Why investors shouldn’t watch financial television

Vitaliy N. Katsenelson, the chief investment officer at Investment Management Associates, writes on LinkedIn about why investors should avoid financial television when deciding what stocks to buy and sell. Katsenelson writes, “We rarely turn on business TV in our office. Stock market movements throughout the day are completely random. The same actors that are influencing […]

CNBC.com seeks an auto reporter

CNBC Digital is looking for an auto reporter to cover the industry’s biggest and hottest carmakers, focusing on Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Tesla in the U.S. The ideal candidate will be able to juggle both breaking real-time news as well as long-form features and executive profiles. It’s a demanding and expansive beat with […]

CNBC promotes Dunn to executive editor of events

Sat Brainch, president of CNBC Business News Worldwide, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday afternoon: Two years ago, CNBC started investing significantly in building a premier events business so that our unparalleled content can exist on-air, online and on the ground.  Today, we are seeing incredible success from events covering “all things money,” which is […]

NerdWallet’s Jackson joins CNBC Acorns

Anna-Louise Jackson has been hired by CNBC Acorns as a senior writer based in New York. Jackson previously was a lead writer for NerdWallet, focused on the site’s investing content. Before that, she worked at Bloomberg for more than six years as a U.S. stocks reporter, economics reporter and ranking analyst. She began her journalism […]

CNBC.com hires 13 new staffers, names news editor and weekend editor

Jay Yarow, senior vice president and executive editor of CNBC.com, sent out the following announcement on Monday: I’m excited to announce a handful of new hires to the CNBC Digital team. Kif Leswing joins our Technology team as a reporter, focusing on Apple and the broader hardware industry. Kif spent the last three years at Business […]

CNBC hires Shao as Singapore reporter

CNBC has hired Grace Shao as a digital reporter for its Singapore office. She will start in June. Shao will be writing for the CNBC website and creating digital videos down the line. She is currently a student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Shao previously studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing and […]

CNBC Make It seeks a careers reporter

CNBC Digital is looking to hire a talented reporter to develop its Careers coverage under the NYC-based CNBC Make It brand. CNBC Make It is a fast-growing, consumer-friendly section of CNBC, devoted to aspirational content about success, money, work, and life. The Careers Reporter will be responsible for pitching and writing engaging content that inspires […]

CNBC.com hires Ad Age’s Graham to cover ad industry

CNBC.com managing editor Jeffrey McCracken sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I am pleased to announce Megan Graham is joining CNBC.com as a staff reporter based in Englewood Cliffs. Her focus will be the advertising industry and the billions of dollars spent there trying to influence consumers. Megan spent the past two years as […]

CNBC adds eight to the Acorns Grow team

Jenna Goudreau, managing editor for CNBC Make It, sent out the following announcement on Monday: Hi all- In addition to my responsibilities at CNBC Make It, I recently took on the role of Managing Editor for Acorns Grow. I’m excited to announce that we have begun to build out the editorial team for the site and […]

When Maria Bartiromo decided it was time to leave CNBC

Mark Joyella of Forbes.com interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo, and they discussed when she knew it was time to leave CNBC after 20 years. Joyella writes, “It was Bartiromo’s belief that there was part of the business news story that even she–widely considered one of the best-informed and hardest-working reporters on television — […]