TV Week's NewsPro lists most powerful players in TV financial news
The 10 most powerful players in financial news on television were listed in the December issue of TV Week’s NewsPro magazine. Hillary Atkins writes, “CNBC is, of course, the leader in the field, but it has competitors nipping at its heels, and even some surprising competition at times from television’s longest-running newsmagazine program, ’60 Minutes.’” […]
Banks file motion to prevent release of data to media
A banking association has filed a second petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the disclosure of Federal Reserve emergency-lending data to the business media, reports Brent Kendall of Dow Jones Newswires. Kendall writes, “At issue is a March ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that required the Fed to release […]
Dobbs makes first Fox Biz appearance
Lou Dobbs, the former CNN business news anchor who is moving to Fox Business Network, made his first appearance on Fox Thursday evening on Neil Cavuto‘s 6 p.m. show. Here is a transcript of the beginning: Cavuto: “Who better to drive home the point than one of the founding drivers of all things financial news? […]
Fox Business posts new version of story originally posted as press release
FoxBusiness.com has updated the story that was posted earlier today about the average cost of a Thanksgiving dinner which had been originally posted simply as the news release issued by from he American Farm Bureau Federation. The new version has a clarification at the beginning that states, “The following story replaces an earlier version that […]
Fox Business posts bylined story taken verbatim from press release
Eric Hanonaki of Media Matters for America writes Monday that a FoxBusiness.com story with the byline of Elizabeth MacDonald is actually a a verbatim news release from the American Farm Bureau Federation about the average price of a Thanksgiving dinner. Hanonaki writes, “The front-page link goes to an article written ‘By Elizabeth MacDonald,’ an editor […]
Biz coverage by Dobbs at CNN raises questions
Freelance journalist Isabel Macdonald writes on The Huffington Post on Thursday about some questionable tactics used by Lou Dobbs — hired by Fox Business Network on Wednesday — when he covered business for CNN. McDonald writes, “On his CNN show, Dobbs was an outspoken critic of corporate outsourcing, and even created a website, ‘Exporting America,’ […]
Dobbs returning to TV after examining politics
Howard Kurtz of The Daily Beast writes that Lou Dobbs‘ hiring by Fox Business Network came after the former CNN anchor explored entering politics but decided against entering any races. Kurtz writes, “‘I spent about six, seven months really entertaining a lot of thoughts, discussing it with people who were urging me to do it,’ […]
Fox Business signs Dobbs
Fox Business Network announced Wednesday it has signed a multi-year deal with former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs. Dobbs will develop and host a new daily program premiering in the first quarter of 2011. He will also make appearances across Fox Business programs to provide analysis and commentary on business news of the day. “Fox Business […]
Fox Business tops CNBC on election night
Fox Business Network was the top-rated business channel on election night, according to ratings obtained by TVNewser. Alex Weprin writes, “Given that the 2010 election has been seen as a referendum on the economy more than just about any other issue, the performance of the business networks Tuesday is of particular interest. “FBN topped CNBC in both […]
Fox Business files motion to block banks
Fox Business Network has filed a motion to block the banking industry from being a party in the network’s lawsuit to obtain documents from the Federal Reserve, reports Dunstan Prial of Fox Business. Prial writes, “Some of the biggest U.S. banks, through a trade group called the Clearing House Association, appealed a lower court’s decision […]
