CNBC unveils plans for Middle East HQ in Abu Dhabi

cnbc_logo CNBC unveiled plans Tuesday for a Middle East headquarters in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, where it will hire 10 staffers.

The network will begin broadcasting from a new studio at Abu Dhabi Global Market in the first quarter of 2018.

The network plans to anchor one of its daily global business news programs from its new Abu Dhabi base while establishing a stronger editorial presence across the region.

Expansion of both the CNBC feature franchise “Access Middle East” and the network’s regional event coverage are also planned.

“Abu Dhabi offers an excellent base for CNBC in the Middle East,’ said KC Sullivan, president and managing director of CNBC International, in a statement. “It is home to many of the region’s key businesses and decision-makers as well as being a major financial services hub.”

Earlier in 2017, CNBC began broadcasting regular Middle East business updates live from Abu Dhabi using Middle East anchor Hadley Gamble.

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.