Bloomberg launching new TV show on stock market closing

Bloomberg Television will launch next week a new show on its television station that will cover the closing of the stock markets, reports Broadcasting & Cable. Michael Malone wrote, “Media company Bloomberg Television introduces The Final Word, a two-hour program offering in-depth analysis of the U.S. markets, on Monday, Mar. 19. “Starting at 3 p.m., […]

Bloomberg television launches in New Jersey

Bloomberg television, which in January launched in the Washington, D.C., market, has now expanded into New Jersey as well, according to a press release. The business news cable station, which bills itself as the only 24-hour business and financial news network, will be seen on Comcast Cable of New Jersey. The release stated, “Bloomberg television is a […]

Cavuto shrugs off adversity

Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman talked with Fox News Channel’s Neil Cavuto last week about starting up the new business news channel. Friedman wrote, “Fox has noted that the Cavuto-led business unit passed CNN and CNBC to grab the top five spots in cable news, including the Saturday morning business-news block. Cavuto’s financial program, ‘Your […]

Fox attempts to cover Dow drop like a grown-up

The News Hounds blog, which offers a regular critique of Fox News, noted that the channel covered the drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday with more seriousness than it usually does, but still failed in its coverage. News Hounds wrote, “Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), Neil Cavuto […]

What Fox Business Channel might sound like

Daniel Chun, a writer for “The Simpsons” TV show, has unearthed for New York magazine what he believes to be an unaired early transcript of the forthcoming Fox Business Channel. Here’s an excerpt: Anchor: And now we turn to a recent study that found that in 2005, CEO pay was 411 times that of an […]

Fox's tricks won't work with CNBC

David Bauder of The Associated Press writes Sunday about the upcoming Fox Business Channel and notes that Fox is using the same tactics it used a decade ago when it launched its news channel to compete against CNN. But trying to define its competition for the audience may not work in business news, some experts […]

A business-friendly cable network? Unlikely

Tribune Media Services columnist Andrew Leckey, who is also director of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, writes Sunday that it’s unlikely that the new Fox Business Channel will be friendlier to business than CNBC. Leckey wrote, “Neil Cavuto, managing editor for business news for Fox, has a reputation as a well-researched, […]

More on Mariagate

Fortune magazine’s Barney Gimbel has some interesting observations on the Maria Bartiromo/Citigroup scandal, noting that it’s been mostly the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post that has been pushing the issue. Murdoch, of course, is also behind the launch of the Fox Business Channel to compete with Bartiromo’s CNBC. Gimbel also points out that Bartiromo’s name […]

A PR person's perspective about business journalism

Hope Heyman has more than 25 years experience in corporate communications and public relations, specializing in media relations. She serves as the chief media strategist for a number of financial, corporate and health services companies as the senior vice president in Edelman’s New York Office. Before entering public relations, Hope was a reporter and writer […]

Who will watch Fox Business Channel?

Frank Barnako of Marketwatch wonders Tuesday just exactly who will be watching the announced, but not yet airing, Fox Business Channel. Barnako wrote, “What happens if the bull starts panting and runs out of steam? The “small investors” who have been writing down Cramer’s latest ‘Mon back’ or ‘Sell! Sell! Sell!’ and the guys from […]