” used on websites. A Bloomberg News story states, “Boadin Technology LLC, which said it owns the rights to the patents, filed the lawsuit yesterday in […]
CNBC digital has record August
CNBC.com had its best August ever in terms of uniques and its best month ever in terms of page views. According to the latest data from comScore Media Metrix, the site was visited by 7.4 million unique users last month, a 44 percent increase compared to the same time period last year, and recorded 437 […]
Lapin leaving CNBC; starts production company, to publish book on WSJ
CNBC anchor Nicole Lapin writes on her blog Thursday that she has started her own production company and plans to publish a book on decoding The Wall Street Journal, among other new ventures. Lapin writes, “The reason I’ve been more twitter-silent than ever before is because I was hard at work on the launch of Nothing […]
CNBC launches TV app in Europe, Middle East and Africa
CNBC has rolled out a real-time application for television viewers overseas. Stuart Dredge of The Guardian in London writes, “CNBC Real-Time TV App serves up a variety of content, including video interviews and market analysis; live data from the London Stock Exchange, NYSE, NASDAQ and the Deutsche Börse; and a personalised portfolio feature to keep […]
