Simon Hobbs is leaving CNBC after 18 years
Simon Hobbs, an anchor for CNBC for the past 18 years, announced Friday that he is leaving the business news network. In a note to the staff, CNBC editor in chief and senior vice president Nikhil Deogun wrote: For the past 18 years, Simon has made a significant contribution to the success of the network. In the […]
Yahoo Finance, Dow Jones websites gain traffic in June; Business Insider falls
Yahoo Finance and the Dow Jones & Co. websites saw gains in readers in June, while Business Insider slumped, according to data from the comScore Multiplatform report for the month. Yahoo Finance remained the No. 1 business and finance website for the month with 75.5 million unique visitors, up from 71.2 million in May. And […]
CNBC’s Epperson on helping viewers protect and grow their money
Sharon Epperson, senior personal finance correspondent at CNBC, spoke with Kit Warchol of Career Contessa about how she became a personal finance journalist. Here is an excerpt: How did you ultimately land at CNBC, and what are your responsibilities as Senior Personal Finance Correspondent? I became a member of the National Association of Black Journalists when I […]
CNBC hires personal finance reporter from Business Insider
Kathleen Elkins, a personal finance reporter for Business Insider, has been hired by CNBC. Elkins is at least third hire made by CNBC from Business Insider since Jay Yarow was hired from Business Insider to run its web operations. Elkins has been at Business Insider since June 2015 and has produced some of its most widely read […]
Fox Business bests CNBC during convention
For the first time ever, Fox Business Network beat its competition in total viewers tuning in for the week, according to Nielsen ratings released late Friday, reports Joe Concha of The Hill. Concha writes, “While Fox News has been number one in cable news since 2001, Fox Business had never before beaten CNBC in both […]
CNBC’s Evans explains why she left Twitter
CNBC anchor Kelly Evans writes about why she decided to leave Twitter and social media. Evans writes, “I shut down social media because I needed to shut out online distractions and engage with the people, issues, and work right in front of me. “I started reading the newspaper first thing daily instead of following the news all […]
CNBC’s Evans leaves Twitter
CNBC anchor Kelly Evans is leaving Twitter, reports Allana Akhtar of USA Today. Akhtar writes, “Evans is leaving the platform — along with most other social media — to pursue a social-free lifestyle, ‘and agrees social ‘churn’ may rise in coming years,’ her colleague on CNBC Carl Quintanilla tweeted on Wednesday. “It’s ‘only 1/2 Twitter’s fault,’ Quintanilla relayed. […]
Behind the scenes of CNBC’s Facebook Live show
Jessica Davies of Digiday chronicled the day of CNBC International’s social media editor Cristy Garratt during its first Facebook Live show. Here is an excerpt: 9:45 a.m.: It’s time for my second hit with Gemma. This time, we reveal the poll results (they thought David Cameron was humming out of relief, by the way) and chat […]
Inside CNBC’s strategy on Facebook Live
Jessica Davies of Digiday writes about how CNBC is using Facebook Live for its “Street Signs Europe” show. Davies writes, “Speaking to Digiday a few hours after the first Facebook Live show stream, CNBC International’s social media editor Cristina Garratt, said the Brexit outcome is one of those moments when finance and business news becomes mainstream. Like […]
CNBC hires reporter in San Francisco
Nik Deogun, senior vice president and editor in chief of CNBC, sent out the following announcement on Monday: I am pleased to announce that Aditi Roy is joining CNBC as a general assignment reporter based in San Francisco, effective July 18th. Aditi comes to us from ABC News where she was a West Coast correspondent reporting […]
