Case against government leaker discloses relationship with CNBC reporter
The federal government’s case against an employee alleged to have leaked information to a reporter has disclosed that the source was in a relationship with, and sent information to, CNBC reporter Amanda Macias, reports Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple reports, “During that time, according to the Justice Department, Macias published eight articles containing classified information about […]
CNBC hires Shepard Smith to host evening broadcast
CNBC has signed former Fox News journalist Shepard Smith to anchor a new one-hour evening news program, reports Joe Flint of The Wall Street Journal. Flint reports, “‘The News with Shepard Smith’ will debut this fall in the 7-8 p.m. time slot on the cable news business channel. The Monday through Friday newscast marks a significant shift […]
CNBC’s Quayle lauded for contributions to business journalism
Veteran CNBC producer Matthew Quayle, co-creator of “Squawk Box” and “Squawk on the Street,” spoke with Dean Rotbart of 2020 Business News Visionary Awards about his career. “Thanks in large part to Matt Quayle, ‘Squawk Box’ reigns today as the longest-running business show on cable television, and ‘Squawk on the Street’ has bragging rights as the […]
Eisen to anchor “Closing Bell;” Brennan moves to 10 a.m. slot for “Squawk on the Street”
Dan Colarusso, senior vice president of business news at CNBC, sent out the following announcement on Friday: The past few months have forced many changes upon us at CNBC. We’ve shifted locations, learned to do our own makeup and found joy in Microsoft Teams. I want to announce a few other changes – the positive […]
How CNBC is building its membership programs
Grace Wu of Penn Innovators in Business interviewed Sonie Osagie, CNBC director of strategic content & news partnerships, about her job. Here is an excerpt: Tell us about your current career. “I am currently at CNBC in a strategy and operations role that is focused on emerging businesses and platforms. My portfolio consists of two main […]
NY Times: CNBC is considering right-wing shows
Business news channel CNBC is considering adding some right-wing talk shows, reports Ben Smith of the New York Times. Smith writes, “Mr. Conde’s boss, the new NBCUniversal chief executive, Jeff Shell, has suggested in private conversation that he wants to make a more dramatic change at the company’s other cable news network, CNBC, two NBCUniversal executives said. […]
Sorkin, Kernen of CNBC spar online about pandemic
Two anchors of CNBC’s “Squawk Box” had a fiery exchange on Wednesday morning sparked in part by the grim milestone that the nation has surpassed 100,000 deaths due to the coronavirus outbreak, reports Cynthia Littleton of Variety. Littleton writes, “Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen shouted at each other for about a minute in the first hour of the 7-9 […]
How a CNBC reporter created a website to steal her stories
Meg Graham of CNBC.com writes about how she created a fake news website to steal her stories and place them around ads. Graham writes, “I bought a domain through GoDaddy and set up a managed WordPress site, then set up an SSL certificate so I would have a secure website, which would prevent the site from triggering […]
Harding joins LinkedIn as producer of “Business Unusual” show
LinkedIn has appointed Jillian Harding as the new producer of the “Business Unusual” show hosted by Caroline Fairchild. Previously, Harding was working as a producer at Yahoo Finance developing new processes to coordinate logistics and execution of major events. She has also served as digital video producer/writer at CBS Money Watch. She has also worked […]
Biz news sites reported big gains in March
The top business news sites saw dramatic increases in unique visitors in March as the markets and the economy began to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to comScore data obtained by Talking Biz News. CNBC.com claimed the top spot with 114.7 million users, nearly double the 60 million users it had in […]
