CNBC signs long-term deal with Kernen

CNBC has reached a long-term contract agreement with anchor Joe Kernen.

The deal was announced Tuesday night at the “Squawk Box” 20 party at the Monkey Bar in New York. (Click on photo at the right to see Kernen with co-workers.) The length of the agreement was not disclosed.

Kernen is co-anchor of “Squawk Box,” which airs from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and is CNBC’s signature morning program. It is a fast-paced, irreverent look at the world of Wall Street and the longest running show on the network.

Kernen is based in CNBC’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prior to his anchoring duties, Kernen was CNBC’s on-air stock editor and was featured throughout the business day on CNBC.

He previously worked on the Financial News Network after a 10-year career as a stockbroker.

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.