CNBC seeks desk producer

CNBC is looking for a desk producer to Produce stories for CNBC’s daily live Business Day programs. The person will work directly with CNBC correspondents to find and interview sources, develop visual elements and shoot and cut footage for live reports and edited packages. Find background information on a wide range of business, financial news […]

CNBC launching two new prime time shows this summer

Business news network CNBC said Tuesday that it is adding two new shows to its prime time lineup this summer. It has also given the green light for development of three other shows. The two new shows are “Restaurant Kickstart” with restaurateur Joe Bastianich, and celebrity chef Tim Love, which will launch in July, and […]

CNBC’s Mathisen: Never been a better time to be a business journalist

There has never been a better time to be a business journalist, CNBC anchor Tyler Mathisen said last week to a group in New York. A story on the Sageworks Institute site states, “The co-anchor of CNBC’s ‘Power Lunch’ and ‘Nightly Business Report’ told more than 100 journalists at an event hosted by Sageworks Institute […]

Cohn celebrates 25 years at CNBC

Scott Cohn, a senior correspondent and lead investigative reporter at CNBC, is celebrating 25 years with the business news network. Danny LoPriore of the Greenburgh Daily Voice writes, “With cable networks already established to compete with ‘free’ television, Cohn said he could foresee today’s era of 24/7 news when  the network hit the air in April […]

Bartiromo returns to CNBC — in a commercial

Brian Steinberg of Variety reports how Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo, who left CNBC last year after 20 years, returned to the network’s airwaves in a commercial. Steinberg writes, “In ads purchased for the New York market served by Time Warner Cable and running on CNBC, Bartiromo speaks directly to viewers from the set […]

CNBC seeks associate producer

CNBC is looking for an associate producer at its Englewood Cliffs, N.J. headquarters. The associate producer will find and research story ideas for news coverage. Book multiple guests from an array of backgrounds. Pre-interview potential segment guests with booking requirements in mind. Secure rights and clearances of program material. Screen and cut raw video with […]

CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen is always learning

Randall Kenneth Jones of the Naples Daily News in Florida profiles Tyler Mathisen of CNBC. Jones writes, “Prior to joining CNBC in 1997, he was a respected, award-winning writer, senior editor and top editor for Money magazine. “However, once again, Mathisen parlayed his ongoing education and developing communication skills into a new role as money […]

Bartiromo: Ready to take the plunge and try something different

Erin Hill of Parade magazine interviewed Fox Business Network‘s Maria Bartiromo on her switch from CNBC and her new show on Fox News on Sunday morning. Here is an excerpt: You were at CNBC for 20 years. Was it a tough decision to leave? “Absolutely. I had the greatest time and it was a tough […]

Bartiromo: Too much source poaching was going on at CNBC

Lloyd Grove of The Daily Beast profiles Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo and writes about her decision to leave CNBC last year. Grove writes, “The constant battle to book exclusive airtime with heavy hitters like Frazier actually figured in Bartiromo’s stunning decision last November to cross enemy lines from CNBC, where she’d been a […]

CNBC hires Tirrell from Bloomberg News

Nik Deogun, senior vice president and editor in chief at CNBC, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I am pleased to announce that Meg Tirrell will join CNBC as a general assignment reporter, effective April 7th.  Meg’s primary focus will be covering the biotechnology and pharmaceutical beat and will appear on both CNBC’s Business […]