Two staffers leave CNBC’s Make It
Two editorial staffers have left CNBC’s Make It website in recent weeks for other jobs. Marguerite Ward is now an editor and a staff writer for Today.com. She covered entrepreneurship, career and money news for CNBC Make It. Previously, she covered breaking news for CNBC. Ward is a College Emmy Award-nominee for broadcast journalism she […]
CNBC hires Mashable’s Angelova for digital video
Jay Yarow, senior vice president and executive editor of CNBC Digital, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I am thrilled to announce Kamelia Angelova will join CNBC as Executive Producer of Digital Video, beginning January 8. With more than a decade of experience in digital media, Kamelia will bring a sharp eye for visual […]
CNBC to start selling ads on voice assistance devices
After promising levels of its audience returned each week to use its Alexa skill, CNBC’s global ad sales team will start selling audio sponsorship packages to advertisers in the next few months, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “The company said its voice audience across Amazon and Google (on which CNBC launched in the U.S. in May) […]
CNBC expands its Amazon “Flash Briefing” to Great Britain
CNBC announced Wednesday that its “CNBC Flash Briefing” is now available for Amazon Alexa-enabled devices in Great Britain. The announcement means Alexa users in the UK will now be able to access localized news updates to keep up with world markets and business news, anchored by CNBC’s global news teams based in London and Singapore. […]
Caruso-Cabrera on how CNBC has changed in 20 years
Elizabeth Balboa of Benzinga talked to CNBC international correspondent and “Power Lunch” co-anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera about how the network has changed in the past 20 years. Balboa writes, “But if you can believe it, the CNBC life used to be a lot more challenging. When she joined the network in 1998, the staff was smaller and journalists were burdened with five […]
CNBC’s Jay Yarow is Business Journalist of the Year
Jay Yarow, the senior vice president and executive editor at CNBC’s digital operations, has made the business news network’s website a player in business journalism. In January 2016, the month before Yarow’s hiring was announced, CNBC.com had 27 million unique visitors, making it the No. 6 business news website, according to comScore. Yarow started in […]
Fox Business beats CNBC for 2017
Fox Business Network is going to beat competitor CNBC for the first time ever in in 2017 in terms of business day viewers, reports Tony Maglio of The Wrap. Maglio writes, “FBN, which launched in 2007, will set internal records this year across both Business Day (9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.) and Total Day (6 a.m. – […]
CNBC unveils plans for Middle East HQ in Abu Dhabi
CNBC unveiled plans Tuesday for a Middle East headquarters in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, where it will hire 10 staffers. The network will begin broadcasting from a new studio at Abu Dhabi Global Market in the first quarter of 2018. The network plans to anchor one of its daily global […]
Head of digital video leaves CNBC digital
Mike Senzon, an executive producer and head of digital video at CNBC’s web operations, has left the news operation, a spokeswoman confirmed to Talking Biz News. Senzon had been with the company since April 2014 and was the executive in charge of all digital video content and programming across CNBC’s digital and social platforms. He […]
Why CNBC is investing in its events business
A.J. Katz of TVNewser.com writes about why CNBC is paying more attention to its events business. Katz writes, “But the network has found its own bottom line can get a boost by taking CNBC further into the community. “‘Given our strong brand and established credibility, there has been a high demand for us to expand […]
