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Lee cutting back anchor duties at CNBC

CNBC anchor Melissa Lee is cutting back on her anchoring duties at the business news network, reports Chris Ariens of TVNewser.com

Ariens reports, “Lee is moving off the 9amET show ‘Squawk on the Street’ which he has co-anchored since Erin Burnett‘s departure almost two years ago.

“‘Melissa is an integral part of the network and wanted to focus on ‘Fast Money’ the 5PM show she has hosted since 2009 as well as work on other projects including her upcoming documentary on the industrial Internet,’ a CNBC spokesperson tells TVNewser.

“TVNewser hears Kelly Evans who joined CNBC from the Wall Street Journal last year and who currently anchors ‘Worldwide Exchange’ from London, will be returning to CNBC HQ in the coming weeks and could land at ‘Squawk’ alongside Carl Quintanilla, David Faber, Simon Hobbs and Jim Cramer. But no definitive plans are in place, insiders say.”

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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.

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  • So was this a demotion, was it her idea, or what? Need more information. If it was not her decision, I think she will bolt for Fox Business Channel.

  • Guessing this was not her idea as her strong personality grated with that blowhard Cramer. One solid hour of that was too much. They picked Cramer,

  • Yes, Melissa was too abrasive. She acted pushy and bossy at times. Her replacement, Kelly Evans acts and looks like an Android. Androids are smart and objective! I like Evans better.

    • I agree. Cramer is actually very congenial with other hosts. Melissa didn't want to share the spotlight. CNBC should have found another replacement sooner. I don't see why Melissa was on two segments after Erin Burnett left and Mark Haines passed away.

      • Don't these people that watch these shows have anything better to do with their life? Then they waste more time by writing comments on a blog.

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