Hudson named Kangas replacement
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Tom Hudson, co-anchor of the nationally syndicated First Business program, will join Susie Gharib to co-anchor Nightly Business Report, the nation’s longest running and most-watched daily business program, the show plans to announce later Tuesday. Hudson replaces legendary anchor Paul Kangas, who will be receiving a Business Emmy for Lifetime Achievement […]
NBR founders to receive lifetime Emmy
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Thursday it will present this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Business & Financial Reporting to Paul Kangas, anchor and financial commentator for PBS’ Nightly Business Report, and Linda O’Bryon, the founder of the pioneering business news broadcast and now chief content officer of Northern California Public […]
Nightly Business Report co-anchor Kangas plans to retire at end of 2009
Paul Kangas, a co-anchor on the PBS show “Nightly Business Report,” plans to retire at the end of the year after three decades in the spot. The show has quietly begun searching for a successor. Kangas has been stationed at the show’s Miami headquarters since it began in 1979, making him the longest-running business news […]
Perfect timing for TV biz news show
Susie Gharib, an anchor for the PBS show “Nightly Business Report,” reflects on the show’s founding as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. Gharib writes, “I was a writer at Fortune magazine when I first heard about Nightly Business Report. It was 1979. “Reporting business news on television was a new concept back then. I remember […]
Nightly Business Report celebrates 30th anniversary
Glenn Garvin of The Miami Herald writes Thursday about “Nightly Business Report,” the daily PBS show that celebrates its 30th anniversary on Thursday. Garvin writes, “”This has been a bull market for financial journalists,’ says NBR anchor Susie Gharib. ‘t’s not the way we want to get the recognition. But it’s just a fact that […]
Microsoft to sponsor PBS' "Nightly Business Report"
Erik Sass of Media Daily News reports that Microsoft Corp. has agreed to be a sponsor for “Nightly Business Report,” the daily business news show on PBS. Sass writes, “The deal gives Microsoft placement on the popular business news show with on-air sponsor credits as well as sponsor identification on the program’s Web site PBS.org. […]
New York Times wins three Loebs; Sloan wins his seventh
The New York Times on Monday received three Loeb Awards, considered the Pulitzer Prices in business journalism, while Fortune magazine’s Allan Sloan won his seventh Loeb Award. Sloan won in the commentary category for a column called “Piece of Junk.” The judges stated, “Of the countless stories about the subprime crisis, this piece stood out […]
Gharib is the real Money Honey
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman profiles “Nightly Business Report” anchor Susie Gharib and proclaims her to be the least-heralded business news star because her show has more viewers than CNBC. Friedman writes, “When Gharib was at Fortune, ESPN called and her TV career took off. By the time she moved to WABC, financial news was […]
Kandel to newspapers: Save business news
Myron Kandel, a two-time president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, founding business editor of CNN and a longtime business journalist, has this message for newspapers cutting their business sections: You’re making a mistake. Kandel, in an editorial on PBS’ “Nightly Business Report” show, stated, “Just under 30 years ago, there was […]
Don't forget about "Nightly Business Report" on PBS
Brian Stelter of The New York Times takes a look Friday at “Nightly Business Report” on PBS as attention about business news on TV in the wake of the turmoil in the stock markets this week. Stelter wrote, “With all the attention paid recently to CNBC and its new competitor, the Fox Business Network, it’s […]
