Kenneth Li of Reuters takes a look at the upcoming Fox Business Network launch on Oct. 15 and reports that advertisers such as United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and discount broker Scottrade have signed on as advertisers.
Sprint Nextel, Fidelity and IBM have deals to advertise on the Fox Business website.
“FBN’s creation defies some well-established industry logic. Business news lacks mass appeal, the logic goes, as evident by Time Warner Inc.’s decision to shutter the CNNfn channel in 2004. The U.S. economy may be headed to recession. And the market already has a well established incumbent in CNBC.
“‘Historically, financial channels on cable have done well in boom markets and crashes, and terribly in bear markets,’ independent network news analyst Andrew Tyndall said.”
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