Nightly Business Report loses sponsor
Andrew Hampp of Advertising Age reports Wednesday that “Nightly Business Report” on PBS has lost A.G. Edwards as a sponsor after 20 years because it was bought by Wachovia. Hampp wrote, “Investment firm Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo, Calif., however, has renewed its 17-year sponsorship of the program through 2011. “Stuart Zuckerman, VP-sales and marketing […]
Competition for TV business news viewers
Paul Kangas, who is the anchor for PBS’ “Nightly Business Report,” talks to Diego Vasquez of Media Life magazine about what the launch of Fox Business Network will mean to television business news. Here is an excerpt: Is it possible for the two networks, along with Bloomberg, to coexist, each successfully finding their niche? I […]
Ward replaces O'Bryon at Nightly Business Report
Long-time TV business journalist Rodney Ward becomes senior vice president of NBR Enterprises, assuming leadership of Nightly Business Report, WPBT’s business newscast distributed nationally by PBS to more than 250 public television stations. As managing editor for the program since 1996, Ward succeeds NBR founding executive editor Linda O’Bryon, recently named chief content officer for Northern California […]
O'Bryon looks to increase biz news in new job
Linda O’Bryon, who helped start the Miami-based “Nightly Business Reportâ€? television show back in 1979 now shown on more than 250 public TV stations, said in an interview that she will look at increasing the business news content at her new job as chief content officer for Northern California Public Broadcasting. “They have a lot […]
O'Bryon leaves NBR for California
Linda O’Bryon, who helped start the Nightly Business Report television show back in 1979 that is now shown on more than 250 public TV stations, has been named the new chief content officer for Northern California Public Broadcasting.In 2004, O’Bryon received the Distinguished Achievement Award by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers at […]
Business journalism is changing, says O'Bryon
The cutting of stock listings in the business section of daily newspapers is just one of the many changes that will cause business journalism to change, said Linda O’Bryon, the senior vice president and general manager of NBR Enterprises/WPBT2, which produces Nightly Business Report, seen nationally on more than 250 public television stations, in a […]
More comments about Louis Rukeyser
I talked in the past day to two people in business journalism on TV whose careers were influenced by Louis Rukeyser, the former “Wall Street Week” host who died earlier this week. Here are their comments: Consuelo Mack, whose show “WealthTrack” airs on Friday nights, and who guest hosted for Rukeyser when his show was […]
Nightly Business Report's Linda O'Bryon
I interviewed Linda O’Bryon, the senior vice president and general manager of NBR Enterprises/WPBT2, which produces Nightly Business Report, seen nationally on more than 250 public television stations, earlier this week for a Q&A. The full Q&A appears on www.bizjournalismhistory.org. Here are some excerpts that I found interesting: Q: How hard was it to get […]
