CNBC Digital posts record October
CNBC’s digital operation posted its best October ever with 21.8 million unique visitors, up 16 percent compared to last year at this time, according to the October 2015 comScore Multi-platform Report US. CNBC is the No. 8 business and financial news site in terms of visitors. Yahoo Finance is No. 1 with 72 million unique […]
CNBC Digital seeks Wall Street reporter
CNBC Digital is seeking a dynamic journalist with a background in both business news and web production to cover our important—and exciting—Wall Street beat, reporting and writing stories aimed at both our regular audience and for distribution to our many partner sites. Work will include generating news and enterprise feature stories for the web site, […]
Personal finance editor, writer have left CNBC
The personal finance editor for CNBC.com and a personal finance writer who joined the business news network earlier this year have both left in the past month. Jennifer Barrett, the personal finance editor, had joined in 2014 while writer Tom Anderson had joined in February. Barrett was previously senior vice president and editor in chief at DailyWorth, […]
CNBC seeks personal finance editor
CNBC Digital is looking for a Personal Finance Editor to lead the website’s effort to develop more content aimed at helping individual investors and consumers make better financial decisions. In this role, the successful candidate will assign and develop stories that explain how the day’s fast-breaking news events impact consumers’ pocketbooks, as well as more […]
CNBC cutting back its international operations
CNBC International is cutting live television news it produces out of London by a third and closing its Paris and Tokyo bureaus as part of drive to increase investment in digital operation, reports Mark Sweney of The Guardian. Sweney writes, “The business and financial news organisation, which has launched a staff consultation that will see […]
CNBC unlikely to have attracted new viewers with debate performance
Helaine Olen writes for Slate that the increase in viewers that CNBC was hoping for with its performance in presenting the Republican presidential debate is unlikely to happen because of its poor performance. Olen writes, “There were several major follow-up fails. When asked about retirement policy, Carly Fiorina argued that the federal government has no […]
Examining the business of CNBC
John Koblin of the New York Times writes about CNBC‘s business in anticipation of its expected high ratings for Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate on the business news network. Koblin writes, “Last year, CNBC had an average audience of 131,000 viewers, including on weekends, when it runs paid programming, down about half from its numbers in […]
CNBC seeks personal finance writer
CNBC is looking for a writer/editor who works closely with the Personal Finance Editor to oversee and execute content strategy, development, and programming of CNBC.com’s personal finance section. He/she will work to ensure that stories published in the section meet the team’s objectives, style, voice, and editorial standards. Daily tasks may include the following: • […]
CNBC betting on debate to raise profile and revenue
Business news network CNBC is using its hosting of the Republican debate on Tuesday to raise its profile with viewers and boosts its revenue, writes Stephen Battaglio of the Los Angeles Times. Battaglio writes, “‘We’re at a time where you’re going to see a fair amount of movement,’ said Nikhil Deogun, CNBC Business News’ senior […]
Drug company CEO slams CNBC
Martin Shkreli, the hedge fund manager who triggered an outcry by putting a 5,000 percent markup on its lifesaving drug, has gone to war with business news channel CNBC, reports Dylan Byers of CNNMoney. Byers writes, “According to CNBC host Scott Wapner, Shkreli wanted to come on CNBC to defend another drug company, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, against accusations […]
