Journal reporter named CNBC on-air contributor
Wall Street Journal staff reporter Lee Hawkins has been assigned to work as an on-air contributor at CNBC as part of the Journal’s content sharing agreement with the network. Hawkins will remain an employee of the Journal. Previously, Hawkins covered General Motors Corp. from the Detroit bureau for the Journal. Hawkins began the assignment after appearing […]
Cavuto shrugs off adversity
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman talked with Fox News Channel’s Neil Cavuto last week about starting up the new business news channel. Friedman wrote, “Fox has noted that the Cavuto-led business unit passed CNN and CNBC to grab the top five spots in cable news, including the Saturday morning business-news block. Cavuto’s financial program, ‘Your […]
Billionaire Buffett's relationship with another biz journalist
CNBC’s Liz Claman, just like Fortune’s Carol Loomis, has access to billionaire Warren Buffett that provides her nice stories for her business news media outlet, but also raises some ethical questions. CNBC just posted a story on its web site based on Claman’s interview with Buffett on Thursday after the release of his annual report. […]
Bloom gone at Cramer's "Mad Money"?
The TVNewser blog is reporting statistics that show viewers of the “Mad Money” show on business news channel CNBC hosted by Jim Cramer have declined in each of the past three months from the same months in the prior year. Brian Stelter wrote, “Ratings data suggests that the bloom might be off the rose for […]
CNBC optimistic, Bloomberg sober in stock market coverage
D.J. Waletzky has a nice found-up of how the business news media covered the drop in the Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday on the MediaChannel web site. The drop was the biggest since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Waletzky wrote, “CNBC was optimistic even in the face of disaster. CNBC talking head Larry […]
CNBC expands into Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald reports Wednesday that cable channel CNBC is expanding into Australia by opening a news bureau on the continent in March. The story stated, “The aim is to grow local and regionally managed ad revenues by 25 per cent and use Australian equity markets as a key daily trading cue for Asian […]
Cramer vs. Blodget: Who cares?
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam wants to know why so many people have been paying attention to the feud between “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer and banned Wall Street analyst turned Slate columnist Henry Blodget. Beam wrote, “IÂ can’t imagine that anyone does take Jim Cramer, the star of CNBC’s ‘Mad Money’ show, seriously. Why Blodget […]
Bartiromo interview with Weill raises questions
The TVNewser web site noted that CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo’s interview this afternoon with former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill could raise questions again with viewers about her ethics. Bartiromo, if you remember, was criticized earlier this year for her relationship with ousted Citigroup executive Todd Thomson, which included taking a plane ride on the Citigroup corporate […]
Citigroup uses Bartiromo to divert attention to real problems
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow wrote that recent coverage of the ouster of Citigroup executive Todd Thomson has disputed many of the allegations about his extravagances, including his relationship with CNBC anchior Maria Bartiromo. Kantrow’s conclusion is that the business media was played by Citigroup to turn the focus away from its actual issues. She […]
Overstock CEO gets creepy with attacks on biz reporters
Bloomberg columnist Susan Antilla writes Wednesday about the recent tactics taken by Overstock.com and CEO Patrick Byrne in attacking business reporters he believes are in cahoots with naked short sellers driving down his stock price. Antilla wrote, “Googlers got a little surprise last week if they went trolling for information about author Gary Weiss, a […]
