Steiger: Reporters need to adapt
In a Q&A interview with PR Week about the redesign of the Wall Street Journal, Paul Steiger said that the changes to the paper will continue to force journalists to think about the best format to present a story. Steiger said, “Back in the late 1990s, we started the relationship with CNBC. There was a […]
Fox to provide biz video to Yahoo Finance
According to USA Today, CNBC isn’t the only cable network looking to increase its presence on the Internet. Fox News is going to provide video to Yahoo Finance. Reporter David Lieberman wrote, “‘This is our first portal deal,’ says Jeremy Steinberg, Fox News head of digital sales and development. ‘We haven’t done anything like this […]
CNBC.com: A Bloomberg for everyday people
Variety’s Michael Learmonth takes a look at the launch of CNBC.com and what it will mean for the cable channel’s journalists, as well as its strategy. Learmonth wrote, “Until last summer its Web activities had been undertaken in partnership with MSN. That deal expired in July, and the net hired a staff of 55 to […]
New CNBC web site is live
As of 10:20 p.m. Sunday, the new CNBC site has gone live. The business news cable network had said that it would officially launch on Dec. 4, splitting itself from MSN Money, where it had posted news and information for the past six months. The network is planning a huge day on Monday to attract […]
Cavuto launching radio report
In the wake of the announcement this week that Jim Cramer would end his radio show, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto will start his own radio report beginning in January, according to MediaWeek. Katy Bachman wrote that Cavuto “will begin anchoring The Cavuto Money Report for Fox News Radio beginning Jan. 15, the company announced Thursday. […]
Cramer to focus on TheStreet.com multimedia
The decision to end Jim Cramer’s radio show means that he will focus more on producing video and multimedia for TheStreet.com, the company that he founded announced Wednesday. In a brief in the Newark Star-Ledger, Greg Saitz wrote, “TheStreet.com announced yesterday the host of CNBC’s ‘Mad Money’ will ‘reallocate his time to focus on TheStreet.com […]
Is Jim Cramer headed to CNBC.com?
MarketWatch columnist Frank Barnako muses on his blog that Jim Cramer will be used by CNBC to build traffic on its new web site when it launches next week in the wake of his radio show going away. Barnako wrote, “Makes sense to me after learning this morning that the Booyah-meister is ending his ‘Mad […]
Preview of new CNBC web site now available
A preview of the new CNBC web site, which goes live on Dec. 4, is now available here. The current web site can be seen here. Compare the two for yourself. It promises exclusive live events, video on demand, tools for personal stock portfolios and global coverage. You can program a ticker for the stocks […]
Friedman likes NBC Tom Costello's work
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman interviewed NBC reporter Tom Costello and remarked on his ability to report factually and only what he knew. Friedman noted that he honed his on-air reporting skills while covering the market for CNBC. Case in point: On Monday’s “Today” show, Costello initially reported that travelers could carry liquid containers as […]
H-P earnings stories, save WSJ, miss the mark
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs examined the coverage Friday of computer company Hewlett-Packard’s earnings, and he believes that the wire services missed what caused the drop in the stock price. The reason it dropped, he argued, was that the company was forecasting the same growth even after a restructuring. It had nothing to do with the scandal […]
