Peter Schacknow, a senior producer for CNBC‘s breaking news desk since March 2006, writes about what it’s like when business news happens in the middle of the night in the United States and there needs to be a spot about the news on the flagship morning show, Squawk Box.
Schacknow wrote, “Did you ever wonder how morning shows like ‘Squawk Box’ manage to get guests on the air to talk about stories that broke in the middle of the night, when people aren’t generally awake?
“Answer: the producers and anchors get very little sleep and work very hard.
“In some ways, we love breaking stories that happen during ‘off-hours’ for the markets. That means they’re fresh for our morning shows, and if they involve a stock’s reaction, it keeps it that much fresher all day.”
Later, he added, “Considering it’s a routinely slow period of the year, the news was flowing fast and furious today. Kudos to the Squawkers who somehow manage to get those guests on, even if they have to wake them up to do it!”
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