Bartiromo on predicting the economic crisis
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo has a long interview with Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes” on Wowowow.com in which she talks about her career, including being harassed on the New York Stock Exchange floor by the GE specialist and her opinions of recent coverage. Here is an excerpt: LESLEY: You need courage. But the press – […]
Bartiromo is all business
Jessica Pressler of New York magazine profiles CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo, spending time with her during one of her workdays. Pressler writes, “Bartiromo, 42, is all business. She’s married to Jonathan Steinberg, son of the corporate raider Saul P. Steinberg, and lives on the Upper East Side in a townhouse, but, she confesses, she doesn’t […]
Bartiromo drops request to trademark "Money Honey" name
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo has dropped her request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office on her “Money Honey” nickname, reports Richard Wilner of the New York Post. Wilner writes, “Over the years, Bartiromo was said to have privately bristled at the nickname, feeling it demeaned her work. But publicly, she accepted it. “In 2007, […]
FT: Bartiromo one of 50 faces that shaped the decade
The Financial Times has named CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo as one of the 50 faces who has shaped the first decade of the 21st century. The FT writes, “When the dotcom bust struck, few would have bet that the day traders’ ‘Money Honey” would emerge unscathed as a serious commentator on the market machinations that […]
Bartiromo column in BusinessWeek ending
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo‘s column in BusinessWeek magazine will end after the business weekly is sold to Bloomberg L.P., staffers at the publication confirmed Friday. The column, called “Face Time with Maria Bartiromo,” began in 2005. It was one of the changes made by editor-in-chief Stephen Adler to revamp the magazine. […]
Volcker walks out on Bartiromo interview
John Carney of The Business Insider wonders why Obama economic adviser Paul Volcker walked out in the middle of an interview with CNBC anchior Maria Bartiromo. Carney writes, “In case you missed it, here’s what happened. Volcker sat down with Bartiromo for an interview. But a few minutes into the interview he cut it short. […]
Who will be No. 1 at CNBC?
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Friday that the biggest decision for new CNBC senior vice president Jeremy Pink is to determine who will be its No. 1 anchor — Maria Bartiromo or Erin Burnett. Friedman writes, “Pink will show his hand by deciding which of the network’s two very popular anchors will get the […]
Bartiromo, Burnett rank among most influential women in media
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo ranked No. 27 and fellow CNBC anchor Erin Burnett ranked No. 28 in Forbes magazine’s list of the most influential women in media. The magazine stated, “Bartiromo’s job took on especial significance during the economic crisis, and she has interviewed figures in the thick of it, such as Bank of America’s CEO Ken […]
Bartiromo's weak interview with Summers
Ryan Chittum of Columbia Journalism Review lets Maria Bartiromo have it over her poor interview with White House economic advisor Larry Summers. Chittum writes, “Bartiromo — again — doesn’t ask Summers about his being ‘bought and paid for’ by Wall Street, as Portfolio’s Ryan Avent put it — pointing to a Felix Salmon rundown of Summers’ […]
Music and the CNBC anchors
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo was famously immortalized in a Ramones’ song that you can listsn to below. Now, a Memphis group called 40 Watt Moon has a song about another CNBC anchor, Becky Quick. Here are some of the lyrics: “Squawk Box, she’s a fox, The best thing about 6 o’clock When I turn on my TV. […]
