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DOW JONES WEBSITES YANK CNBC ADS Wednesday, October 17 2007 The Wall Street Journal and MarketWatch websites, both owned by News Corp following its acquisition of Dow Jones, dropped advertising for CNBC and replaced it with ads for Fox Business Network, also owned by News Corp, according to the New York Times. CNBC is owned by NBC Universal, which in turn is owned by General Electric. CNBC had paid about $87,000 for the ads that were dropped, the Times said. Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project (more) FBN GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS Tuesday, October 16 2007 The Fox Business Network made its debut Monday, on a day when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 108 points. The News Corp-owned cable channel experienced a few lowpoints of its own as about 20 minutes of its 5:00 p.m. show Happy Hour, from the bar at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, aired without sound and when an anchor displaying a $1.5-million Bugatti was unable to get it started. But by and large, the new channel (more) |
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Rupert Murdoch has given a spirited thumbs-up to his new Fox Business Network. "It's two and a half to three days old and looks just terrific," Murdoch remarked in an interview with Reuters in San Francisco. "Everybody, even in the industry, [recognizes] how different it is to CNBC, which is half dead." Murdoch praised Fox News chief Roger Ailes for implementing "a whole lot of new program ideas," adding, "In terms of liveliness and change ... I think that we've got a genius in Roger."
