Categories: OLD Media Moves

CNBC executive producer Melloy to become CEO of StockTwits

CNBC executive producer John Melloy — a star who’s been at CNBC for more than 7 years — is leaving the financial network to be the CEO of Stocktwits, according a source familiar with the matter, reports Joe Weisenthal of Business Insider.

Weisenthal writes, “Melloy has been in charge of CNBC’s Halftime Report as well as the very successful show Fast Money.

“Stocktwits — which was founded by Howard Lindzon — was an early player in social finance. It consists of an avid community of traders constantly tweeting ideas and news, as well as a network of highly respected finance blogs. Lindzon, we’re told, will be moving from the CEO role to Chairman.

“When reached for comment, Melloy told BI: ‘I look forward to the opportunity at Stocktwits. It’s already an incredible company. I’m joining it at a great time.'”

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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.

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