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CNBC.com news editor to handle Europe, Middle East and Asia news

CNBC has appointed Ted Kemp as senior news editor for CNBC.com in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, based at the network’s regional headquarters in London.

Kemp starts immediately and will manage all editorial operations for CNBC.com in the region. He joins from CNBC’s global headquarters in the United States where he’s been part of the CNBC.com editorial team for the last five years, most recently as news editor.

Kemp started his career in business journalism at Dow Jones Newswires and also worked as a writer and editor for other business, technology, sports and lifestyle publications including InformationWeek and GQ.

“Following Ted’s experience and success in the U.S. he was the clear choice to further enhance and grow the European edition of the site, said Patrick Allen, CNBC’s head of news in EMEA, in a statement. “He has a brilliant track record for delivering essential and compelling content which will help drive growth of the site in this region. I am delighted that he is joining our team.”

In the U.S., Kemp played a central role in developing the site at launch and now aims to make the European edition of CNBC.com the destination of choice for business and finance news in Europe and beyond.

The European edition of CNBC.com was launched in May 2011.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.