Fox Business Channel to debut in mid-2007
Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes and News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch spoke with Multichannel News editor of digital news Steve Donohue and news editor Mike Reynolds last week about a wide range of topics, including the impending rollout of the new Fox Business Channel, slated for 2007. What’s below is an excerpt from the […]
Cramer says he's trying to help the poor
In a Q&A interview with Baltimore Sun reporter Laura Smitherman, “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer said that the rationale behind his CNBC show is to help people who don’t have a lot of moeny get some.Smitherman wrote, “His is a kind of Marx-meets-Robin-Hood philosophy: ‘We are at a strange time for capitalism in our nation,’ […]
CNBC launches "Power & Money" segment on hedge funds
Business cable network CNBC announced that it will begin a new segment called “Power & Money” that will run throughout the day and be devoted to private equity and hedge funds, according to a release. The segments will be reported using the banner “Power & Money: Inside the World of Hedge Funds and Private Equity.” […]
Fuchs pleased with Dow record coverage
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs wrote that he was generally pleased with the coverage he read about the Dow Jones industrial average hitting a new high earlier this week, and he thinks that’s a positive for investors.Fuchs wrote, “But before I show you some examples of how coverage has been relatively tempered, allow me to pontificate for […]
Motley Fool writer loves CNBC's "Fast Money"
Motley Fool contributoe Steven Mallas wrote on Wednesday that he’s a big fan of the new CNBC show “Fast Money” hosted by Dylan Ratigan that was also featured in the Monday New York Times. Mallas wrote, “It’s an energetic roundtable discussion populated by four tough-guy traders who spit at the ramparts of institutional entities. They […]
More on CNBC and the Dow record
It’s interesting to scan the stories and columns in Wednesday’s newspapers and see how many writers or experts mention CNBC in relation to the Dow Jones industrial average closing at a new record. Here is a sampling: 1. Susan Tompor, columnist for the Detroit Free Press and a SABEW board member: “The trick to making […]
CNBC coverage of Dow record reminiscent of old days
The TV Newser blog writes that business cable network CNBC’s coverage Tuesday of the Dow Jones industrial average closing at a new record reminded some viewers of its coverage before the tech bubble burst. TV Newser wrote, “CNBC is pretty excited about the Dow’s record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new record […]
Has financial media declared war on America?
I discovered an interesting blog today written by a 24-year-old named Steve Petersen, who lives in Utah. He recently wrote a commentary about the financial media, and an excerpt is below. Petersen wrote, “This is why the economy tanking is great news for investors, but it is not necessarily welcome news for the rest of […]
CNBC's Fast Money brings smack back to network
The New York Times’ Elizabeth Jensen wrote Monday about how CNBC is trying a show called “Fast Money” hosted by former Bloomberg reporter Dylan Ratigan that brings out some of the issues with broadcast business journalism that hurt the network’s reputation after the dot-com bubble burst. Jensen wrote, “Later shows like the successful ‘Mad Money’ […]
A rare time for business magazines
Has there ever been a time where there was more upheaval and change in the business magazine business than what has occurred in the past four to six months? I can think of only one other period — the time between September 1929 and February 1930, when both BusinessWeek and Fortune launched to compete against […]
