“Nightly Business Report” set to end after 40 years
“Nightly Business Report,” the PBS program that started in 1979 and became TV’s longest-running business-news broadcast, is set to cease production by the end of the year, reports Brian Steinberg of Variety. Steinberg reports, “CNBC, which picked up production of the show in 2013, has decided to end its association with the show, according to people familiar with […]
CNBC’s LaRocco: No one wins in a trade war
Farmers across the Midwest are in a flux. With President Trump’s ongoing trade war with China and experiencing an extremely harsh and difficult agricultural season, farmers are struggling now more than ever. These farmers are now turning toward the nation’s leaders for advice and knowledge pertaining to the ongoing U.S.-China trade-war. In light of this, […]
Kim returns to Business Insider as senior correspondent
Eugene Kim, a tech reporter for CNBC in San Francisco, is returning to Business Insider as a senior correspondent. He will cover, among other topics, Amazon and e-commerce. Kim left Business Insider to become a reporter at The Information. He covered Amazon and enterprise tech at The Information, the same beat that he had at […]
CNBC’s Siemens departs for PR firm
Former CNBC senior producer Shannan Siemens has been appointed managing director at public affairs firm Mercury, according to reports. Prior to joining CNBC, Siemens has served as producer at both Fox Business Network and NBC Universal. She also worked as PA/AP/producer at College Sports Television. Siemens is a graduate of the University of Mississippi with […]
CNBC “Squawk Box” has a brand-new look
CNBC’s flagship morning show “Squawk Box,” which airs Monday to Friday, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., launched a new look this morning. The new set now features new music, changed lighting and updated graphics. Additionally, the set also features a roundtable that brings “Squawk Box” anchors Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin back […]
Zipkin hired by CNBC as editor on Acorns collaboration
Nina Zipkin has been hired by CNBC to be an editor on its Acorns Grow personal finance collaboration. She started on Monday. Zipkin previously spent more than five years at Entrepreneur magazine, where she worked as a staff writer. She wrote news and features covering leadership, business and tech, with a focus on underrepresented entrepreneurs, […]
Business Insider hires Zaveri as senior tech reporter
Business Insider has hired Paayal Zaveri as a senior tech reporter in San Francisco. Zaveri will cover enterprise technology with a focus on the cloud. She has been a field producer at CNBC’s San Francisco bureau covering tech, tech policy and California economy for the network’s broadcast, website and digital platforms. Zaveri graduated from the […]
CNBC hiring multimedia reporter
CNBC is seeking a business news-oriented multimedia reporter to join their growing digital video network. The position is an ideal opportunity for writers and producers who possess in-depth knowledge or markets and politics and their convergence. The role includes pitching, creating and owning smart original projects, including spearheading episodic series to publish across CNBC’s digital […]
Source who leaked info to CNBC reporter is arrested
A U.S. counterterrorism analyst was arrested Wednesday at the Defense Intelligence Agency where he worked and charged with leaking classified information to two journalists for NBC and CNBC, reports The Wall Street Journal. Aruna Viswanatha, Dustin Volz and Byron Tau of The Journal reported, “Mr. Frese has been charged with two counts of willful transmission of national defense […]
CNBC is adding a podcast around “Squawk Box”
CNBC is creating a new podcast extension of its flagship morning television show “Squawk Box.” A story on Inside Radio states, “The podcast will be known as Squawk Pod and will publish each morning at 10am. The podcast will pull excerpts from the show’s most newsmaker interviews. “‘With the launch of Squawk Pod, we are […]
