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CNBC primetime head Ackerman is departing

CNBC executive Jim Ackerman, who has overseen the business-focused news channel’s primetime strategy, is departing the network, reports Rick Porter of Hollywood Reporter.

Porter reports, “Ackerman, executive vp primetime alternative at CNBC, is leaving after seven years in which he was the architect of a revamped nighttime programming block designed to keep viewers watching after the markets close.

“‘Jim is leaving CNBC to pursue other opportunities at a yet to be determined date,’ CNBC said in a statement. ‘We thank him for his amazing contributions over the last seven years and wish him the best.’

“Ackerman joined CNBC in 2012 with a mission to reinvent the channel’s primetime programming. The ‘CNBC Prime’ block launched in 2013 and helped the network score double-digit growth in primetime with shows like The Profit, Jay Leno’s Garage, Billion Dollar Buyer and a recent reboot of game show Deal or No Deal.”

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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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