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About: the business news channel in the United States

For other uses, see MSNBC.

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The newsroom at CNBC headquarters, also used to host Power Lunch
CNBC's control room in New Jersey
CNBC's SNG
Melissa Lee and Simon Hobbs on assignment during the show Squawk on the Street
CNBC Silicon Valley bureau chief Jim Goldman on assignment at the Palo Alto Apple Store
The TV studio at the NASDAQ MarketSite, where CNBC's market updates and the show Fast Money are hosted
CNBC New Jersey headquarters
CNBC New Jersey headquarters
The newsroom at CNBC's New Jersey headquarters
A Squawk Box outside broadcast, hosted by Rebecca Quick
CNBC Europe's headquarters in Fleet Place, London
CNBC Asia's headquarters in International Plaza, Singapore

CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel and website. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk shows, investigative reports, documentaries, infomercials, reality shows, and other programs at all other times. Along with Fox Business and Bloomberg Television, it is one of the three major business news channels. It also operates a website and mobile apps, whereby users can watch the channel via streaming media, and which provide some content that is only accessible to paid subscribers. CNBC content is available on demand on smart speakers including Amazon Echo devices with Amazon Alexa, Google Home and app devices with Google Assistant, and on Apple Siri voice interfaces including iPhones.[1] Many CNBC TV shows are available as podcasts for on-demand listening.[2] Graphics are designed by Sweden-based Magoo 3D studios.[3]

CNBC is a division of NBCUniversal News Group, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast. It is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

In addition to the domestic U.S. feed, there are several international editions on the list of CNBC channels, although many just license the CNBC name.[4] Examples include CNBC World, CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia, Class CNBC in Italy, CNBC Indonesia in Indonesia, CNBC Arabiya in the UAE, Nikkei CNBC in Japan, CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz, and CNBC Baazar (A special Gujarati language channel) in India, and GNN/CNBC Pakistan in Pakistan.[5][6]

History

CNBC traces its roots to the founding in 1979 of the Satellite Program Network (SPN), showing a low-budget mix of old movies and instructional and entertainment programs. The channel later changed its name to Tempo Television. After initially signing a letter of intent to acquire Tempo,[7] NBC opted for a deal to lease the channel's transponder in June 1988.[8] On this platform, and under the guidance of Tom Rogers, the channel was relaunched on April 17, 1989, as the Consumer News and Business Channel. NBC and Cablevision initially operated CNBC as a 50–50 joint venture,[9][10] and it was headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Sue Herera and Scott Cohn joined CNBC at its inception.[11][12][13]

CNBC had considerable difficulty getting cable carriage at first, as many providers were skeptical of placing it alongside the longer-established Financial News Network. By the winter of 1990, CNBC was in only 17 million homes – less than half of FNN's potential reach – despite the size of NBC, its parent.[14]

After an accounting scandal, FNN filed for bankruptcy protection on March 2, 1991 and put itself up for sale. After a bidding war with a Dow Jones & Company–Westinghouse Broadcasting consortium, CNBC was awarded FNN by a bankruptcy judge for $154.3 million on May 21, 1991 and merged the two operations.[15] CNBC hired around 60 of FNN's 300-person workforce. Bill Griffeth and Joe Kernen, who are still with the channel, joined CNBC at that time.[16][17] Other former FNN's workforce were hired by Bloomberg Television.[18] The deal increased the distribution of the network to over 40 million homes.[18] Cablevision sold its 49.5% stake in CNBC to NBC upon completion of the deal.[19]

Roger Ailes was hired as the president of CNBC in August 1993,[20][21] tasked by NBC CEO Bob Wright with turning around the struggling network. Ailes resigned in January 1996 due to disagreements with management including the decision by NBC management to form a joint venture with Microsoft that included the rebrand of "America's Talking" as MSNBC. Under the leadership of Ailes, annual revenue at CNBC rose from $43 million to $110 million.[22][23]

CNBC launched CNBC Asia, headquartered in Singapore in June 1995[24][25] and CNBC Europe, headquartered in London, in March 1996.[26]

In December 1997, CNBC formed a strategic alliance with Dow Jones, including content sharing with Dow Jones Newswires, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Barron's and the rebranding of the channel as "a service of NBC and Dow Jones" (later "a service of NBC Universal and Dow Jones" following the formation of NBCUniversal in 2004).[27][28][29] Fox merged with Dow Jones in 2007 and Fox Business later became a competitor to CNBC.

Also in December 1997, CNBC's international channels were merged into a 50–50 joint venture with their Dow Jones–owned rivals, London-based European Business News and Singapore-based Asia Business News.[30][31]

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, CNBC's ratings increased sharply along with the stock market, often beating those of CNN during market hours.[32] The highest daytime viewership of the network in 2000 was 343,000.[33]

However, after the burst of the dot-com bubble, CNBC's viewing figures declined in tandem. In 2002, CNBC's ratings fell 44% and were down another 5% in 2003.[34] The network's ratings steadily fell until bottoming in Q1 2005, with an average viewership of 134,000 during the day.[35]

From 2001[36][37] to 2006, the CNBC website was operated by MSN.[38][39]

In August 2003, CNBC signed a deal to provide weather content from AccuWeather.[40]

Englewood Cliffs headquarters

In October 2003, CNBC moved its world headquarters from Fort Lee (which became the new home of Telemundo flagship station WNJU) to a new digital video production studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.[41][42]

NBC Universal reacquired full control of loss-making CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia from Dow Jones at the end of 2005. The licensing agreement between Dow and CNBC U.S. remained intact, until it expired in 2012.[43]

CNBC reported annual revenues of $510 million in 2006.[44]

In September 2006, CNBC launched the FTSE CNBC Global 300 stock market index in conjunction with FTSE Group. The index includes the fifteen largest companies from each of the sectors of the Industry Classification Benchmark as well as the thirty largest companies from emerging markets.[45]

Profits at CNBC exceeded $333 million in 2007, making CNBC the second most profitable of NBC Universal's thirteen cable channels in the United States, behind only the USA Network.[46] Ratings hit an all-time high in 2007.[47][48]

CNBC Africa was launched on June 1, 2007.[49]


On October 22, 2007, CNBC launched "CNBC Investor Network", a series of webcam connections to the trading rooms of various independent financial institutions across the United States, allowing traders to be interviewed instantaneously as news breaks.[50]

In December 2007, CNBC formed a content partnership with Yahoo! Finance.[51]

In January 2008, CNBC formed a content partnership with The New York Times, which was seen as an attempt by both parties to take on increased competition from News Corporation.[52][53][54]

In May 2008, CNBC formed a content partnership with AOL.[55]

Average daytime viewership (6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) reached a seven-year high of 310,000 viewers in the first quarter of 2008.[46]

Ratings plummeted in 2009 as the network aired bad economic news resulting from the Great Recession.[56]

In January 2010, the launch of the Korean language channel SBS-CNBC marked the fifteenth CNBC-branded channel worldwide.[6]

In July 2010, BT signed a five-year contract with CNBC Europe to distribute content from its London headquarters to sister sites in Europe and the US.[57]

In 2011, CNBC won an award at the International Broadcasting Convention for its CNBC 4D: Interactive motion tracking that allows CNBC presenters to interact with 3D graphics, using technology from Unreel, Brainstorm, Motion Analysis.[58]

In June 2012, CNBC expanded its partnership with Yahoo! Finance in an effort to reach more online viewers. That month, CNBC.com had 6.5 million unique visitors in the United States while Yahoo! Finance had 37.5 million.[59]

In 2013, host Maria Bartiromo left CNBC for Fox Business in part because Fox offered her $5–6 million per year compared to the $4 million per year that she made at CNBC.[60][61][62][63]

On January 6, 2015, CNBC changed the way it calculates ratings, switching from Nielsen ratings to a system by Cogent Research to calculate the viewership of its business day programming by surveying financial advisers and investors, with the goal of providing a more accurate measurement of the network's out-of-home viewership; Nielsen is still used to track the viewership of its entertainment programming.[64]

In October 2015, CNBC reached a record in viewership when it hosted one of the United States presidential debates of the Republican Party.[65][66]

On January 10, 2016, CNBC and Trans Media announced a strategic partnership to create Indonesian language channel CNBC Indonesia.[67] The channel was launched in 2018.

By 2017, Fox Business had overtaken CNBC as the most watched daytime business news network.[68][69]

CNBC's online video operations generated an all-time high of 1.92 billion total digital video starts across platforms in 2020.[70]

In 2020, CNBC hired Shepard Smith from Fox News to be its primary news anchor, providing a salary of approximately $10 million. However, viewers did not follow him from Fox.[71]

In 2021, CNBC signed a new multi-platform deal with Jim Cramer.[72]

In 2021, CNBC moved their Singapore HQ to Mapletree Business City

Physical stores

CNBC News Store at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
CNBC News Store at Raleigh-Durham International Airport
CNBC News in Philadelphia International Airport

CNBC has a licensing partnership with Paradies Lagardère to operate retail locations in United States airports branded as CNBC News, CNBC Express, and CNBC SmartShop. The stores sell CNBC-branded merchandise as well as snacks and drinks.[73]

Criticism

Template:See alsoCNBC has been criticized for allegedly amplifying bull and bear markets, particularly in the run-up to the dot-com bubble and the subprime mortgage crisis a decade later.[34][74][75] In response to these criticisms, CNBC anchors have pointed to the size of the market and noted that influencing it is "a little out of our reach."[74]

Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's The Daily Show has been a vocal critic of CNBC and some of its personalities, beginning after comments were made by Rick Santelli.[76][77] Despite the lack of direct comments by the network, several personalities have defended their predictions and comments.[78][79]

CNBC was accused by the Obama administration of "cable chatter"—the excessive and sometimes brutal discussion on a particular topic, often one-sided.[80][81]

Performance of Jim Cramer's stock picks

Regarding CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer, an August 20, 2007 article in Barron's stated that "his picks haven't beaten the market. Over the past two years, viewers holding Cramer's stocks would be up 12% while the Dow rose 22% and the S&P 500 16%."[82]

High definition

On October 10, 2007, CNBC HD, a 1080i high-definition television simulcast of CNBC, was launched, first on DirecTV.[83]

On October 13, 2014, coincidentally the 11th anniversary of CNBC's relocation to its current facilities in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, CNBC switched to a full 16:9 letterbox presentation, in line with CNBC Asia and CNBC Europe.[84]

Programming

Current notable programming (as of March 2023)[85]

Non-business-programming, including Reality television

Notable former programming

Weekly, weekend and other programming

Non-business programming

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Here are a bunch of things you can do with your new Amazon Echo, Haselton, Todd. CNBC.
  2. ↑ Podcasts. CNBC.
  3. ↑ Rebrand for CNBC. Magoo 3D.
  4. ↑ CNBC pushes hard to fend off rival Fox - Technology - International Herald Tribune. The New York Times(October 1, 2006).
  5. ↑ CNBC Preps Launch in South Korea. Adweek(October 22, 2009).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Template:Cite press release
  7. ↑ The Media Business; NBC to Buy Cable Service. The New York Times(May 3, 1988).
  8. ↑ The Media Business; NBC Cable Deal Is Off, But Lease Accord Is Set. The New York Times(June 10, 1988).
  9. ↑ The Media Business; New CNBC President. The New York Times.
  10. ↑ The Media Business: Television; NBC Walks Into a Cable Minefield. The New York Times(April 10, 1989).
  11. ↑ Sue Herera. CNBC. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  12. ↑ Scott Cohn. CNBC.
  13. ↑ They've Got the Beat. Los Angeles Times(May 11, 1999).
  14. ↑ The Media Business; Surprise Pact By G.E. Unit To Buy FNN. The New York Times.
  15. ↑ THE MEDIA BUSINESS; CNBC Wins Bidding War For FNN. The New York Times(May 10, 1991).
  16. ↑ Joe Kernen. CNBC.
  17. ↑ Bill Griffeth. CNBC.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Purchase Of FNN Boosts NBC's Cable-Market Share. The Seattle Times.
  19. ↑ CNBC to buy FNN. United Press International(February 26, 1991).
  20. ↑ AILES NAMED TO HEAD CNBC. The Buffalo News(August 31, 1993).
  21. ↑ How embattled Fox News CEO Roger Ailes transformed cable news. CNBC(July 20, 2016).
  22. ↑ THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Ailes Steps Down as Head Of CNBC Cable Channel. The New York Times(January 19, 1996).
  23. ↑ Roger Ailes' knack for turning politics into entertainment changed cable news. CNBC.
  24. ↑ CNBC LAUNCHED IN ASIA. Ad Age(June 21, 1995).
  25. ↑ NBC Launches CNBC Asia. Associated Press(June 20, 1995).
  26. ↑ CNBC OPENS IN EUROPE. Ad Age(March 12, 1996).
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  28. ↑ DOW JONES TEAMS UP WITH NBC. The Washington Post(December 10, 1997).
  29. ↑ ONE ALLIANCE, 2 BIG NAMES. Chicago Tribune(December 10, 1997).
  30. ↑ NBC Throws In Some Towels Overseas. Multichannel News(April 19, 1998).
  31. ↑ Dow Jones, GE's NBC Agree To Consolidate TV Operations. The Wall Street Journal(December 9, 1997).
  32. ↑ The Revolution Will Be Televised (on CNBC). Fast Company(May 2000).
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  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 CNBC Fell from Grace When the Bubble Burst. How Does It Look Now?. Columbia Journalism Review(December 2003).
  35. ↑ CNBC on a Road Bound for Revamps. Variety(February 7, 2005).
  36. ↑ CNBC.com to merge with MSN MoneyCentral(April 23, 2001).
  37. ↑ MoneyCentral and CNBC.com to Merge. Los Angeles Times(April 24, 2001).
  38. ↑ CNBC redesigns its Web site. The New York Times(December 4, 2006).
  39. ↑ US financial channel CNBC moves Web content off MSN, relaunches own site(December 4, 2006).
  40. ↑ Template:Cite press release
  41. ↑ Commercial Property/New Jersey; Englewood Cliffs Adding CNBC to Corporate Logos. The New York Times(August 27, 2000).
  42. ↑ CNBC's new network broadcast operations. TV Technology(February 1, 2004).
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  44. ↑ A Modified MSNBC?. Broadcasting & Cable.
  45. ↑ Template:Cite press release
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 CNBC Feels Your Pain.... Fortune.
  47. ↑ CNBC has Robust Ratings Growth in 2007. CNBC(January 4, 2008).
  48. ↑ A Lot of "Bests" in CNBC's 2007 Ratings Report. AdWeek(January 4, 2008).
  49. ↑ CNBC to Launch New Affiliate Channel in Africa. CNBC(April 10, 2007).
  50. ↑ CNBC Sets Up Trading Floor Webcams. Ad Week(October 22, 2007).
  51. ↑ Yahoo Deal Adds Content From CNBC. The New York Times.
  52. ↑ CNBC and The New York Times make content deal. International Herald Tribune.
  53. ↑ New York Times and CNBC in alliance. The Guardian(January 8, 2008).
  54. ↑ Times and CNBC to Share Material on Web Sites. The New York Times(January 7, 2008).
  55. ↑ AOL announces new content deal with CNBC. MarketWatch.
  56. ↑ CNBC Viewership Down Sharply From '08 AND '07. Business Insider(December 3, 2009).
  57. ↑ BT signs CNBC deal. Informa(July 8, 2010).
  58. ↑ Template:Cite press release
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  60. ↑ Here's Why Maria Bartiromo Is Leaving CNBC For FOX Business. Business Insider(November 22, 2013).
  61. ↑ Lunch with the FT: She's the One. Financial Times(May 12, 2006).
  62. ↑ CNBC's Maria Bartiromo Outgrows the 'Money Honey' Label. MarketWatch.
  63. ↑ Conflict in Plane Sight. Broadcasting & Cable.
  64. ↑ CNBC to Stop Using Nielsen for Ratings. The Wall Street Journal(January 6, 2014).
  65. ↑ CNBC May Be the Big Winner of the Next Republican Debate. The New York Times(October 28, 2015).
  66. ↑ CNBC Won't Back Down From Hosting Another Presidential Debate (Exclusive). TheWrap(October 30, 2015).
  67. ↑ CNBC and PT Trans Media Corpora announce Indonesia Partnership. CNBC(10 January 2016).
  68. ↑ Has Fox Business Dethroned CNBC as New King of Daytime Cable Biz News?. TheWrap(March 3, 2017).
  69. ↑ Fox Business tops CNBC in total viewers for 6th-straight month. The Hill(March 28, 2017).
  70. ↑ Template:Cite press release
  71. ↑ Shepard Smith was a big catch for CNBC. But the viewers haven't followed him from Fox.. The Washington Post(December 3, 2020).
  72. ↑ CNBC Signs Jim Cramer to New Multiplatform Deal. The Hollywood Reporter(September 9, 2021).
  73. ↑ Paradies Lagardère: Brands. Paradies Lagardère. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 Media; CNBC Suffers Slings and Arrows of Market's Slide. The New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
  75. ↑ CNBC Thrives as Hosts Deliver News With Attitude. The New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
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  79. ↑ Rick Santelli: I Want to Set the Record Straight, Santelli, Rick. CNBC. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
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  82. ↑ Shorting Cramer. Barron's(August 20, 2007).
  83. ↑ CNBC HD+, The Essential Service for the Investor, Launches in October. CNBC.
  84. ↑ POWER LUNCH VIDEOS. BroadwayWorld.
  85. ↑ CNBC TV Schedule. CNBC.
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  89. ↑ CNBC reboots Deal or No Deal. C21 Media.
  90. ↑ CNBC Greenlights 'Deal Or No Deal' Reboot With Howie Mandel. Deadline Hollywood.
  91. ↑ CNBC Sets September 30 Premiere Date For Shepard Smith Newscast. Deadline Hollywood.
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