Fortune hires CNBC’s Fazio to produce videos
Fortune magazine has hired Jon Fazio, a CNBC producer, to be a lead series producer. Fazio started earlier this month. He had been at CNBC for five years, producing, shooting and editing video for its website and YouTube. Fazio previously was with the MLB Network and the NHL Network as a video editor and producer. He […]
How CNBC’s Sheetz began covering the space industry
Esther Wickham of The Empire State Tribune profiled CNBC space reporter Michael Sheetz. Wickham writes, “Still looking for that specific thing Sheetz could call his own, he asked his editor if he could cover SpaceX launches that were happening over the weekend. He quickly realized that this $470 billion industry was not getting enough coverage. “‘[There is […]
CNBC president: We will launch a new business news show in 2023
CNBC president KC Sullivan sent out the following on Thursday: Team, After spending time with many of you and closely reviewing the various aspects of our business, I believe we must prioritize and focus on our core strengths of business news and personal finance. This is key in our efforts to continue building on our position as […]
CNBC has cancelled “The News with Shepard Smith” to focus on biz news
CNBC has canceled “The News with Shepard Smith,” its primetime general news show, to refocus on business and market coverage, reports Alex Sherman of CNBC.com. Sherman writes, “The network announced the news Thursday in an e-mail to CNBC employees. Smith will be leaving the network later this month, according to a person familiar with the […]
CNBC, Bloomberg, STAT News and Fortune among EPPY winners
Editor and Publisher named the winners of its 2022 EPPY Award, which honor the best in digital journalism. The business journalism winners are: Best business reporting (1 million or more unique visitors) “The ESG Mirage” by Bloomberg Best business reporting (Fewer than 1 million unique visitors) “How a major health care system is operating like a […]
Cramer apologizes to CNBC viewers for Meta call
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer apologized to CNBC’s viewers after he recommended this summer that they buy Facebook parent Meta’s stock, which fell 25 percent after its latest earnings this week, reports Ariel Zilber of The New York Post. Zilber reports, “Cramer said that putting his faith in the current management team at Meta was ‘ill-advised.’ He added that […]
CNBC’s Pisani on how financial journalism has changed
CNBC’s Bob Pisani spoke with VettaFi’s Dave Nadig about his work covering the markets. Here is an excerpt: Nadig: There are some great ones in the book – but clearly, the world is different now. What do you make of today’s financial journalism? Pisani: Well, there are not a lot of old-school journalists around that want to sit around as I […]
Meyers joins Fox Business as a producer
Fox Business has hired Kathryn Meyers as a producer. Recently, Meyers was a producer for CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer.” She joined CNBC in 2017 and has served as a segment producer and associate producer. She interned at the network when she was a student at the University of Miami. While in college, Meyers […]
CNBC erroneously posts, tweets death of Rev. Jesse Jackson
Business news channel CNBC deleted a story and a tweet that said that the Rev. Jesse Jackson had died at the age of 81. In a tweet from the public relations department, the channel said the error was caused while “attempting to troubleshoot a technical issue.” CNBC apologized to Rev. Jackson and readers for the […]
CNBC hires McNair as a reporter for Make It
CNBC Make It has hired Kamaron McNair as a money reporter. She starts on Monday. McNair previously covered personal finance and money news at theSkimm. She has previously written for LendingTree and The Daily Beast. She also interned at Elle. McNair graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2018, where she played softball.
