The new owner of "Nightly Business Report"
Elizabeth Jensen of the New York Times writes Monday about Mykalai Kontilai and his backers, who purchased the PBS show “Nightly Business Report” earlier this year but have a controversial background. Jensen writes, “Under Mr. Kontilai’s ownership, ‘Nightly Business Report’ has opened a San Jose, Calif., bureau in partnership with the public station there, KTEH, […]
Executive editor of "Nightly Business Report" receives promotion
Rodney Ward, executive editor of “Nightly Business Report” on public television, was promoted Monday to executive vice president/special president of NBR Worldwide, the company that acquired the show in August. Richard Prince’s Journal-isms reports, “‘In his new position, he will report directly to NBR Worldwide CEO Mykalai Kontilai on the many new platforms that are […]
“Nightly Business Report” parent names new executive
NBR Worldwide Inc., the owner of “Nightly Business Report,” has named Gary Ferrell as the company’s executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer. Ferrell will be responsible for overseeing NBR Worldwide’s daily production of, and personnel responsibilities for “Nightly Business Report,” the nation’s most-watched daily business news program. Ferrell will be instrumental in […]
"Nightly Business Report" makes layoffs
Elizabeth Jensen of the New York Times reports Friday afternoon that “Nightly Business Report,” the daily business news show on PBS stations across the country, has laid off eight people on Friday, or about 20 percent of the staff. Jensen writes, “The layoffs at the half-hour daily program included several on-air faces, but not the […]
"Nightly Business Report" to add environmental content
“Nightly Business Report,” which airs on more than 200 PBS stations across the country, announced Wednesday a new collaboration with Planet Forward to develop programming about the environment. The content, which premieres Thursday with an in-studio appearance by Emmy award-winning host Frank Sesno, will be shaped by the public through Planet Forward’s public affairs Web […]
"Nightly Business Report" introduces cartoon segment
“Nightly Business Report,” the daily business news television show on PBS stations, introduced a new segment on Friday‘s show called “Inkonomics with David Gillette,” which is a cartoon-strip explanation of a business or economics issues. Talking Biz News was at NBR’s Miami-based offices on Friday and got a sneak peek at the segment. Gillette is […]
"Nightly Business Report" anchor on what makes a good biz journalist
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Business journalists need to be able to find stories from numbers, but also should be able to tell those stories in a way that’s compelling to the average person, according to the co-anchor of “Nightly Business Report.” “To understand the role of money and its terms is key to furthering your […]
New owner of "Nightly Business Report" has litigious background
Dru Sefton of Current.org reports that Mykalai Kontilai, whose NBR Worldwide this month purchased the “Nightly Business Report” show last week, has had businesses that have been involved in more than 20 lawsuits in the past decade. Sefton writes, “What he doesn’t want to discuss are more than 20 lawsuits from 1999 through 2010 filed […]
"Nightly Business Report" sold
“Nightly Business Report,” the business news show that airs every week night on PBS stations around the country, has been sold to a private company headed by Mykalai Kontilai, a former manager of mixed martial artists and distributor of instructional television programs. It had been owned by its founder, WPBT-TV in Miami. Terms were not […]
Susie Gharib asks tough questions, avoids social media
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman profiles “Nightly Business Report” co-anchor Susie Gharib, whom he discovered doesn’t use Facebook or Twitter and has been lauded by presidents for her line of questioning. Friedman writes, “Yes, you could characterize Gharib, one of the best and most popular business-television journalists on the scene, as blissfully ignorant of social […]
