Lapin leaving CNBC; starts production company, to publish book on WSJ

CNBC anchor Nicole Lapin writes on her blog Thursday that she has started her own production company and plans to publish a book on decoding The Wall Street Journal, among other new ventures.

Lapin writes, “The reason I’ve been more twitter-silent than ever before is because I was hard at work on the launch of Nothing But Gold — a multimedia production company I started focused on creating accessible financial content across various platforms.  In the more than ten years I’ve been on the air, this is the most exciting chapter yet.

“Reporting during what seems to be another leg down in the financial crisis made me realize that a lot of it is complicated, confusing and scary for most people. Lots of you wrote in to me, confided in me and told me you saw a void in candid, plain-English reporting.  I agree.  There isn’t a bridge between Wall Street and Main Street during this critical time in our economic history.  I am going to fill that void.

“So what does that mean?  Well, as part of my production company I am going develop and host television shows, and create digital and print content for major media outlets. I am also working on publishing a book entitled Decoding The Wall Street Journal, the first in my book series that tackles and decodes intimidating money-related topics.

“Since the people who know me well know that I like to be super busy, I am also preparing to launch a suite of online personal finance and investment tools for a generation consistently overwhelmed by such topics, affectionately titled ‘Rich Bitch.'”

Read more here. A CNBC spokesman confirmed Thursday morning that Lapin is leaving the business news channel.