CNBC's Cramer tells viewer last week to stick with Bear Stearns stock
Business and Media Institute’s Jeff Poor writes Monday about how CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer told a viewer last week to keep his money in Bear Stearns’ stock when it was trading above $60. The company was sold Monday for $2 a share. Poor wrote, “But, on March 11, Cramer told an e-mailer not […]
Lunch with Jim Cramer
Chrystia Freeland, the U.S. managing editor of The Financial Times, writes Saturday about having lunch with CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer. Freeland wrote, “Even if you buy Cramer’s shtick about his tortured relationship with himself — and this Woody Allen-esque self-loathing is certainly an essential foil to his show’s other excesses and part of what […]
TheStreet.com stock falls amid concerns about Cramer contract
Eric Savitz of Barron’s reports that TheStreet.com‘s stock fell in Thursday trading by more than 8 percent after the business news web site reported fourth quarter earnings and held a conference call in which the company disclosed it has not yet reached agreement with co-founder Jim Cramer on a new contract. Savitz wrote, “The company […]
The feud between Barron's and CNBC
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review writes Friday about the feud between CNBC and Barron’s that resulted after the weekly publication ran a story questioning the effectiveness of “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer‘s stock picks. Since the August 2007 article, few Barron’s journalists have appeared on CNBC after regularly making appearances before the article […]
Cramer renews contract with CNBC
Marisa Guthrie of Broadcasting & Cable writes that “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer has renewed his contract with business news cable network CNBC. Terms were undisclosed. Guthrie wrote, “Jim Cramer will stay put at CNBC for the foreseeable future. Cramer, the excitable host of Mad Money, signed a multiyear deal with the network. “‘Jim has […]
Cramer sells some shares in TheStreet.com
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer sold 30,000 shares of Internet financial news web site TheStreet.com, which he helped found a decade ago, according to an Associated Press story. The story stated, “In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Cramer, host of CNBC’s ‘Mad Money,’ reported he sold the shares Thursday for $13.50 to $14.20 […]
Jim Cramer's fighting words
Ben Grossman of Broadcasting & Cable writes Saturday that CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer is spouting off against new rival Fox Business Network. Grossman wrote, “Turns out Cramer doesn’t really have time to do The Apprentice or much else. He is way too busy plotting to murder the upstart Fox Business Network. “‘We have […]
Cramer takes shot at Fox Business Network
Jeff Poor of the NewsBusters web site notes that CNBC‘s Jim Cramer, host of its “Mad Money” show, took a shot Monday at new competitor Fox Business Network. Poor wrote, “‘I had the choice of watching a rival network or a root canal,’ Cramer said on CNBC’s October 15 ‘Street Signs.’ ‘And I chose the […]
The end of credible business journalism in society's eyes
Dennis Berman of The Wall Street Journal writes on the Deal Journal blog about the latest in cell phone ring tones — “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer‘s favorite sayings. Berman wrote, “So how do the new Cramer ring tones sound? Herewith a review of each, sold for $1.99. Click here to get your own preview. […]
CNBC's Jim Cramer is irreplaceable
Sheldon Liber writes on BloggingStocks.com about the difficulty that CNBC will have in replacing “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer when he decides to retire. Liber wrote, “This is not an obituary for his CNBC show. Only the recognition that all things must end and Cramer brings it up all too often. “He could never do […]
