Fine: WSJ redesign shows biz journalism will lead the way
BusinessWeek media columnist Jon Fine writes about the Wall Street Journal’s redesign and notes that the paper has always been at the forefront of trying new and different things and using the Internet to break news. That’s why, he believes, that business news will be at the fore of changes in the media. Fine wrote, […]
Fox to provide biz video to Yahoo Finance
According to USA Today, CNBC isn’t the only cable network looking to increase its presence on the Internet. Fox News is going to provide video to Yahoo Finance. Reporter David Lieberman wrote, “‘This is our first portal deal,’ says Jeremy Steinberg, Fox News head of digital sales and development. ‘We haven’t done anything like this […]
Cavuto launching radio report
In the wake of the announcement this week that Jim Cramer would end his radio show, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto will start his own radio report beginning in January, according to MediaWeek. Katy Bachman wrote that Cavuto “will begin anchoring The Cavuto Money Report for Fox News Radio beginning Jan. 15, the company announced Thursday. […]
Fine: The money is there for another biz channel
BusinessWeek media writer Jon Fine writes on his blog that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has been bullish about the Fox Business News channel that is expected to launch next year for several years despite the fact that Roger Ailes, the executive who once ran CNBC and would be in charge of the channel, has […]
Comcast agrees to carry new Fox business channel
The New York Times is reporting that the Comcast cable company has agreed to carry the Fox business cable network channel when it begins airing sometime in 2007, but no launch date has been announced yet. Richard Siklos wrote, “Comcast’s roughly 12 million digital subscribers would get the channel as part of their service. Those […]
GE CEO meets with CNBC employees
General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey Immelt met Wednesday with employees of subsidiary CNBC, the business news cable network, and told them he was looking forward to the competition with the Fox Business News channel next year, according to a Hollywood Reporter story. The meeting, Immelt’s first with CNBC employees in more than a year, also […]
Fox Business News website not as political as TV
The News Hounds web site argues that the Fox business news website doesn’t delve as much into politics as Neil Cavuto does while he is on television. News Hounds writes, “The headline this afternoon (October 23, 2006) at FoxNews.com/Business explained it like this: Bulls On the Run, Again — Earnings optimism and word that Wal-Mart […]
Friedman: CNBC is facing "scary times"
MarketWatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes in his Monday column that business news cable network CNBC is facing “scary times.” Friedman wrote, “NBC Universal, of which CNBC is a division, is planning to make severe cost cuts. The Washington Post reported that the media behemoth will chop up to 700 jobs, or 5% of its […]
Fox Business Channel to debut in mid-2007
Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes and News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch spoke with Multichannel News editor of digital news Steve Donohue and news editor Mike Reynolds last week about a wide range of topics, including the impending rollout of the new Fox Business Channel, slated for 2007. What’s below is an excerpt from the […]
CNBC pushes hard overseas to prepare for Fox
The International Herald-Tribune ran an article on Sunday about CNBC’s expansion into new foreign markets to boost its name recognition as it awaits the launch of new rival Fox Business News. Reporter Eric Pfanner wrote, “CNBC has outlasted other deep-pocketed competitors. Time Warner shut down CNNfn, a business spinoff of the CNN news channel, in […]
