Bartiromo show on Fox News to debut on Sunday
Maria Bartiromo, who left CNBC last year after 20 years to join Fox, will have her new Fox News show, “Sunday Morning Futures,” debut this Sunday, March 30. The show will focus on the intersection of commerce and news events, offering viewers in-depth analysis on recent developments in the economy. Bartiromo will interview business leaders […]
Investor asks for his ban from CNBC to be lifted
Doug Kass, a money manager who writes for TheStreet.com, writes about how he has been banned from appearing on Larry Kudlow‘s last show of “The Kudlow Report” for comments he made last year in a New York Post article. Kass writes, “This morning I am reaching out to CNBC to put my comments in the New York Post in […]
CNBC seeks special reports editor
CNBC is looking for a lead editor on select Special Report packages. End-to-end responsibilities include everything from story idea generation to assigning, editing and publishing content. Developing 360-degree editorial ideas and concepts for CNBC.com’ s Special Report group that can live across media platforms — digital, TV, mobile etc. Assigning stories for Special Reports to […]
Showtime orders show from biz journalist Sorkin
Showtime has ordered “Billions” from New York Times and CNBC business journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin and writer-director-producers Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Whitney Friedlander of Variety writes, “Set in the world of wealth, this fictional drama focuses on the collision and, at times, collusion between an aggressive U.S. attorney in New York and some of […]
CNBC to end “Kudlow Report” at end of month
CNBC president Mark Hoffman sent out the following announcement on Friday afternoon about Larry Kudlow: Larry and I have been talking for some time about his interest in retiring from his nightly anchor role. Larry expressed his love of the network and personal pride in what had been accomplished on his program over the years […]
Bloomberg puts CNBC in awkward position over conference coverage
The Sohn Investment Conference is now teaming up with Bloomberg Link, Bloomberg’s conference business, to produce its annual investment conference, leaving rivals such as CNBC with some tough decisions to make about how to proceed with coverage, reports Linette Lopez of Business Insider. Lopez writes, “Every journalist covers Sohn — CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, you name […]
Getting inside Wall Street to cover Wall Street
Marshall Watkins of The Stanford Daily spoke with financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times and CNBC after he spoke at a campus event on Saturday. Here is an excerpt: TSD: As a financial journalist, how have you found the challenge of reporting on a close-knit community like Wall Street? At this […]
CNBC seeks producer for special investigations unit
CNBC is seeking a producer to work with its special investigations unit. Job responsibilities: • Produce original business news content, primarily for broadcast, including research, conducting interviews, writing and editing scripts, field producing and shooting, and overseeing editing. • Oversee and manage production team and budget, including associate producers, assistant producers, crews and/or editors. • […]
Snark prevalent in business journalism on TV
Doug Kass of TheStreet.com writes about why many of those who appear on business journalism television shows talk snark instead of facts. Kass writes, “The fact is that snark (a combination of snide and remark) and opinion far too often envelop the business media instead of facts and figures. Equally infuriating is the confidence of […]
Bartiromo: I now compete against CNBC
Jonathan Welsh of The Wall Street Journal interviewed Maria Bartiromo, who left CNBC last year and joined Fox Business Network earlier this year. Here is an excerpt: How did you spend your time off? After leaving CNBC I was in a 60-day non-compete period, but I had to stay involved, so I attended Governor Cuomo’s […]
