Ryan Nakashima of the Associated Press reports that CNBC is putting its show “The Big Deal” about entrepreneurs on hiatus as part of its cost-cutting efforts.
Nakashima writes, “The moves included putting the nightly CNBC show ‘The Big Idea’ with Donny Deutsch on hiatus, said Brian Steel, vice president of CNBC public relations.
“‘Given current economic conditions the feeling was that now is not the right time to do a ‘success’ show five days a week,’ Steel said. Deutsch will now work on a monthly special and appear regularly on CNBC and the ‘Today Show,’ he said.”
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