CNN is cutting investment in MoneyStream app
CNN is cutting its investment in personalized business app CNN MoneyStream, a move that marks the cable news company’s latest retrenchment in its digital business, reports Steven Perlberg of BuzzFeed. Perlberg writes, “The service, which offered users a feed of custom articles and information on the stocks and business personalities they care about, will now function as […]
CNNMoney: The best thing to come out of AOL/Time Warner
Howard Gold, writing in Columbia Journalism Review about the demise of Time Inc., writes about how CNNMoney.com was the best result of Time Warner’s acquisition by AOL. Gold writes, “Several people told CJR that AOL’s CEO at the time, Bob Pittman, was the driving force behind a forced marriage that remained unhappy until Money.com went […]
CNNMoney seeks a senior tech editor
The Section Editor (Tech) will play a key role in the CNNMoney newsroom — finding, assigning and editing stories and managing a team of reporters covering technology. The Section Editor (Tech) will overseeing Tech & Media but work with other CNNMoney teams in the US and abroad. What will you be doing? – Identify, assign […]
CNNMoney Switzerland has launched
CNNMoney Switzerland launched Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The operation is a website based in Zurich with three hours of live programming airing weekdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. local time. CNNMoney Switzerland represents the first international extension of the CNNMoney brand and resulted from more than a year’s collaboration across […]
CNN to launch business channel in Switzerland during Davos
CNN’s business network is launching its first country-specific channel in Switzerland at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, hoping to leverage a strong advertising market and diverse, rich and modern economy. An AP story states, “Executives behind CNNMoney Switzerland say the venture aims to fill a void in English-language business and economy news […]
Mooney, editor at CNNMoney, dies at 66
Mark Mooney, an editor at CNNMoney, has died at the age of 66 from prostate cancer. On Medium, Mooney wrote, “I’m sure you’ve heard the old saw that you’ll never hear a dying man say that he wished he had spent more time at the office. “Well, I’m here to tell you… ah, check that. […]
Houston Chronicle econ reporter DePillis leaves for CNNMoney
Lydia DePillis, an economics reporter for the Houston Chronicle, is leaving the paper for a job at CNNMoney. She will also be covering the economy for the website and starts Monday. DePillis had been at the Chronicle since May 2016. On Twitter, she wrote, “I know this is cliche, but it really has been an […]
CNN working on West Coast tech news site
CNN is set to launch a new technology-focused vertical about the changing media landscape on the West Coast that will be called Pacific, writes Maxwell Tani of Business Insider. Tani writes, “The new franchise will be led by Senior Media Reporter Dylan Byers, and will focus on the powerful West Coast-based companies that have changed media, technology, and politics. […]
What’s behind the CNNMoney strategy with MoneyStream
Rich Barbieri is the executive editor of CNNMoney, one of the top business and financial news sites in the country. Barbieri oversees digital news gathering for CNN’s worldwide coverage of brands, media, markets, economics, technology, and personal finance. Barbieri manages a team of more than 60 reporters and editors around the world across platforms. He […]
CNNMoney hires Barron’s Shane in Hong Kong
CNNMoney international managing editor Mark Thompson sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I am excited to announce an addition to CNNMoney’s international team. Daniel Shane will be joining us in Hong Kong as a reporter, starting in September. For the last two years, Daniel has been a staff writer at Barron’s in Hong Kong, covering investment […]
