Irish government offers to educate CNBC’s Kernen
An Irish government agency has offered to educate CNBC anchor Joe Kernen, whose on-air gaffe last week about its currency was mocked by many, reports John Aidan Byrne of the New York Post. Kernen writes, “Jon Brubaker, a spokesman for the the Irish Executive Mentoring Program — which has teamed with Silicon Valley’s Everwise on […]
CNBC made a mistake by ignoring election
Jeff Reeves, editor of InvestorPlace.com, writes that business news network CNBC should have had election coverage on Tuesday night like its competitors. Reeves writes, “CNBC pretty much threw in the towel in terms of news coverage, opting for Shark Tank reruns instead of covering a midterm election that many saw as a referendum on the […]
CNBC, Fox Biz could benefit from new Nielsen rating
Business news networks CNBC and Fox Business Network could benefit from a new Nielsen rating that measures viewers outside of their residence, reports Chris Ariens of TVNewser.com Ariens writes, “Today, Nielsen unveiled the results of a new TV measurement test of out-of-home viewing. Portable People Meters used over a three-month period in Chicago showed that […]
StockTwits co-founder: CNBC’s Hoffman should be fired
Hoard Lindzon, the co-founder of StockTwits, writes Tuesday that the president of CNBC, Mark Hoffman, should be fired for a lack of vision. Lindzon writes, “I can’t find a vision statement. “I can’t find any of their digital ticker pages and stories in a standard google search ‘ticker or ‘news’ lookup. “If it was not […]
Covering the pharma beat for CNBC
Brian Flood of TVNewser.com interviewed CNBC reporter Meg Tirrell about how she covers the biotechnology and pharmaceutical beat. Here is an excerpt: TVNewser: You joined CNBC about six months ago. What’s been the biggest surprise so far? Tirrell: Taking the question literally, my biggest surprise probably was when our 5pm show, “Fast Money,” asked me […]
Keenan, former CNBC and Fox Biz anchor, has died
Terry Keenan, who worked as an anchor at CNBC and Fox Business Network and who recently was writing a business column for the New York Post, has died at the age of 53, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting. The Reporter story states, “Keenan was most recently a Sunday business columnist for the New York Post. […]
CNBC digital operations set record in September
CNBC’s digital operations posted its best month ever in September with 14.3 million unique visitors, up 31 percent compared to last year at this time, according to the September 2014 comScore Multi-platform Report US. CNBC’s digital operations posted 11.9 million unique visitors in August. The multi-platform number includes visitors from tablets and applications and gives […]
CNBC uses up to 5,000 graphics per day
Bob Kovacs of TV Technology writes about the strategy behind CNBC’s recent graphics redesign and how it uses graphics throughout the day. Kovacs writes, “The result is a system that deals with an insane amount of data from a wide variety of sources, displayed on the screen in a logical and interesting way. Depending on […]
Jay Leno revs up show for CNBC
Frank Pallotta of CNNMoney.com writes about Jay Leno’s new car-focused show that will debut on CNBC in 2015. Pallotta writes, “The prime-time series will take viewers on a tour of Leno’s extensive classic car collection while also going over the car collector market and restoration projects, along with speeding through fun road tests. “This will […]
Does CNBC’s redesign mimic Fox Business?
Betsy Rothstein of The Daily Caller writes that the redesign of online graphics at CNBC imitates what rival Fox Business Network did with its graphics two years ago. Rothstein writes, “Today CNBC, a 25-year-old network announced plans to redesign their graphics package for an apparently more streamlined approach. And if this looks familiar, that’s because […]
