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Melloy returns to CNBC after StockTwits stint

John Melloy, who left CNBC slightly more than a year ago to become CEO of StockTwits, has quietly returned to the business news network.

Melloy’s first day back at CNBC was Nov. 3, according to a CNBC spokeswoman. His title is investing editor with CNBC Digital. The spokeswoman declined further comment.

Melloy was a a seven-year veteran of CNBC who produced the network’s “Fast Money Halftime Report” and “Fast Money” shows as well as wrote its Behind the Money blog when he left in October 2013 and became the CEO of StockTwits. When he left, CNBC threatened to sue Melloy, claiming he was still under contract.

According to Melloy’s LinkedIn profile, he left StockTwits in September.

Melloy previously spent five years at Bloomberg News, where he covered the stock market and was later the team leader for U.S. stocks coverage.

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.