CNBC puts biz news on Google Assistant

Business news from CNBC is now available on Google Assistant, reports Jeff Baumgartner of Multichannel News.

Baumgartner writes, “To fuel the feature, the business net has debuted @CNBC, a ‘Conversation Action’ for Google Assistant that lets viewers get information about the markets and shows that are running on CNBC. Per the FAQ, It’s free to all U.S. consumers who have Google Home devices.

“CNBC said the new offering will offer market commentary from the network’s on-air stocks editor, Bob Pisani, and real-time market snapshots from the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq, as well as news updates from CNBC Radio.

“Users can also use @CNBC to ask Google Assistant specific questions, such as: ‘Ok, Google, let me talk to CNBC about the markets,’ or ‘Ok, Google, ask CNBC to tell me when The Profit is on next.'”

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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.