CNBCfix

13-0: ‘Brady Bunch’ house
wins L.A. landmark status

"Nobody is going to live in it. Anything you might do to make the house livable would take away from what I consider artwork"

Streisand, 83, in talks for Oscars Redford tribute

Would sing during In Memoriam ceremony

Zaslav, 66, takes advantage of window, sells $114M of WBD

Paper: "Is set to receive north of $600 million for his shares in the company (the final number is still to be determined given Paramount's overbid of Netflix), while other top executives will take home more than $100 million. The sales this week are just an opening salvo ahead of the deal-close payout"

VSNT announces dividend, $1 billion buyback program

"EBITDA down 14.5% compared to 2024"

Jack Schlossberg, 33, slams JFK Jr. ‘Love Story’ mastermind

"I would hope that Mr. Murphy would donate some of the millions of dollars of profits that he's making to maybe some of the causes that John championed throughout his life. Maybe he would donate some of that money to the JFK library to help keep President Kennedy's memory alive, but he's not. He's making money. This is not a documentary ... try to do something about getting Trump out of power ..."

Trump, 79, says he’ll attend Correspondents Dinner

Paper: "He added that he 'boycotted' the event during his first term due to 'extraordinarily bad' press coverage, 'FAKE NEWS ALL, right from the beginning of my First Term'"

Ted, 61, says Paramount made ‘irrational’ offers for WBD

"It's a lot cheaper to make noise than it is to actually raise your bid. So they tried that path first. Once it was clear that we weren't in the CNN business, it was a lot less interesting. He didn't care that much more about our deal"

More than a quarter with HBO Max already have Paramount+

Paper: "In sum total, almost 14% of the total subscriber pool here between HBO Max and Paramount+ already subscribes to both services"

Steve Kovach departing CNBC

"I joined as a writer and editor in 2018, without even a thought I'd make the jump to TV, perform live interviews on stage, launch a podcast, and so much more"

Deputy tech editor Salvador Rodriguez exits CNBC

"I'm sad to leave all my wonderful friends and colleagues, but I'm so grateful I got to work with them again, learn so much and publish some incredible pieces that we'll always be proud of"

Calif.: ‘Not a done deal’

"These two Hollywood titans have not cleared regulatory scrutiny — the California Department of Justice has an open investigation, and we intend to be vigorous in our review"

JFK Jr.-Carolyn Battery Park fight re-created in ‘Love Story’

Sarah: "You know, who knows what they really said in these moments"

Report: CNBC preparing paywall, to cut nearly a dozen in overhaul

"Shares of Versant have declined more than 30% since the company listed in January"

‘I worked for’ JFK Jr.; ‘Jackie depiction had me howling’

"And what's his beef with Daryl Hannah, who comes across as a certifiable ditz? Clingy, dim, goofy, stoned. Was/Is she that much of a flake? I never met the woman, but I can't imagine that John, who was preternaturally attracted to smart strong women, could have lasted 5 minutes, let alone 5 years, with Murphy's Hannah"

Brad, 54, gets standing ovation during State of the Union

"Brad Gerstner a very tremendous guy. He was behind it right from the beginning, Brad Gerstner. Thank you, Brad"

Died: Lauren Chapin, 80, ‘Father Knows Best’

Paper: "By age 11 ... was a 'manic depressive personality'"

BAFTA nightmare: Film honored for showcasing Tourettes
as involuntary slurs uttered at presenters

"We deeply understand that these words can cause hurt but at the same time, it is vital that the public understands a fundamental truth about Tourette syndrome: tics are involuntary. They are not a reflection of a person’s beliefs, intentions, or character"

AMC Theatres suffers 10% attendance drop in latest quarter

International plunges 15%; U.S. only down 7.5%

Matthew Lillard, 56, says fans rallied after Tarantino, 62, slam

"It felt like I had died and was in heaven watching everyone send out their RIP tweets. I mean, it was really being a part of your own wake, sort of sitting there living through all the nice things people say after you die"

Did James Van Der Beek really die broke?

Paper: "Got sucked up by the costly business of battling cancer, especially the alternative therapies Van Der Beek was said to have leaned into. By the end, he was reduced to auctioning off Dawson's Creek memorabilia online, like that E.T. toy his character kept in his bedroom (it sold for $6,000)"
Paydays: "Knowledgeable source believes that Van Der Beek likely started the series at scale, got bumped up to something like $35,000 an episode and in later seasons pocketed closer to $200,000. But residual deals back then were notoriously stingy, particularly for new talent, so when the series ended its run in 2003, there wasn’t a whole lot of ongoing revenue. 'There was no residual money,' Van Der Beek bluntly told an interviewer in 2014. 'I was 20. It was a bad contract'"

Died: Mike Wagner, 76, unsung hero of the Steel Curtain

"5 interceptions in the postseason — 2 coming in the Super Bowl when he picked off Hall of Fame quarterbacks Fran Tarkenton and Roger Staubach in back-to-back years"

AMC Theatres won’t screen AI short film ‘Thanksgiving Day’

"AMC was not involved in the creation of the content or the initiative and has informed Screenvision that AMC locations will not participate"

Kevin, 63, says N.Y. Fed should be ‘disciplined’ over tariff report

"It's, I think, the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Federal Reserve system. The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined, because what they've done is they've put out a conclusion which has created a lot of news that's highly partisan based on analysis that wouldn't be accepted in a first-semester econ class"

Tilda, 65, Ruffalo, 58, criticize Berlin film fest ‘silence’ on Gaza

Letter stands at 93 signatories

Shia LaBeouf, 39, out of jail after Mardi Gras rampage

Paper: "After multiple onlookers attempted to hold him down, LaBeouf was let up, the police report states, 'in hopes that he would leave.' But he then allegedly resumed hitting the same man whom he'd punched earlier, according to the police report on the scuffle"
Doorman: "He did the 'Do you know who I am?' bit"

YouTube jolted by glitch

"If you're having trouble accessing YouTube right now, you're not alone"

Died: Robert Duvall, 95

Wife: "To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything"

Gasparino scoop: ‘That email did it’ for Ruemmler, 54, at GS

"It was just too much to explain away to friends and others even if there was an innocent explanation. She was tired. She wanted it all to end"

Steven Spielberg, 79, donates $25K to Van Der Beek Gofundme

Already surpasses $2 million

Diane Warren, 69, being mistaken for Ghislaine Maxwell, 64

“The idea that they'd let Ghislaine Maxwell out of prison to attend the Grammys — for like, what? Good behavior? I can't believe anybody would be stupid enough to think that was true. Actually, I can believe it ... I like my hair. And I can't really do a whole lot else with it. I'll just try to stay out of jail"

Died: Bud Cort, 77, ‘Harold and Maude’

Cast by Altman in "MASH," then "Brewster McCloud"

Sean Penn, 65, skips Oscars luncheon

Paper: "Not entirely surprising given his past public remarks about wanting to 'smelt' his Oscar"

Tepper, 68, explains why he threw drink at fan at Panthers game

"I was walking away, our player — Marquis Haynes — got knocked out on the field. The people had been harassing us the whole game, harassing, harassing, harassing. ... The guy said, 'Get your frickin' player off the field.' I couldn't take it anymore"

‘Melania’ on Rotten Tomatoes: Critics at 6%; audience at 99%

"There has been NO manipulation on the audience reviews for the Melania documentary. Reviews displayed on the Popcornmeter are VERIFIED reviews, meaning it has been verified that users have bought a ticket to the film through Fandango"

Kevin O’Leary, 71, slams Grammy speech by Billie Eilish, 24

"It's the first lesson 101 for celebrity: As you rise up, whether you're a film star, a music star [or] whatever, shut your mouth and just entertain"

AMZN pulls ‘Melania’ from Oregon theater over marquee jokes

"Does Melania wear Prada? Find out Friday!"
Changed: "Amazon called. Our marquee made them mad. All 'Melania' showings cancelled. Show your support at Whole Foods instead. Join Amazon Prime for Free Two-Day Shipping"
Other side: "The theater had also received emails and messages from local patrons questioning why the film was being shown at all"

Trump, 79, says he ‘shouldn’t be involved’ in battle for WBD

"I must say, I guess I'm considered to be a very strong president. I've been called by both sides. It's the 2 sides, but I've decided I shouldn't be involved. The Justice Department will handle it"

Iger, 74, apparently finally willing to call it quits,
purportedly turning over DIS to Josh D’Amaro, 54

Déjà vu: "Disney's board of directors, led by chairman James Gorman, was under pressure to execute a strong succession plan this time around — after the debacle that ensued when Iger previously handed the CEO baton to Bob Chapek, a Disney veteran who was promoted from the same perch that D'Amaro now holds ..."
Paper: "The Disney board is not believed to have given serious consideration to bringing in an outsider to replace Iger"
Jim Stewart on CNBC's "Closing Bell": "I think it's solid. I think it's good ... very personable, he gets along well with people"
Scott Wapner: "Bob Chapek also ran the parks ... the criticism at the time was that's not the type of visionary, my word, no one else's, that Disney potentially needed ... wasn't a creative type, wasn't like a script guru ... I almost get the sense that Chapek maybe was the right pick, just too early"
Jim: "There are some big differences ... I don't think deep down, Iger really wanted to leave before. ... Now I think he is ready to step down ... They cannot flub this again"
CNBCfix comment: "Solid" pick translates to "won't offend the big shots who work there," nothing in this conversation about innovation, new ideas, differences with whatever Bob's most recent strategy has been, it's a legacy company most interested in preserving the old institutions (several of which are declining industries) without any ideas for becoming a force in the streaming era

‘Melania’ tickets apparently selling fast in Minneapolis

Expanding to 2,000 theaters: "Look, the movie isn't for everybody. But the people who voted [for Trump], they love it. And it's very satisfying — after all the negativity — to see that it's playing well in blue cities as well as red"

Mike Tomlin, 53, has ‘pretty much disappeared’
since stepping down as coach of the Steelers

"Have not seen a single interview or even quote ..."

AMZN blocks mainstream press from ‘Melania’ at Kennedy Center

Paper: "That said, President Trump spent a surprising amount of time answering questions from mainstream press while Melania, wearing a black Dolce & Gabbana skirt suit, posed for photos"

Tim Cook, 65, taking heat over attending ‘Melania’ screening

"I had a good conversation with the president this week where I shared my views, and I appreciate his openness to engaging on issues that matter to us all"

Kristen Stewart, 35, ‘probably’ will leave U.S., ‘I can’t work freely there’

"Reality is breaking completely under Trump. But we should take a page out of his book and create the reality we want to live in"

‘Pittsburgh is my world’: Mike McCarthy joins Steelers

"It's time to bring a championship back to this great city. I just want to make sure that when we do get that trophy, the seventh trophy in the case, we'll start that victory at 1137 Greenfield Avenue"

Sydney Sweeney’s, 28, bras on Hollywood sign not authorized

"Anyone intending to use and/or access the Hollywood Sign for commercial purposes must obtain a license or permission from the Hollywood Chamber to do so"

Ben Boulos tapped as CNBC anchor in London

"Will join the 'Squawk Box Europe' lineup alongside Karen Tso and Steve Sedgwick in early February, as Julianna Tatelbaum begins maternity leave"

Paramount+ releasing series on ‘The Real Wolf of Wall Street’

Paper: "As of now, Belfort (63) is not involved in the project"

Melissa Gilbert, 61, enduring ‘extraordinarily difficult time’

"Stepping back from the noise, the news, and even our daily responsibilities from time to time gives us space to recharge, reflect, and find our center again"

Tim Cook, Andy Jassy attend White House ‘Melania’ screening

Paper: "Sources say nobody outside of Melania, Ratner and a very small group of their associates have yet to see the movie, including the President and his advisors, who are watching it Saturday night for the first time"

Pippa stuns after maternity leave

Kelly: "How do you, Pippa, what, do you walk all over Manhattan? This girl look like she just had a baby 2 days ago? It's fantastic"
Pippa: "Right back at you! And we'll be in the snow with those babies next week"

CNBC evidently in good standing with President Donald Trump

Joe's Davos interview conducted upright

Fast Money’s Karen Finerman: ‘Warner Bros. is so far from over’

"Looks like they're gonna end up paying more, if they want it"

CNBC.com hires Angela Greiling Keane as senior politics editor

"She's been president of the National Press Club"

Died: Andy Friendly, 74, CNBC exec of early ’90s

Paper: "From 1990-95, he served as VP primetime programs at CNBC, where he oversaw talk shows hosted by (Tom) Snyder, Tim Russert, Geraldo Rivera and others"

Julia hosting new show called ‘Leader’s Playbook’

Conversations with business leaders about how they think, navigate crisis, and lead

Iger, 74, announces leadership change: of LucasFilm, not DIS

AP: Adam Driver said last year "that he and Steven Soderbergh had developed a Ben Solo film with Kennedy and Lucasfilm's support for two years before Disney chief Bob Iger nixed it"

Chalamet’s, 30, ‘Marty Supreme’ passes ‘One Battle After Another’

$72.27 million vs. $71.6 million

Kiefer, 59, busted in alleged ride-sharing rampage

Not a good sign: Reps haven't responded to any news organizations

Coach T steps down

Art: "His track record of never having a losing season in 19 years will likely never be duplicated"

Melissa, Santoli join forces as Closing Bell Overtime co-anchors

Sully "will be taking on a new Energy vertical on CNBC Pro at a critical time"

Died: Bobby Weir, 78

"He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues"

NFL gives coveted Bears-Packers game to Prime,
‘clear signal that streaming is a priority’

Paper: "Though it takes fans a little more effort to watch streamed games, they're finding them. Prime had the best viewership in the 20-year history of 'Thursday Night Football' this season, averaging 15.33 million viewers, up 16% from last season"

Shocker in Pittsburgh: Post-Gazette shutting down in May

"Staff learned about the closure during a Zoom meeting"
Over 20 years, lost "more than $350 million in cash operating the Post-Gazette"
Union statement: "Instead of simply following the law, the owners chose to punish local journalists and the city of Pittsburgh"
Calendar: Publishing will continue until after NFL Draft in Steel City

Gasparino: VSNT flop gives boost to Ellison’s Skydance argument

"The flailing stock price for the media company known as Versant, with cable assets including CNBC, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) and E!, is adding credibility to arguments being made by rival Paramount Skydance that shareholders should reject WBD’s decision to select Netflix as winner of the months-long bidding war and switch sides to support its own $78 billion, $30-a-share, all-cash offer for the media conglomerate"

CNBC Fast Money panelist Karen Finerman buys VSNT

"One for the home team. I want to do that ... I do believe that when you are in charge of your own destiny, as Versant is now, that you do a much better job, you're very focused, right ..."

Mick LaSalle: ‘no reason’ to watch movies in a multiplex

"Why leave your living room to go to a movie theater? Why park your car and pay $18 for a ticket to watch 40 minutes of commercials and trailers before the movie even starts ... I really see no reason why anyone would want to go to a multiplex, unless you're a teenage couple in search of a dark place ..."

Peter’s sensational statement after ‘Wait ’Till the Sun Shines, Nellie’

"You know what, I think the best part of this whole thing is that we've been coming here for so many years, this is not a job for most of us. You know, this is, if you nev- if you find something you love to do, you'll never work a day in your life, and I think everybody here feels that way. So they have no problem coming back to celebrate this and to honor the families that have been here forever. 2025 was a year that ... everything that could've been thrown at a market was, and we still closed out 52 record highs on this year. So, the most resilient market, the most resilient brokers in the world. '26? You know what, I look forward to it. AI is still one of the leading indicators of this market, and I think it's gonna be another great year"

Died: Isiah Whitlock Jr., 71, actor in ‘The Wire’ and ‘Veep’

Paper: "Said he could be stopped on the street 2 to 3 times per day by fans asking him to say the catchphrase"

Hollywood stocks: The winners and losers of 2025

"Fox Corp., Imax, Roku, and Spotify were among key outperformers over the past year, while Netflix shares edged up only slightly for a change ..."

Died: Brigitte Bardot, 91, screen siren, animal-rights activist

Paper: "She made youthful, pouty, nubile blondes a staple in cinema, particularly in American movies, as opposed to a more mature, womanly blonde like Marilyn Monroe"

Good start for ‘Marty Supreme’

A24's second-biggest debut with $27 million

Dish works definition of ‘subscription’ to its favor

Disney, Warner fight challenge one-day packages

Died: Chris Rea, 74, sang ‘Fool (If You Think It’s Over)’

Star of '70s soft rock also famed for "Driving Home for Christmas"

Bertha Coombs retiring

Yale grad ... "reported for the pioneering streaming business network, Yahoo Finance Vision. Prior to that, she served as a reporter for ABC News One and a substitute anchor for 'World News Now' and 'World News This Morning.' She began her reporting career in local news as a Leo Beranek Fellow at WCVB-TV in Boston"

CNBC promotes Ashley Capoot to technology reporter

Joined over 3 years ago as a digital rotational associate, recently associate reporter

Oscars leaving ABC in 2029 for YouTube

Ratings for the Oscars telecast are a fraction of what they were even just a decade ago. Earlier this year, Disney's window to exclusively negotiate for the Oscars lapsed, in part, sources say, because the company was unwilling to overpay for a property that is not the moneymaker it once was"

Ellisons offered Zaslav, 65, package worth ‘hundreds of millions’

"Informed the Ellisons that it would be inappropriate to discuss"

Nick Reiner, 32, 6-3, 230, was causing scene at Conan, 62, party

Paper: "Hader calmly responded to Nick that he was engaged in a private conversation, according to someone with knowledge of the situation. Nick glared at him for what felt like an uncomfortable amount of time"

Died: Gil Gerard, 82, star of TV’s ‘Buck Rogers’

"Rare and viciously aggressive form of cancer"
Facebook post: "My life has been an amazing journey. The opportunities I've had, the people I've met and the love I have given and received have made my 82 years on the planet deeply satisfying. … Don't waste your time on anything that doesn't thrill you or bring you love. See you out somewhere in the cosmos"

Peacock gone!

Scott Wapner: "As part of our evolution, we have removed the NBC peacock to embrace a distinct identity that aligns with our future as a brand. It's a small visual update as we continue to deliver the same trusted coverage of markets, business and the economy"
Melissa Lee: "Look at the corner of your screen. You may have noticed a new CNBC logo today. As part of our evolution, we've removed the NBC peacock to embrace a distinct identity that aligns with our future as a brand. It's a small visual update as we continue to deliver the same trusted coverage of markets, business and the economy"
Melissa is asked if she likes it: "I do. It's clean, it's modern, it's inclusive"
CNBCfix review: Kind of generic, looks like most other cable channels, lot of blue and no green, says nothing about money or Wall Street...

In an age of AI, spellcheck still flummoxes CNBC

Who knew what's going on in the IPO market

Iger, 74, claims no position on WBD offers yet, but ...

"If I were a regulator looking at this combination, I'd look at a few things. First of all, I would look at what the impact is on the consumer ... Additionally, I'd look at what the impact might be on what I'll call the creative community, but also on the ecosystem of television and films, particularly motion pictures that these movie theaters, which obviously run our films worldwide operate with relatively thin margins, and they require, not only volume, but they require interaction with these films and these movie companies that give them the ability to monetize successfully ..."
CNBCfix comment: Nothing about a "successor"

David, 42, tells WBD shareholders to ‘tender their shares today’

Making seventh (ital added by paper) offer for studio

Paramount X account hacked

"Proud arm of the fascist regime"

Judi, 91, says of Harvey, 73: ‘I imagine he’s done his time’

"I saw a bit of film of Harvey walking with two sticks and you think, 'Well …' I knew Harvey and I knew him well and worked with him, and I had none of that experience — very fortunately for me'"

Sydney Sweeney, 28, snubbed by Golden Globes

Film's poor box office and small cultural footprint responsible?

Sean Baker, 54, on NFLX: Filmmakers have got to ‘put our foot down’

"We should actually be expanding theatrical windows, not shortening them"

Judge Scott Wapner returns, badgers panelist about AAPL AI

"How could you even ask yourself that question?"

L.A. Times asks employees to buy $1,000 L.A. Times shirts

Paper: "A single denim shirt, imprinted with faux headlines, story layouts and images from the LA Times (including its signature logo) currently sells for $1,078 on the Palm Angels website — down from, apparently, $1,540. Similar jeans, meant to be paired together, run $630"

Francis Coppola, 86, puts famed SF building up as collateral

Confronting mounting financial strain from his self-funded "Megalopolis"

SHAK exiting what used to be biggest San Francisco mall

Paper: "Hemorrhaging tenants since the summer"

Santoli takes over for Wapner halfway into Tuesday’s
Halftime; Wapner not on Closing Bell

"Welcome back to Post 9 everyone, I am Mike Santoli, stepping in for Scott"

Benioff, 61, talks about God in mushroom livestream

"Jacob, as you know, ends up with this incredible experience where he is able to talk to God, and he's climbing the ladder and coming back down and finding the land that he was in as holy"

ScarJo, 41, defends support for Woody, 90

"You never know what the domino effect is, exactly. But my mom always encouraged me to be myself, [to see] that it's important to have integrity, and stand up for what you believe in"

Guy Pearce, 58, taking heat over social media posts on Israel

"It has been brought to my attention that, in my support of Palestine, I have inadvertently re-posted articles, and/or statements, that have contained misinformation and falsehoods"

SPOT preparing price hike

Last hike since 2024, to $11.99

Superman comic found in attic by 3 brothers sells for $9 mil.

Said to be most expensive ever sold

Died: John Eimen, 76, played classmate on ‘Leave It to Beaver’

Discovered by agent who was a friend of his first-grade teacher

Died: Udo Kier, 81, actor in ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’

Lived in Palm Springs area, frequent party host at its annual film fest

Gasparino: Paramount Skydance currently winning battle for Warner

"Appear to be the only bidders that so far are interested" in CNN

Kevin Spacey, 66: ‘I’m living in hotels’

"I'm living in hotels, I'm living in Airbnbs. I'm going where the work is. I literally have no home, that's what I'm attempting to explain ... The costs over these last 7 years have been astronomical. I've had very little coming in and everything going out"

Died: Randy Jones, 75, Padres lefty wowed baseball in 1976

22 wins, 40 starts, 315 1/3 innings, 25 complete games

5 have died at Disney World in the past month

Paper: "'A combination of real-time emergency call tracking, hyper-engaged fan communities, and heightened online visibility has brought increased attention to incidents that, in previous years, might not have been widely discussed,' speculates the Disney Dining blog"

Debbie Allen thanks Bill Cosby at Oscars Governors Awards

Paper: "Many attendees looked at each other with perplexity"

Oscar for Tom, 63

"Making films is not what I do, it is who I am"
Paper: "Long event at the end of a grueling weekend in Hollywood, most attendees this year stayed to the bitter end, since Cruise's Oscar was saved for last ..."

Ruby Rose, 39, slams Sydney, 28, as ‘cretin’ in ‘Christy’ movie

"For her PR to talk about it flopping and saying SS did it for the 'people.' None of 'the people' want to see someone who hates them, parading around pretending to be us"

Iger, 74, could be chairman with co-CEOs, Jim Stewart says

Scott Wapner: "Are you tired of waiting for successor information?"
Jim: "Well we aren't getting much ... there's continuing speculation they might have co-CEOs. There's even, I've heard talk, that they'd have co-CEOs and Iger would stay as chairman ... None of this is completely implausible ... I have not heard any word of them going outside the company ..."

City of Chicago ditching Treasurys out of anger toward Trump

"Chicagoans do not want us to bankroll the regime — the authoritarian regime — of Donald Trump where he has waged a war on our city ... Beginning today, I have directed my staff to boycott the purchase of United States Treasury securities"
Not happy: One alderman "so appalled by the treasurer's statement that he had to walk out of the Council chambers to cool off ..."

Mike Florio: ‘Clunky’ idea to put Iger, 74, on ESPN’s ManningCast —
and he’s silent on YouTube

"The good news is that there was no propaganda. The bad news is that there was nothing at all uttered about the biggest ongoing story in sports. ... What was the goal? To humanize Iger? To make consumers think, 'This is just another regular-guy football fan, like the rest of us'? The consumers care about one thing: Restoring their ability to watch football quickly and easily. ... Most consumers would react to Iger's presence on the show by asking a simple question. Why was he attending a football game when he could have been (and should have been) trying to restore the Disney-owned channels to YouTube TV? ..."

YouTube blackout costing DIS $4.3M a day in lost revenue

Paper: "The Morgan Stanley analysts wrote that they expect the Disney-YouTube TV dispute to be resolved later this week, but estimated that each week its networks are dark on YouTube TV will lower Disney’s adjusted earnings per share by 2 cents"

Versant spending $20 million on rebranding of MSNBC

Paper: "Why would CNBC get to keep the NBC but MSNBC can't? While CNBC does technically stand for Consumer News and Business Channel, there was a decision made at the corporate level to allow it to keep the NBC name (the initial deal is for five years, per an SEC filing, though it could be extended), and it along with MS NOW will lose access to the NBC peacock logo"

Paramount won’t offload its cable business, Jeff Shell says

"Cable continues to decline, for us and for everybody"

SBUX, DIS sold out of holiday tumblers within hours

"The three options are a 24-ounce Walt Disney World Starbucks Travel Tumbler, a 24-ounce Disneyland Starbucks Travel Tumbler and a 20-ounce Disney Parks Stainless Steel Starbucks Water Bottle. The collectibles retail for $34.99, $34.99 and $39.99, respectively"

Bicyclist stabbed at iconic Bay Area location

"Driver of a black Tesla and a cyclist got into an altercation"

Iger, 74, dodges succession questions in podcast interview

Paper: "Made no direct reference to the Chapek shuffle or the handoff to come ... At present, industry speculation about Iger's successor centers on two internal candidates, Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden and Disney Experiences chair Josh D'Amaro ..."

NFLX low-cost ad plan surges

Paper: "Netflix now defines monthly active viewers as customers who watched at least 1 minute of ads on Netflix per month. It then multiplies that by the estimated average number of people in a household. Previously, Netflix had measured monthly active users based on the number of Netflix profiles watching content with ads"

Discount movie theater closing at end of year

"We know that it was an important place for people because life is expensive, and we try our best to keep things inexpensive and affordable"

‘Several rounds of applause’ for Kristen Stewart, 35,
speech about decline in films by women

"Our business is in a state of emergency, man, and you know the last thing that I wanna do here is lose the celebration under a pile of p----d-off rubble. We are allowed to be proud of ourselves ... I am not grateful to a boys' club business model that pretends to want to hang out with us while siphoning our resources and belittling our true perspectives. Let's try and not be tokenized. Let's start printing our own currency ..."

That’s the ticket — LYV on pace for biggest year ever

Deferred revenue up 37% to $3.5 billion

Sinclair asked Charlie Kirk widow about Kimmel, 57, apology

"They asked, 'Do you want Jimmy to give you an apology? Do you want to be on a show? How can we make it right?' Through our team, I responded, I said, 'Tell them thank you, we received their note. This is not our issue, not our mess' ..."

MSNBC launches ‘We the People’ campaign to debut MS NOW

"Biggest star, Rachel Maddow"

SPOT tops 700 million monthly users

"The business is healthy. We're shipping faster than ever"

Died: Donna Godchaux-MacKay, 78, vocalist for Grateful Dead

Backup singer on hit songs for Percy Sledge ("When a Man Loves a Woman") and Elvis Presley ("Suspicious Minds")

Iger nemesis Ike Perlmutter parties with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Paper: "The Marvel entertainment chairman was a major force behind his Palm Beach neighbor Nelson Peltz's proxy fight at Disney in 2023 ... Iger ultimately prevailed last April ... but not after a monthslong drag out fight costing around $40 million in which the CEO needed to enlist a slew of names (George Lucas, JP Morgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon, Roy O. Disney's heirs) to back his proposals to fend off the activists ..."

UBER won’t adjust price for ride involving ICE arrest

"We're sorry to hear your trip didn't go as smoothly as expected ... this trip isn't eligible for a price adjustment"

George Clooney, 64: Kamala shouldn’t have been given nomination

"I wanted there to be, as I wrote in the op-ed, a primary"

10 for 1

Expected to take place Nov. 17

Peacock stuck at 41 million subscribers for entirety of 2025

Comcast/NBCUni say it's a sign of consistency, not stalled growth

$225,000 for Lynda Carter’s ‘Wonder Woman’ costume

Worn on the 1975-79 ABC-CBS series, complete with red, white and blue corset, golden cuff bracelets and her golden "Lasso of Truth"
Happy Days: Fonzie jacket brings $87,500

Elon, 54, launches Grokipedia

AP: "Reports suggest the site is powered by the same xAI model that underpins Musk's Grok chatbot, but some articles are seemingly adapted from Wikipedia"

Cash-strapped Francis Coppola, 86, auctioning watches

After "Megalopolis" bust, hopes to "keep the ship afloat"

‘One Battle’ breaks Gotham Awards nominations record

Paper: "The other films nominated for best feature, which now has 10 nominees, include 'Bugonia,' 'East of Wall,' 'Familiar Touch,' 'Hamnet,' 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You,' 'Lurker,' 'Sorry, Baby,' 'The Testament of Ann Lee' and 'Train Dreams'"

MS NOW coming Nov. 15

"Months of meticulous planning and thoughtful collaboration"

Reuters: AMZN to start cutting 30,000 corporate jobs

"Pare expenses and compensate for overhiring"

0.185%: Drunkard, 28, intoxicated at parent-teacher conference

"Told officials that he had consumed three shots of whiskey"

Amazon MGM paid $20 million for creative control of Bond

Paper: "Way less than the $1 billion that had initially been reported"

Versant adds Amanda Cary, Jamie Palatini to PR team

Joining as VPs of Communications

NFLX miss

"Recorded our best ad sales quarter ever and doubled our commitments in the U.S. upfront"

HBO Max raises prices across all plans effective immediately

Standard plan gets $1.50/month increase, now $18.49

Feds accuse NorCal man of selling bogus Willie Mays items

"Knew it was actually a 1972 batboy jersey"

Disney+, Hulu cancellation rates soar on Jimmy’s, 57, suspension

Paper: "However, both services also saw an increase in the number of sign-ups during the month of September, which helped offset those nixing their subscriptions"

Keira, 40, wore ‘same clothes every day’ to thwart paparazzi

"And then, if I was being followed, I stopped walking. I'd literally stand there. Stock still. One day, I stood there for 5 hours. ... 'I'm not going to move'..."

Desperate SF residents want Waymo out of cul-de-sac

"Waymo comes at all hours of the night and up to 7 times per hour with flashing lights and screaming reverse sounds waking people up and destroying the quality of life"

Daniel Day-Lewis, 68: Critics of Method Acting just don’t get it

"All the recent commentary in the last few years about Method acting is invariably from people who have little or no understanding of what it actually involves. It's almost as if it's some specious science that we're involved in, or a cult. But it's just a way of freeing yourself ..."

‘One Battle After Another’ expected to lose $100 million

"The Smashing Machine" about ultimate fighting "died pretty quickly" ... "an epic bust"

150 NBC News jobs axed ahead of Versant split

Paper: "The cuts were driven by the fact that NBC News will no longer be providing newsgathering capabilities for CNBC and MSNBC, as well as broader concerns around the overall economic environment for the media sector"

Died: Drew Struzan, 78, movie poster artist, ‘one-sheet wonder’

"Risky Business," "The Goonies" ... Battled Alzheimer's

Jeff’s, 61, stake in AMZN under 10%

At time of 1997 IPO, owned more than 43% of the company

Died: Toby Talbot, 96, art house cinema pioneer

Complications from Guillain-Barré syndrome
AP: "Martin Scorsese, Pauline Kael, Wim Wenders and Susan Sontag were among their many friends and customers, turning up for the latest Godard release, a documentary about Sen. Joseph McCarthy or a double feature of Cary Grant movies ... The New Yorker theater had a special role in movie history, as the setting for a classic scene from Woody Allen's 'Annie Hall': While Allen and Diane Keaton wait on line in the lobby, they overhear a fellow moviegoer's pedantic thoughts on the Canadian philosopher-media theorist Marshall McLuhan, who turns up in a cameo to rebuke the man"
Landmarks: Premiered Lanzmann's "Shoah," showed "My Dinner with Andre," "Tampopo"

AMC Theatres showing ‘Annie Hall’

Death was "another stinging loss to the pantheon of New Hollywood in the decades before the major studios largely stepped away from making movies for grownups"

Lesley, Andrew talk ‘1929’

"I'm anxious that we are at prices that may not feel sustainable ..."
"Either a gold rush or a sugar rush ... probably won't know for a couple of years"

CNBC hiring reporter to cover intersection of business, politics

"Based in Washington, D.C. and follows a Sunday-through-Thursday schedule"
Salary range: $75,000-$115,000

Va-va-voom: Gorgeous CNBCer Karen Finerman stuns in blue

"Would Freeport be a potential target for the U.S. government?"

Ridley Scott, 87, says movies ‘drowning in mediocrity’

"The quantity of movies that are made today, literally globally, millions. There's not thousands, there's millions, and most of it is sh-- — 80-60% 'eh,' 40% is the rest, and 25% of that 40 is not bad, and 10% is pretty good, and the top 5% is great"

Prime Video removes guns from classic James Bond posters

"Warning of what was to come with 007 now in the hands of Amazon"

‘Marty’ is ‘performance of a lifetime’ from Chalamet, 29

"'Uncut Gems' meets 'The Catcher in the Rye' meets 'Jerry Maguire'"

Daughter of Robin Williams slams ‘gross’ videos of dad

"Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't"

CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos gorgeous in purple ensemble

"7 chip names hitting 52-week highs at some point today ..."

Lori, 61, Moss, 62, split after 28 years of marriage

"They are living apart and taking a break from their marriage. There are no legal proceedings at this time"

Versant to be VSNT

"Class A shareholders will hold two-thirds of the voting power, but Comcast CEO Brian Roberts will keep full control of Class B stock, giving him a major say in Versant's future"

ICE to attend Super Bowl

"If there are illegal aliens, I don't care if it's a concert for Johnny Smith or Bad Bunny or anybody else, we're going to do enforcement everywhere because we are going to make Americans safe"

Versant strikes 11-year deal with WNBA separate from NBC’s

Paper: "USA will offer at least 50 WNBA games each year. USA Network's coverage will hinge on Wednesday-night doubleheaders. Each broadcast will also include bespoke pre-game and post-game studio programming. ... The deal is an unusual one, as it essentially leaves the league with two media partners where it originally expected only one. And yet, NBCU and Versant have been left to grapple with wonky details ..."

Hollywood on tariff threat: ‘It’s just hot air again’

Studio exec: "He's the president, so you have to treat it seriously, but people are mostly just confused by this"

Cat Stevens, 77, having visa issues with book tour

Book release not delayed: "books don't need visas!"

Female bartender finds stalking common while leaving work

"I pulled out my phone and pretended to be on a call, telling someone they were picking me up and that I was at the spot. I started listing what he was wearing and said out loud, 'I think this man is trying to follow me.' Then he turned and walked back toward George Street. I went straight to my car"
Previous incident: "The driver said, 'Hey, do you need a ride?' I told him, 'Sir, you need to get the hell away from me.' He kept insisting, asking again if I needed a ride, and I had to raise my voice to make him leave. I had a cider in my purse and told him, 'If you don't get away, you're going to have a smashed window.' He finally peeled off. Later, when I tried to call a cab, he came back. I started yelling his license plate as he drove off. I posted to warn everyone: the make, model, everything. He tried to pull up to me twice in a span of 10 minutes ..."

Bartender stabbed 7 times ‘for no apparent reason’

Suspect "made comments that he was going to kill everyone in the restaurant"

Hollywood battle: 1,200 sign letter denouncing call
for boycott of Israeli film institutions

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anthony Edwards, Rebecca De Mornay vs. Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo

Breaking records

Paper: "Tuesday night set a record in terms of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' monologue videos. The video is still going strong and averaging about 1 million views an hour"

DIS shareholders demand documents on Kimmel suspension

"Caused Disney's stock to plummet amid fears of brand damage"

Died: Claudia Cardinale, 87, ‘8½,’ ‘Once Upon a Time in the West,’
Sharon Tate’s ‘Don’t Make Waves’

"The Leopard" ... Had credits in 2022 ...

Jessica Chastain, 48, Apple+ drama gets Kirk-related postponement

"After careful consideration, we have made the decision to postpone 'The Savant'"

Tyler enters podcast era with ‘PowerCast with Tyler Mathisen’

"Whether you’re managing billions or building a retirement portfolio, AI is poised to change how we all invest"

Jimmy Kimmel staffer: ‘You could see it coming’

"It was becoming increasingly clear in recent weeks that Sir Iger and the ABC executives would cut us loose in a second if they thought something we did might hurt attendance at Disney World or cost anyone their annual bonus"

‘Ecstatic response’ from critics to ‘One Battle After Another’

"At once serious and unserious, exciting and baffling, a tonal fusion sending that crazy fizz across the VistaVision screen — an acquired taste, yes, but addictive"

Jimmy, 57, suspended

Said: "The MAGA Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it"

Trump on Redford: ‘Series of years where there was nobody better’

"There was a period of time when he was the hottest. I thought he was great"

Robert Redford hoped to do a sequel to ‘The Candidate’

"The truth is so awful, but in its own horrible way, it's entertaining"

Roberts, Lazarus tell employees after Kirk-related
MSNBC firing: ‘We need to do better’

Paper: "Roberts and Lazarus were in attendance at a 30th anniversary party for the CNBC show Squawk Box Wednesday night when the decision to part ways with Dowd leaked. KC Sullivan, CNBC's president, acknowledged the tragic shooting in public remarks during the event"

‘White Lotus’ shut out at Emmys

One of the year's biggest and most-celebrated shows couldn't topple "Severance" and "The Pitt"

Estate tied to Elizabeth Holmes sells for $85 million

Paper: "Disgraced former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes lived in one of the homes on the property during her criminal trial, according to CNBC"

‘One Battle After Another’: PTA’s, 55, Oscar coronation?

Paper: "The film's reported $130–$175 million budget (depending on varying reports) makes it Anderson's most expensive. Just for context, his highest-grossing film to date is 'There Will Be Blood,' which tallied $76 million"

Hollywood Reporter: ‘Squawk Box is driving the news cycle In Trump’s economy’

Paper: "One C-suite executive in the media sector, who asked not to be named because they work at a company with a TV news operation of its own, tells THR that Squawk Box is the only news program they watch every weekday morning"
Andrew: "Every business person now thinks they're a politician"
Joe: "I think all of us would have gone crazy, if we were Bloomberg"
Becky on Versant: "I think it's great for us, because before, we used to have a lot of the money that we made siphoned off to fund things like Peacock or to pay for the sports rights on different things, now it can be spent back into CNBC ..."

Fans using SpotHero towed from lot during Bears-Vikings game

"I couldn't f---- ing believe it ... Police were there trying to figure out what was going on, but they basically said, 'There's nothing we can do'"

James McAvoy, 46, reportedly slugged at Toronto bar

"There was a man who drank too much who was getting escorted out"

CNBC hires Liz Napolitano as markets reporter

"Has been at Decrypt Media covering cryptocurrency ... previously was at CoinDesk as U.S. court reporter for the regulations, policy and legal reporting team ..."

Trump, 79, slams Tom Hanks, 69

Paper: "The U.S. Military Academy at West Point scrapped a plan to give the Oscar winner their Sylvanus Thayer Award"

CNBC personal finance reporter advises:
Shop early for wedding dress

"I had no idea that when you buy your dress in relation to your wedding date can affect its pricing. ... Brides should typically start shopping for a wedding dress about 12 months out from their wedding, according to The Knot. ... Across the country, the average cost for a wedding dress is about $2,000 ... bridal stores require an upfront deposit to order the dress, which can range from 30% to 50% of the total cost ..."

$3,654,000: Vader lightsaber sets record for ‘Star Wars’ item

"Additionally, Rick Dalton's flamethrower tank and backpack, as Leonardo DiCaprio wore in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' sold for $346,500"

AEO execs take victory lap for Sydney surge

Paper: "The company crushed Wall Street estimates for its 2nd quarter on Wednesday, with CEO Jay Schottenstein citing 'the success of recent marketing campaigns with Sydney Sweeney and Travis Kelce' as a big reason why, generating some 40 billion impressions and a 'meaningful improvement in the business'"

Aubrey Plaza’s, 41, reax to script for ‘Megalopolis’: ‘nightmare’

"He said, 'Aubrey, how could you say this, how could you say my movie is like a nightmare, my dear Aubrey. I'm writing something about hope. This movie will change the world. This movie has a positive message'"

Alex Harring takes over ‘Squawk Box’ newsletter

Studied English and poli sci at Michigan; interned at WSJ

Died: David Keighley, 77, pioneer of large format at Imax

Battled neuroendocrine prostate cancer

‘Jaws’ 2nd at box office

Paper: "The fact that a 50-year movie is doing better than the two studio offerings underscores a rough-and-tumble summer for Hollywood studios and exhibitors, with domestic revenue barely able to match last year's disappointing $3.67 billion, which was down from 2023's $4.09 billion"

Atlanta Journal Constitution dropping its print edition

"The AJC's digital audience far surpasses that of print and has for some time. The AJC is also investing heavily in the new year in its events business, becoming a convener for important civic conversations. ... In total, the AJC has about 115,000 subscribers, of whom about 40,000 receive the printed paper ..."

Daniel Day-Lewis, 68, apparently isn’t retired from acting

Paper: "The project from Focus Features is set to have its world premiere at the The New York Film Festival — which kicks off Sept. 26 and runs through Oct. 13 — and marks the return of the three-time Oscar winner after an eight-year 'retirement' ..."

After heart procedure, Francis Coppola, 86, appears in Venice

Paper: "Got a round of applause from the crush of festival photographers"

Director Bryan Singer, 59, returning from 8-year exile

Paper: "Hasn't worked in mainstream Hollywood since famously being fired from 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ... quietly directed a film that stars Oscar winner Jon Voight ... source predicts that 'it's going to be a huge hotbed of controversy' ..."

Female bartender, 37, attacked by female drunkard, 38 for not serving

Paper: "The suspect, 38, punched the bartender, took her to the floor, continued to punch and rammed her head against a metal table ... It took 4 men to get the suspect off the bartender. ... A witness said the suspect had entered the bar with a drink likely obtained at another bar. ... The suspect told officers that she realized she had made a mistake. ..."

Ukraine condemns Woody, 89, for speaking at Russian film fest

Statement: "When it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, I believe strongly that Vladimir Putin is totally in the wrong. The war he has caused is appalling. But, whatever politicians have done, I don't feel cutting off artistic conversations is ever a good way to help"

Suit challenges AMZN Prime’s offer to ‘buy’ movies

Paper: "A proposed class action was filed in Washington federal court against Amazon over a 'bait and switch' in which the company allegedly misleads consumers into believing they've purchased content when they're only getting a license to watch, which can be revoked at any time ..."

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is first NFLX box office champ

Paper: "Only AMC Theatres, the country and world's largest circuit, refused to play the sing-along in keeping with its general policy of not playing movies that are in the home"

Re-release for ‘Anthology’

New episode; "Giles Martin, son of the late Beatles producer George Martin who died in 2016, has created new audio mixes for the majority of the featured music"

Retired cop looted Miami Heat game-used jerseys, sneakers

"I have hit the lotto, let me send you photos"

Morgan Brennan brings daughter to Closing Bell Overtime set!

"You think stocks are going higher or lower from here?"
"Higher!"

CNBC still has spellcheck trouble even reporting on AI

Eunice apparently on the edge of a monsoon

MSNBC changing name, losing Peacock logo

"MS NOW, meaning 'My Source for News, Opinion and the World'"

Died: Dan Tana, 90, ran famed Hollywood restaurant

"Recalled in 2014 that Drew Barrymore's parents brought her to the restaurant and changed her diaper on the bar ... also served as the inspiration behind Robert Urich's Dan Tanna character on the 1978-1981 Aaron Spelling TV series Vega$"

What if top podcasters are fudging their numbers?

Paper: There's a sense in the industry that the chart rankings are swayed by sudden influxes of subscribers rather than total audience ... cottage industry of companies that allow podcasters to buy a certain number of downloads or followers ..."

Zahra Tayeb departs CNBC for grad school

Will attend Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Rick Rieder in the running

Joins Zervos, Lindsey, Philip Jefferson ...

Kevin O’Leary, 71, appears in much-anticipated December movie

Paper: "The trailer for Josh Safdie's highly anticipated film 'Marty Supreme' features Timothée Chalamet as ping pong player Marty Mauser in the 1950s"

AMC Theatres cutting some pre-movie ‘marketing material’

"Some other consumers think the package has gone too long, and we're trying to find a happy medium"

NBC airing ‘Downton Abbey’ special in September

"In addition, the special will also feature a world exclusive sneak preview scene from 'Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale,' which is due to hit theaters on Sept. 12"

Will Hulu deal ensure ABC keeps the Oscars?

Negotiations "going well and moving along"

Grateful Dead superfan, 54, dies dancing with crowd

"There was almost nothing else he enjoyed more than traveling the country with family and friends from all over the world, to see the next show"

Man with gun robs woman who attempts to buy his car

"Fortunately for police, the man used his real name when advertising the car on Facebook Marketplace"

Dean Cain, 59, becoming ICE agent

"This country was built on patriots stepping up, whether it was popular or not, and doing the right thing. I truly believe this is the right thing"

NFL, DIS make blockbuster deal

Paper: "ESPN will fully own NFL Network, with plans to bake it into the upcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service. The RedZone channel, meanwhile, will join Disney's linear portfolio"

SNAP plunges on advertising platform concerns

14.4% drop afterhours

Post heading to L.A.

Paper: "According to the media group, 90% of the Post's digital audience lives outside of the New York media market, with Los Angeles housing the second-largest concentration of readers. Amid rapid industry changes, The New York Post says it has achieved three consecutive years of profitability beginning in 2022"

CNBC Pro seeking reporter

"Salary Range: $75,000-$115,000"

Oasis fan dies in fall

Concert went "ahead as planned"

Lynette Howell Taylor, 46, elected AMPAS president

Born in Liverpool, succeeds Janet Yang

Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White may be in ‘Social Network’ sequel

Paper: "Very much in the development stage and has yet to receive the green light from Sony"

FCC chief probes Comcast’s relations with NBC stations

Donald Trump: "Wow, 'Concast's' NBC is down in viewership almost 28% this year. Their programming is terrible, their management even worse. They are an arm of the Democrat Party, and should be held accountable for that. Likewise, Fake News ABC!!!"

Died: Don Zimmerman, 81, editor for ‘Rocky’ films, ‘Coming Home’

Credits include "The Prince of Tides," "Liar Liar," "Harold and Maude"

Critic: Marilyn Monroe, 36, was ‘weird in just about every role’

"That's why my favorite Marilyn Monroe picture is 'Let's Make Love' (1960), even though it's only a borderline good movie. I like it — I'm grateful for it — because for once she got to play a normal woman"

Cramer says ‘F’ word

"I take it right back. That was bad ... economy's fabulous"

Jay Leno, 75, criticizes late-night partisanship

"I don't think anybody wants to hear a lecture ... Why shoot for just half an audience? ... I don't understand why you would alienate one particular group ..."

Ozzy Spotify streams spike

"Since Osbourne's death was announced Tuesday, he's gained over 6 million monthly listeners on the platform as a solo artist, jumping from about 12.4 million to 18.7 million"

1973’s ‘Buckingham Nicks,’ a vinyl treasure, getting reissue

AP: "Nicks said she loved Buckingham before he was a millionaire, according to Davis' book, and 'washed his jeans and embroidered stupid moons and stars on the bottom of them'"

Box office may not reach 2019 levels until 2030

"Unfortunately, this full recovery is unlikely within the forecast period. However, we project that by the end of 2029, the industry will be on the brink of a full rebound"

Disneyland-area SBUX workers report understaffing nightmare

"While you spend money on celebrity appearances and posh manager conferences in Las Vegas, many of us are struggling to pay rent, and while you're adding complicated new Frappuccinos to the menu, we are fighting through understaffing shifts that make it impossible to get our drinks out within your newly declared four-minute rule"

Dead & Company show on IMAX

Aug. 3 screening presented in 30 IMAX theaters nationwide, beginning 5:30 p.m.

Car slams into post office; Pat Tillman’s brother arrested

3rd brother: “He has been livestreaming, what I'll call, his altered self on social media for anyone to witness. Unfortunately, securing the proper care and support for him has proven incredibly difficult — or rather, impossible. As a result, none of this is as shocking as it should be"

Stephen Colbert, 61, rips Gasparino report about show’s finances

"I could see us losing $24 million, but where would Paramount have possibly spent the other $16 million — oh, yeah"
Charles’ report: "Increasingly dire shortage of advertisers. ... 'Colbert gets no advertising and late night is a tough spot,' said a person with direct knowledge of CBS' decision ..."

CNBC unifies TV, digital by hiring David Cho as editor in chief

Paper: "Going forward, all of CNBC editorial regardless of platform will report into Cho"

Ted, 60: AI will make movies better, not just cheaper

"Our creators are already seeing the benefits in production"

Stevie, 77, Lindsey, 75, apparently following each other on Instagram

Weren't connected on social media as of 3 weeks ago

NYT reassigns longtime music, TV, theater critics in surprise move

"Best in class" but "taking on new roles"

Who’s running things at Versant?

Among new hires:
Jessica Kurdali: Vice president of talent strategy
Christian McLaughlin: Senior vice president of live entertainment
Frank Tanki: Chief marketing officer, entertainment and sports
Susie Kricena: Senior vice president of content acquisitions
Michael Sluchan: Senior vice president of scripted content and entertainment
Jenny Depper: Senior vice president of digital entertainment
Janice Ferrell: Senior vice president of entertainment production and operations
Rebecca Vazquez-Rhodes: Senior vice president of entertainment programming strategy

Unreleased Beyoncé, 43, music stolen from rental car

Saw someone had broken in through the trunk and took two suitcases ...

Richard Dreyfuss, 77, cancels SharkCon appearance

"I've been told by my doctors I cannot fly, and I would have to fly five hours to get there"

Guy Ritchie, 56, exits ‘Road House 2’

Jake Gyllenhaal set to return

Silicon Valley saving theaters?

Paper: "Case in point: Apple Original Films' 2025 summer tentpole F1: The Movie arguably would never have gotten the attention it has were it not released in cinemas"

CNBC seeking tech reporter

"This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week"

Kelli Grant named CNBC’s senior personal finance editor

"One of only a handful of working journalists to have earned the Certified Financial Planner designation, which recognizes financial advisors who meet education, experience and ethics requirements"

Streaming subscriptions may get harder to cancel

Federal appeals court struck down FTC's "click to cancel" rule

Scott Rudin, 66, returning to Broadway in Diller, 83, project

Set to produce Samuel D. Hunter's Little Bear Ridge Road for 18-week run

Former CNBC anchor Tanvir Gill joins The World Bank in New York

"Creating strategic media partnerships with new media & legacy media outfits"

Disgust at CBS

"Yes, the company has agreed in principle to settle the lawsuit, and as reported, it does not include an apology"

CNBC hires Ritika Gupta as United Kingdom reporter

Was North America business correspondent and anchor at the BBC, based in New York

WNBA team cuts player moments after 18-hour flight

"Literally just touched down in the bay. I need some time to process all of this man and put my feelings into words. I can't right now"

Article has very little info on NYC mayor nominee’s director mom

Paper: "Mamdani's father Mahmood Mamdani is a prominent anthropologist with parental roots in the Indian province of Gujarat who was raised in Uganda"

‘Rust’ producers settle crew’s suit

Paper: "The crew members faulted producers for the hiring of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last year. They said that she was chosen over more experienced firearm specialists to save money. Notably, Gutierrez-Reed split her time between armorer and key props assistant, allowing the production to pay one person to perform the jobs of two, according to the complaint"

Filming underway for ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’

Paper: "Plot details for the sequel haven't been confirmed, but the storyline reportedly follows Miranda Priestly as she navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing"

Pregnancy boom at CNBC!! 6!!!

Kate: "I've found so much strength in knowing other co-workers on the East Coast are battling the same exhaustion, and everything that comes with pregnancy, while on air"
Angelica: "We, along with other moms at CNBC, have a Teams group chat where we share tips, ask questions and support each other throughout all the twists and turns of parenting"
Kelly: "You just keep having to work smarter. You don't have time for the small work dramas that don't matter"
Megan: "I've talked with these women about different types of baby gear, about how to handle pregnancy exhaustion amid crazy hours, about which clothing brands sell the best work trousers with stretchy waistbands"
Dee: "I'm about to have my 4th child, which still surprises people, especially in an industry like mine"
Pippa: "It helps that I can already survive on very little sleep!"

Died: Rebekah Del Rio, 57, singer performed in ‘Mulholland Drive’

"There were many takes. And with every take, I sang along, because I felt I had to produce that same feeling with the vibrato in my throat so the audience could see it ..."

Arnold’s, 77, biggest payday was $40 million+ for ‘Twins’

"We got no money for the salary but ownership with a piece of the back end"

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Jay Powell, 72, ‘not sure’ about requirements to be Fed chair

Apparently about all you need is a board seat, U.S. citizenship, Senate backing ...

Verve cuts salaries in temporary cost-cutting move

Paper: "The number of television episodes produced fell from 13,300 episodes in 2023 to 11,069 last year, a nearly 17% decline, per a tally from data-provider Luminate"

Texas apparently trying to become Hollywood South

Paper: "Some quirks to the program could allow Texas to exercise some level of influence over productions: The film office can reject incentives for productions that include 'inappropriate content or content that portrays Texas or Texans in a negative fashion'"

Tom, 62, joins Brad, 61, at ‘F1’ premiere in London

Starred together in "Interview With the Vampire"

Tyler joins U. of Chicago

"I will serve as the principal interviewer of executives, performers, coaches and more who have demonstrated enduring excellence over time"

Dave Bautista, 56, being eyed for ‘Road House 2’

Guy Ritchie set to direct

Honorary Oscar

"Incredible commitment to our filmmaking community, to the theatrical experience, and to the stunts community has inspired us all"

Streaming overtakes broadcast, cable combined in TV use

Paper: "The Gauge for May shows that streaming captured 44.8% of viewing time in the United States for May, beating the combined tally of 44.2% for cable (24.1%) and broadcast (20.1%)"

Kathleen Kennedy lobbying for honorary Oscar for Iger, 74

Paper: "While few in the industry would question Iger's worthiness of the prize, some board members have been squeamish over the optics, sources said ... some inside the organization are curious about Kennedy's motives ..."

Original print ‘looks terrible’

"I felt like I was watching a completely different film"

Celine Song’s, 36, ‘Materialists’ shows ‘the dating game
now more closely resembles the stock market’

"Now, it looks like it's a ticker"
Decor: Gingerlily silk sheets are a big hit

Mike Love, 84, on Brian Wilson: ‘I do feel his presence’

"My first cousin by blood but brother in music, together we set the stage for some of the most successful music collaborations of all time"

Apple Music chief calls it ‘crazy’ for streamers to offer music for free

"We're the only service that doesn't have a free service. As a company, we look at music as art, and we would never want to give away art for free"

Brad Gerstner’s, 54, Invest America now ‘Trump Accounts’

CNBC: "No other executives at the roundtable echoed Dell's specific pledge"

CNBC hiring tech reporter for ‘hybrid’ position

Description: "At CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, you'll have access to great perks and amenities: Sweat it out — Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, plus daily group classes; Eat up — Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials plus soup and salad bars; Extras — Dry cleaning, and sneak peeks ... Don't have a car? No problem! We offer free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City ..."

Bay Area woman sues COST for over $14 million

Paper: "An 'on sale' cabinet display allegedly fell, pinning her beneath the cabinet and causing her 'multiple, permanent, and severe injuries,' including traumatic brain injury, according to the lawsuit"

Waymos burned in L.A.

No more rides until area "deemed safe"

Zaslav’s solution: ‘Streaming and studios’ vs. ‘Global Networks’

"Inside the U.S., sports have been less critical"

Shari, 71, has thyroid cancer

"She and her family are grateful that her prognosis is excellent"

AMC Theatres to run commercials ahead of movies, with trailers

"While AMC was initially reluctant to bring this to our theaters, our competitors have fully participated for more than five years without any direct impact to their attendance. This is a strong indication that this NCM pre-show initiative does not negatively influence moviegoing habits"

Some Steelers fans ticked that Rocky gave jersey to Trump

Quarterback Mason Rudolph also there: "That's the nature of social media. That's the nature of why America is so great. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Speech is free. Par for the course"

The Verge hires CNBCer Hayden Field as senior AI reporter

"During her time at CNBC, Field reported on a wide array of topics, from corporate developments and regulatory scrutiny to ethical considerations and technological advancements"

Heart band members report stolen instruments, offer reward

"We're heartbroken, and we're asking for their safe return — no questions asked. Their value to us is immeasurable"

Rare Mickey Mantle card from 1954 sells for record $231,484

From series inserted into hot dog packages

Taylor Swift’s, 35, old album streams more than double on Spotify

Bought the music from Shamrock Capital last week

Life coach arrested on suspicion of killing 4 men

"On investigators' radar since at least 2019"

Shark bites surfboard, knocks surfer into water

"It was probably one of these curiosity bites, because if it had full strength, it would have probably just taken out a whole piece of the board, and that didn't happen"

Inflation success: Broadway enjoys highest-grossing season

Paper: "Attendance for the 2024-2025 season came in at 14.66 million, below the 14.77 million from the 2018-2019 season, suggesting that increased ticket prices played a part in the higher grosses this past season"

Donald Trump accuses CNBC’s Megan Cassella of ‘nasty’ question

"Mr. President, Wall Street analysts have coined a new term called the 'TACO trade.' They're saying Trump always chickens out on your tariff threats and that's why markets are higher this week. What's your response to that?"
Trump: "Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question… To me, that's the nastiest question"
Casella later called the "nasty question" remark from the president a "badge of honor"

Hedge fund buys major Bay Area paper, makes buyout offers

"1 week of base pay for each year of employment, with a minimum of 2 weeks' pay and a maximum of 15 weeks" ... "For people with beyond 15 years of service you're better off just waiting to be laid off because you get more" ... "I've heard from old-timers who are saying, 'What does this mean for the paper that I love?'" ...

Gorgeous CNBCer Karen Finerman buys stake
in New York Liberty; no story found at CNBC.com

"I see the rise of women's sports ... an ascendancy that has a ways to go ..."
Curious: Big emphasis on putting new money into training facility

CNBC reporter Ashley Capoot adding AI to beat

Northwestern grad, joined in July 2022 as a digital associate

Trucker crashes into historic Death Valley building, dies

Brakes likely failed: "Where Stan Jones wrote the song 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' while working as a park ranger in 1947, according to the park service"

Kim’s, 44, about to be a lawyer!

Will power, not clout: “One of the most inspiring legal journeys we've ever seen ... Six years ago, Kim Kardashian walked into this program with nothing but a fierce desire to fight for justice. No law school lectures, no ivory tower shortcuts, just determination. And a mountain of case law books to read" ... California allows people to study under a lawyer or judge as an alternative to law school ...

CNBC hires Elaine Yu as China reporter

Left Wall Street Journal a year ago ... graduate of Pomona College

Wes Anderson, 56, gets boos at Cannes

Reviewer: "His newest film, 'The Phoenician Scheme,' is bad to the point of parody"

Thug, 33, pleads guilty to slugging man in eye over baseball cards

"Reports said the victim told police some of the cards were fake and he tried to give them back, but Zitello would not take them. The victim was walking back to his car when Zitello punched him in the eye, reports said"

Atlanta, Detroit in running to host National baseball card show

Dealers will be voting on a 2028 location at this summer's event in Chicago

Filmmaker floats U.S.-Canada co-production treaty

"Americans already come up here (Canada) to shoot, because it's cheaper and the quality of the technicians is the same. Why U.S. producers could not do that with government infrastructure too?"

Seth Rogen, 43, Penélope Cruz, 51, apparently filming movie in SF

Paper: "All indications seem to suggest as much"

Sean Conlon joins CNBC.com markets team as a reporter

Came to CNBC as "Fast Money" intern, helped cover ETF Edge

Colarusso: ‘We’re keeping our family intact’ in SpinCo

"We've created this ethos and brand around CNBC, whether it's events, whether it's podcast ... there's so much here ... As a brand, we have done enough to where we are singular"
Rivals: "Colarusso told Farzad that he is surprised that Fox Business Network hasn't been turned into a Wall Street Journal channel. Both are owned by Rupert Murdoch's media empire"

CNBC.com promotes Chris Eudaily to deputy tech editor

Now leads East Coast technology team, reports to Ari Levy

Samantha Subin joins CNBC.com as a reporter

"Subin joined CNBC as an intern in 2021 and most recently covered AI and tech investing on the Markets and Pro team. Prior to joining CNBC, she interned at The Boston Globe and The Daily Record in Baltimore"

Bloomberg hires Andrea Chang as global business editor

"Her superpower is the ability to find prime parking anywhere"

CNBC’s gorgeous Pippa Stevens stuns in green hard hat, gloves

Tim Seymour: "How great is Pippa rockin' that green hard hat"

AAPL’s Vision Pro a bust

"It's way too heavy. I can't wear it for more than 20 or 30 minutes without it hurting my neck" ... "After 60 minutes ... you just have to throw it down ... I wouldn't recommend anyone buying it, unless you're really rich and you don't know what to do with your money ..."

Max going back to HBO Max

Paper: "On May 8, after Warner Bros. Discovery reported its March-quarter earnings, CNBC's David Faber had a report of his own: WBD is 'moving towards ... a split. It's become relatively clear to me from the many conversations that I've had that we could get some sort of an announcement in the not-too-distant future that they are planning to try to split the company,' Faber said. Warner Bros. Discovery did not respond to The Hollywood Reporter's request for comment on the Faber report"

San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium getting $10 million overhaul

Hopes for a pro soccer team

Cannes underway

"De Niro accepted an honorary Palme d'Or from Leonardo DiCaprio, blasted President Donald Trump and delivered a call to action for artists in the room (“We have to act, and we have to act now') ..."

Variety story refers to CNBC’s ‘James’ Cramer

Streaming "is a growth business for our company"
Paper: "Walden is seen as the top internal contender to succeed Iger as CEO next year"

AMC Theatres dramatically slashing Wednesday prices

"Beginning July 9, 2025, Stubs members can buy a ticket for all releases at 50 percent off the normal adult-evening ticket price ... The circuit did not specify whether Superman will be immediately available for the discount"

Rally back on

Jeff Kilburg: "Markets are rallying because investors are surprised with the velocity of the Chinese trade tariff deal progress"

Francis, 86: ‘Megalopolis’ is selling out since Trump’s election

"It's just like what happened with 'Apocalypse Now.' 'Apocalypse Now' was a big flop, it got terrible reviews, everyone said it was the worst movie ever made. And yet people never stopped going to see it. The same thing is now happening with 'Megalopolis'"

‘View’ appearance is a botch

"He did himself no favors by allowing Jill Biden to jump in and finish the answer to a question about his cognitive abilities ..."

Jon Voight, 86, talks up tariffs: Can’t let Hollywood be ‘like Detroit’

"I think he's been treated unfairly. I think I have too. But what's the difference? Who cares? ... He has a great love for Hollywood ... We've got to roll up our sleeves here. We can't let it go down the drain like Detroit ... He wants us to be the Hollywood of old"
Acoustics: "Variety caught up with Voight by phone while he was driving through what sounded like a car wash"

Cardinals apparently watching ‘Conclave’ for guidance

Cleric: "Some have watched it in the cinema"

Bob Pisani leaving NYSE role

Colarusso: "I am glad to share this isn't a goodbye — Bob intends to return to CNBC later this year as a significant contributor for our growing direct-to-consumer business, where his expertise, analysis and unique voice will continue to inform and engage our loyal CNBC Pro subscribers"

Seth Rogen’s, 43, ‘The Studio’ renewed at AppleTV+

"We're excited to keep all our industry friends and colleagues guessing as to when one of their personal stories will stream on Apple TV+"

Sean Penn, 64: Donald Trump, 78, ‘might try to destroy the world’

"We should consider worst-case scenarios"

Trump quite possibly watched ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ on Fla. TV

Paper: "Last weekend, WLRN — a PBS affiliate that services South Florida, including Palm Beach and Mar-a-Lago — aired a rerun of 'Escape From Alcatraz,' Clint Eastwood's 1979 classic about the prison's most famous breakout. In fact, it aired it not once, but twice: Saturday night, then again Sunday morning — just hours before Trump took to social media and floated his plan to turn the historic island back into a high-security fortress. ... The White House declined to comment on whether Trump's Alcatraz idea came straight from watching 'Escape From Alcatraz.' But if true, we probably buried the real lede here, which is that the president was watching the movie on a PBS channel"

Is Donald Trump trying to save, or screw, Hollywood?

"The person he seems to be listening to is Sean O'Brien, the teamsters chief who has cultivated a relationship with the president ... The Teamsters' interests may align with and explain Trump's — a populist move that punishes Hollywood elites in the name of its workers, with a few older action stars as collateral damage"

Austin Alamo Drafthouse employees vote to unionize

Group of organizers calls itself SlaughterHouse United

’Road House 2’ gets director

Paper: "The 2024 movie, a remake of the 1989 movie that starred Patrick Swayze, was directed by Doug Liman and was written by Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. It was a massive hit for the streaming unit, attracting nearly 80 million worldwide viewers on Prime Video after only eight weeks. Liman was unlikely to return for a sequel thanks to a nasty fight with Amazon over the release of the movie, which he maintained was owed a theatrical release. Amazon countered that the filmmaker chose a streaming release but with a higher budget"

Francis, 86: Cities should change mayors every month

Paper: "Many rabbit holes discussing different animal species, self-driving cars, various books he's read, world leaders, the differences between matriarchies and patriarchies and the differing bathroom habits of men and women. When at one point someone in the crowd called out for him to talk about movies, Coppola replied, 'this is the movie!' referring to the themes at play in 'Megalopolis' ... talk was centered on 10 bullet points, which he had an audience member write down on a whiteboard, a list of unavoidable topics in our lives ..."
Reax: "It was really great to see Francis Ford Coppola, but it would have been great to hear him talk about his movies, any of them. And it was most disappointing that (Wasson) seemed to have little to no awareness as to why the crowd had gathered to see Coppola in the first place"

Celebrated Oakland restaurant closes, cites inflation, tariffs

Launched March 2020: “The space is large and doesn't really align with the business model anymore. As people are spending less money eating out, they want to go to a date night place or the place that just opened. We're an everyday place. We're casual. It's really hard right now, and I just don't see how it's going to change in the future. And I don't have the resources to wait it out. I think it might get worse with the tariffs and everything else going on"

Died: Andrew Karpen, 59, Bleecker Street CEO

"Trumbo," "Elvis & Nixon" released on his watch: "Some people will like some of our movies. Some people might not. But I'd like to think when they see a Bleecker movie, it's at least thought-provoking"

AMZN backpedals

First statement: "The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties"
Second: "Never approved ... not going to happen"

First 2025 Oscar movie?

"In a post-'Substance' world, where body horror can earn five nominations, 'Sinners' feels less like a gamble and more like a moment"

Park Service asks workers to help with their own layoffs

"Must add yet another task to their list: updating their resumes and, in some instances, creating new ones from scratch"

Pranked.

Falcons: "Earlier in the week, Jax Ulbrich, the 21-year-old son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parent's home and wrote the number down to later conduct a prank call"

Editorial: Could 2026 NFL Draft be turning point for Pittsburgh?

"This 2026 Draft will be the most important event for Pittsburgh’s economy and reputation since the 2008 G-20 Summit, and will likely be the largest public spectacle, in terms of the number of visitors piling into the city, in its history. ... For the 2024 NFL Draft, Detroit attracted an estimated 775,000 people while every member of its 2,500-officer police force worked all three days, costing millions in overtime. Right now, Pittsburgh has fewer than 700 cops available ..."

George Lucas, 80, talks more about Coppola, 86, than ‘Star Wars’

1970s negotiations: "I do want the sequels because I've already got 'em, and the standard practice in film is called indentured servitude. In order for your film to get off the ground you have to sign for two or three other movies. And I didn't want that to happen because it didn't happen on 'American Graffiti' ..."

CMCSA chief Brian Roberts’ pay drops to $33.9 million

Stock dropped 14% last year; "Peacock still losing money"

Ted, 60: Movie theater experience is an ‘outmoded idea’

"Folks grew up thinking, 'I want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them [and to have them] play in the theater for two months and people cry and sold-out shows ... It's an outdated concept"

CNBC Digital Senior Editor Jim Pavia leaves for new job

Oversaw Financial Advisors Hub and personal finance

Nikki Glaser, 40, ran Globes joke past Selena Gomez, fiancé

"That's hilarious! Let me run it by Selena ... Selena thinks it's great"

‘Conclave’ viewership skyrockets

Currently streaming on Amazon Prime

CNBC hires Erin Doherty as a political reporter

Previously at Axios, attended Georgetown

Card dealer floored to get lot with 21 Sandy Koufax rookies

"There were also six Clemente rookies, 20 second-year cards of both Killebrew and Aaron, and 15 second-year cards of Ernie Banks. The stash from 195 6... included eight Mantle cards and 'at least' 16 cards of Banks"

Knucklehead, 37, and MOM, 61, rob baseball card shop

"In conversation with officers, Griffith initially denied she knew the man who was found to be her son. She was also taken into custody and charged with 2nd degree false reporting"

Rich: ‘YouTube getting stronger by the day ... just stunning’

"I think this is a risk for every company in the media universe. The power of YouTube scares me"

Terry Bradshaw, 76, wrongly credited for opening plane door

"Just to set the record straight. I did nothing to open the door on the plane! The maintenance crew had it open in 15 [minutes]"

FCC chief lashes out at CMCSA re: coverage of deported Md. man

"Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public—implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular 'Maryland man.' When the truth comes out, they ignore it"

Demi, 62, says she sensed that Mikey, 26, was going to win

"I leaned over and whispered to my manager, 'I think it's going to Mikey'"

Original (1977 version) ‘Star Wars’ to get rare screening in Britain

First time publicly screened since December 1978 ... "George Lucas famously kept making tweaks and changes to his creation through iterations of 'Special Editions' ... I'm sorry you saw a half-completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be"

NFLX: The safe Hollywood stock?

3 targets of $1,150, one of $1,100, one of $1,175

Burglars hit 5-star resort during Coachella, take luxury items

"Several groups of guests found their rooms meticulously ransacked. The thieves ignored easily traceable items like laptops in favor of designer handbags, sunglasses, perfume and clothing ... the guard mentioned that there was a 'misplaced' housekeeping key that appeared to have been used"

Brady, 47, draws crowd at opening of East Rutherford hobby shop

"This is a great location for us. It's close to our stores in Boston. We're just gonna continue to move kind of to the west"

Died: Marvin Levy, 96, longtime publicist for Steven Spielberg

Loss of "Saving Private Ryan" to "Shakespeare in Love" for best picture Oscar "was the toughest night of my life in terms of the business"

Bay Area Whole Foods fails 2nd inspection in a month

Paper: "The department visited the South Bay grocery store on March 25 and saw 'several rodent droppings' throughout the store's deli preparation area, according to a health inspection report. The inspection also noted that snap traps were found 'behind and under equipment' in the deli area. In the bakery section, according to the report, inspectors discovered cockroaches, both alive and dead, near the dishwasher and under the sink area ..."

New Santelli rant: Globalism has come to an end

"Who on the panel thinks globalism is stronger today than it was a week ago. Anybody?"

Weezer bassist’s wife, 51, somehow shot by LAPD

"LAPD acknowledged in the statement that Shriner had no involvement in the hit and run, and lived at the residence where she was shot"

Good for ratings: Tariff turmoil gives CNBC viewership spike

Paper: "From Wednesday to Friday (April 2-4), CNBC averaged 293,000 viewers during market hours (9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. ET), 36% more than the previous four weeks. For its full daytime programming slate, running from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. ET, the NBCUniversal-owned network averaged 250,000 viewers, an increase of 40% over recent weeks"

Paper: CNBC ‘erroneously framed’ Fox comments by Kevin Hassett

"'As we were chasing the news of the market moves in real-time, we aired unconfirmed information in a banner' a CNBC spokesperson told THR. 'Our reporters quickly made a correction on air.' THR requested an interview with a CNBC anchor or executive for this story, but did not receive a response to our inquiries"

SpinCo names Lauren Skowronski CNBC communications VP

Recently served as senior director of communications at Snap

Bill Maher, 69, at White House

"You know, he has those moments that no other politician has. And the Democrats have to find that guy. But let's be real — they've been searching for years, and they're still coming up empty"

DIS’ Club 33: America’s latest recession indicator?

Paper: "The addition of the historically private club to the app was flagged almost immediately as a recession indicator on social media. Disney's theme park division reported its lowest profit in two years in its November earnings report, and a possible looming recession would likely drive those numbers down even further"

Tom, 62, leads moment of silence for Val at CinemaCon

"He loved movies and he gave a lot to all of us with his performances and his films I really can't tell you how much I admired his work, how much I thought of him as a human being, and how grateful and honored I was when he joined 'Top Gun' and then came back for 'Top Gun: Maverick'"

Letter to the editor: ‘Eardrum-shaking’ previews at AMC Theaters

"The film was listed as starting at 4:35 p.m. but actually began at 5:05 while we were subjected to 30 minutes of previews, plus advertising from the theater chain, soft drinks and Nicole Kidman touting the movie-going experience"

Jon Fortt: Tariff reality ‘worse than the worst-case scenario’

"The market reaction after hours — I've never seen anything like it"

Quentin, 62, writing, David Fincher, 62, directing,
‘derivative’ of ‘Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood’

Set up at NFLX: "Brad Pitt and possibly Leonardo DiCaprio circling to reprise their popular and award-winning roles ..."

Jim Cramer: Haven’t seen this kind of presidency since Carter

"Now, Jimmy Carter, curious benchmark, break out the cardigan sweater. I know it's a brutal comparison. You think I did it idly? I cannot think of another president in my lifetime who could knock down the stock market simply by opening his mouth than Jimmy Carter. Eureka! I have found him!"

Collectible fallout — fees on hockey cards imported to Canada

Petition: "There is nothing that is more a part of our Canadian culture than hockey cards. ... The Canadian counter-tariffs mean that Canadian distributors face a 25 per cent tariff on hockey cards and stickers when they are imported into Canada. This tariff, combined with our low dollar value, will make hockey cards unaffordable for many Canadian families. It will also put the survival of several hundred Canadian stores that rely on selling hockey and gaming cards and supplies, also facing tariffs, at risk ..."

Trailer released for PTA’s new $140 million movie

"Details remain sparse on the plot ... But the trailer ... seems to lend more credence than ever to rumors of a modern-day adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's 'Vineland' ..."

YouTube worth $550 billion?

Michael Nathanson: "YouTube has the potential to become the central aggregator for all things professional video, positioning itself to capture a share of the $85 billion consumer Pay TV market and the ~$30 billion streaming ex. Netflix market in the U.S."

‘Road House’ remake ‘set to spawn a sequel’

Seen as a winner for Amazon/MGM

Sundance moves to Boulder

Beat out Cincinnati, Salt Lake City
Films struggle to find buyers: "signals that streaming services like Netflix that once was an aggressive buyer at film festivals have tightened their acquisitions spending"

Charred Oscar turns up at Chateau Marmont

"Belongs to four-time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood, who lost her home in the Palisades Fire as she confirmed during a poignant moment at the podium alongside fellow costume designers Arianne Phillips and Ruth E. Carter"

Academy in controversy over ‘No Other Land’ co-director

Paper: "The statement, which was sent Wednesday night and signed by Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang, did not mention 'No Other Land' or Ballal by name"

‘Straight facts’ from Jack, 48: All lower-case email about layoffs

"why do this all at once instead of over time? we're behind in our actions, and that's not fair to the individual or to the company"

Died: Dick Carlson, 84, father of Tucker, 55

"He knew virtually every compelling figure of the time, including Jim Jones, Patty Hearst, Eric Hoffer, Jerry Garcia, as well as Mafia leaders and members of the Manson Family. In 1965, he was badly injured reporting from the Watts riots in Los Angeles"

‘Snow’ plight: How 23-year-old’s social media sank DIS tentpole

Paper: "Zegler referred to Gadot as 'a professional pageant queen' in one Instagram reply that followed their joint appearance as presenters at the Oscars this month, considered a dismissive way to describe a fellow actress"

GME pops after announcement of buying bitcoin

Pachter: "The company's strategy, which has changed about six times in three years, is they're going to buy cryptocurrency and be just like MicroStrategy"

Dick’s Sporting Goods buys baseball card for $1.1 million

Paul Skenes debut patch: "We're thrilled to bring this special card home and display it in our Pittsburgh House of Sport store where it can inspire the next generation of athletes and collectors"

Oscar-winning documentary director beaten by settlers

Claim: "A group of 10-20 masked settlers attacked him and other Jewish activists with stones and sticks, and smashed their car windows and slashed their tires"

‘Snow White’: Box office bomb, or fairly-tale ending?

"Had to contend with headlines related to Rachel Zegler, the young lead actress not afraid to speak her mind, even if it meant taking on President Donald Trump's MAGA movement"

‘Licorice Pizza’ apparently lost ‘tens of millions’

PTA's new work: "Early Variety's reports estimated 'One Battle After Another' was rumored to cost upwards of $100 million, with the most recent number as high as $140 million"

Died: Norm Clarke, 82, popular Vegas entertainment columnist

Editor: "He was a gentleman. Readers loved him. I consistently heard from subscribers who said Norm was the first thing they read every day"

Died: John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, 105,
last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain

"Twice forced to bail out of his Hurricane fighter, once landing in the sea off the east coast of England before returning to his squadron to resume the fight"

‘Empire Strikes Back’ opening TCM film fest

George, 80, will be in attendance

Gal, 39, Walk of Fame ceremony disrupted by protest groups

"Several dozen protesters showed up just before the ceremony was due to get underway"

Conan, 61, returning in ’26

"The only reason I'm hosting the Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech"
Planning: Setting host, date early could be a boost for awards season

MoffettNathanson upgrades NFLX after dinging it earlier this month

11 days earlier, "wrote that the streaming giant turning password-borrowers into paying subscribers for revenue growth had possibly run its course"

CNBC Sport adding weekly TV series, long-form programming

Max Meyers: "In an era where everything is time shifted or time delayed, sports is the one sort of appointment type viewing — that and the live market, by the way — so you have to be engaged"
Paper: "According to CNBC Sport reporter Alex Sherman, the idea came from CNBC president KC Sullivan: 'His pitch was 'look, sports is like a very large investable asset now'"

Doorstep of $3,000

"Year-to-date, gold has been running ahead of our expectations"

Steve Liesman: ‘I’m going to say this at the risk of my job,
but what President Trump is doing is insane’

"And now he's saying he's putting 50% tariffs on Canada unless they agree to become the 51st state. That is insane. There's just no other way of describing it"

Scorsese, 82, sets sights on 1982 Tahoe story — as producer

Focusing on the story of Anna Conrad, the ski lift operator

Died: Stanley R. Jaffe, 84, producer of ‘Kramer,’ ‘Columbus,’ ‘Bears’

Received Oscar nomination for "Fatal Attraction"
Quick: "A young film executive he had hired just that week got ahold of the manuscript for Avery Corman's Kramer vs. Kramer, before the 1977 novel would reach bookstores"

DIS didn’t steal animator’s surfer story for ‘Moana,’ jury finds

"Deliberating for just over 2 hours"

Amazon Prime is going to start streaming ‘The Apprentice’

AP: "The series, meant to showcase Trump’s business acumen, was a major hit"

Donald Trump, 78, apparently has not commented on ‘Anora’

"The day is young. He might love it. Who knows?"
"After 'Parasite's win, Trump railed against the 2020 Oscars being too woke and slammed the South Korean black comedy, asking 'What the hell was that all about?'"

Errol Morris, 77, takes a crack at Vince’s Manson theory

"Bugliosi was charged with getting a death sentence, convicting these people, ... and he achieved that end. But do I feel the Helter Skelter explanation of the Manson crimes is satisfying or true? I don't"

Keith Richards, 81, receives Connecticut’s Award of Excellence

"All I gotta say is, you know, I’ve been here for 40 years, and it’s been a great place for me. The family’s had a great life. The kids grew up great and incredibly happy about everything"

ESPN cancels ‘Around the Horn’

More than 4,900 episodes

Mikey Madison, 25, got hundreds of texts after victory

"Like my doctor and this guy that sold me a carpet a couple of weeks ago ..."

The Egotist, 51.

"I'm wrapping up, please turn the music off. I've done this before. Thank you. It's not my first rodeo, but I will be brief"

DIS forced to apologize for Hulu’s Oscars streaming debacle

"Will make a full replay of the event available as soon as possible"

Hollywood’s joke on itself: Hands Demi’s Oscar to 25-year-old with great body

"... A film about the indignities women past 50 face in Hollywood. She was favored by many to win the Oscar for best actress. But when the envelope was opened on Sunday night Moore, 62, was passed over in favor of Mikey Madison, 25, who pulled an upset ..."

Shingles sidelines Harrison, 82

Reportedly doing OK and resting

All in favor say ‘Guy’ — Adami soars as Donahue-like host with CNBC’s Fast Money guests

CNBCfix review: Maybe CNBC's next breakout star is ... someone who's been on the channel for about 19 years. In one of the most-ballyhooed episodes of "Fast Money" in recent memory that included guests from around the country (and world) at the Nasdaq Marketsite, Guy Adami so easily overcame the disjointed, overflow-room-like seating situation (they need to fix that for the next time) that it seemed like he's been hosting talk shows for decades. Guy was the perfect bridge between guests and panelists, entered the gallery to handshakes similar to that John-Mack-returns-to-Morgan-Stanley clip that CNBC used to show all the time, kept the pace like a pro, ad-libbed better than Bob Hope and, maybe most importantly, completely gave the guests ample time to ask some fairly lengthy questions while keeping them on point. Guy also gave shout-outs to Mary Duffy and KC Sullivan (who were on hand) and Jamie Dimon (who wasn't on hand). Guests appeared to be having an awesome time. Numerous guests spoke of Fast Money/CNBC as favorite show/channel.
Little quibbles include a few guests being hard to hear and some of the questions being less informative than others, also, no one asked to see Guy's UPS footage, unfortunately. The questions were shown on the screen before guests actually asked them, so it's clear panelists had a bit of a heads-up. The questions:
Dave from Florida: JPM or GS? (Guy says GS; Karen Finerman says JPM, citing "little more recurring" business model)
Shiraz from Ontario: Has "big chunk" of portfolio in META, what should he do with it? (Guy says "You went to the Peter Jennings class of question-asking, you know, the questions longer than the answer"; Steve Grasso's advice wasn't strong, said you have to ask, "How much am I looking to make off of this trade?," sell some to get back to original percentage and let the rest ride)
Ken from Tennessee: What's the future for quantum computing companies? (Guy deferred to Dan Nathan, who said it's "too far away" to make investment decisions)
Marian from New York: Tells Guy "You are my Taylor Swift," asked what to do with "dry powder" while screen graphic said question was about leveraged ETFs ... (Guy tossed question to Karen Finerman, "the dry powder queen"; Karen chuckled "I don't know what to make of that," said she's "always long" and really believes in dollar-cost averaging)
Al from Michigan: Asked for Guy's take on ARCC, Ares Capital, while screen said "what do you think about investing in Amazon." (Guy said "You might as well ask me what the winning lottery numbers are tonight"; Tim Seymour looked it up on his screen and claimed to "know" the stock, then gave a generic answer about not owning a stock just for a dividend)
Sheila from Massachusetts: What to do with Pfizer? (Guy gave it to Tim Seymour, who gave some recent background and kind of waffled on PFE's prospects but concluded he'd "stay long")
David from New York: For flight to safety, TLT or gold? (Guy tossed to Steve Grasso, who tossed to Karen Finerman, who said "I'm actually short the TLT")
Tom from Alaska: What do traders recommend to protect portfolio downside? (Guy mentioned Options Action and handed to Dan Nathan, who mentioned index ETFs and using put spreads)
Brian from Minnesota: Said "dream job" has been to be on Fast Money; what would Guy's dream job be? (Guy said either Melissa Lee's "protege" or "helper," or tight end for the New York Giants)
Raghu from Florida: Would you rather, HAL or SLB? (Guy said HAL; Tim Seymour would "absolutely" say SLB)
Tim Seymour closed the show with a "shout-out to the most passionate, loyal and smartest fans on any TV show, let alone financial TV. Thank you, Fast Money fans."

Mel, 69: Karen Bass’, 71, firing of L.A. fire chief ‘despicable’

"In order to shift the blame and culpability from herself, wiped it on the fire chief and threw her under the bus for speaking the truth about how the department had been defunded and were without resources"

Variety loses bid to dismiss Francis Coppola, 85, defamation suit

Reported that director "appeared to act with impunity" on the production

Another DIS succession problem: Who’s next LucasFilm emperor?

Paper: "George Lucas hand picked Kennedy in 2012 to run the company before selling his ownership stake to Disney, which elected to keep her in place. Now, for the first time, Disney will pick somebody new to lead its galaxy far, far away ..."

AI helps Calif. Highway Patrol nab suspect on Oakland bus

"The aircraft continued pursuing the Jeep from the air ..."

Corewell Health employees ‘blindsided’ by abrupt layoffs

"I'm still kind of in shock"

Scott Wapner nearly throws Steve Weiss off of ‘Halftime’

"Everybody up here is tired of that B.S., OK. If you can't have a civil conversation ... without insulting people, then just be quiet ... And just move to the other chair. Just move to the other chair. ... Just slide down 1 chair. Or outside. Go there. Or over there ..."

Ugly controversy brewing over L.A. fire recovery expert’s $500K salary

"You can agree with it or not agree with it. It was a lot of money but it’s what I made in the last three jobs and half of what I was already making" ... Soboroff said he had two choices: "Go public and quit and say I was lied to, and here are my emails here are my texts, or say, 'I will do it for free and hope that it comes around later on.'" He opted for the latter"

CNBC Make It reporter Morgan Smith hired by the Harris Poll

Overseeing employees and freelancers, including two research analysts and managers

Female drunkard, 42, in wrecked car flips off officer

"Received a citizen's report of a Ford Fiesta being driven with two flat tires and front-end damage that had run a red light ... saw the driver shoot her middle finger out of the window as the car sped up and swerved in and out of lanes before abruptly pulling into Dunkin Donuts ... 'stated that she knew that this case would get thrown out because she was white' ..."

AP sues over ‘Gulf of Mexico’

"The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, is brought against Trump White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich"

John Deere employee, 61, sues over termination

"The lawsuit alleges that within days of his termination, Deere replaced him with a 33-year-old woman who had no prior experience as a technology auditor"

Iowa supervisor intoxicated during board meeting

"Schulz left the meeting for medical attention and through an investigation it was found that Schulz was intoxicated while performing his duties"

0.092%: Drunkard, 36, on scooter plows into vehicle

"Police asked Davis how much alcohol he consumed prior to driving, and he admitted to having 'a couple shots'"

California crowd savagely boos Trump Transportation secretary

"Stopped by LA's Union Station to give a news conference on California's high-speed rail project"

Yosemite’s only locksmith gets fired

"With a lot of the parks being as rural as they are, they often include employee housing. So not only has this taken away their careers that they've worked for, it has also taken away their homes, which I think is truly heartbreaking and truly cruel"

Woman slides into gravel hauler, pushed 750 feet, dies

"We continue to remind drivers to slow down and drive carefully when road conditions change. Troopers investigated over 35 preventable crashes across the district since midnight"

DIS streaming decisions may be unearthed in investor court battle

Paper: "The complaint alleged that Chapek aimed to hide Disney+ costs and make forecasts that it would be profitable by 2024 believable by overhauling the executive leadership structure and airing certain shows meant to be streaming originals on legacy TV networks to conceal losses amid slowing subscriber growth ... A confidential witness, who served as a senior executive for Disney's streaming arm from 2019 to 2021, told the court she was under constant pressure to meet 'unreasonable' targets and that Chapek directed studios to 'produce as much content as you can' under the belief that 'the game will be won by whoever has the most content'"

Energy secretary: Global warming might be a good thing

"A warmer planet with more CO2 is better for growing plants ... we have far more people die of the cold than die of the heat ... it's just nowhere near the world's biggest problem today, not even close ..."

KFC bolts Louisville for Texas

Mayor: "I am disappointed to learn that Yum! Brands will move its KFC employees to Texas — especially since the brand was born here and is synonymous with Kentucky"

Vancouver critics pick ‘Anora’

Mikey, Margaret Qualley pick up acting awards

Ideas: CNBC could use
a show like ‘The View’

CNBC has had practically the same Business Day lineup for 20 years. It's time for CNBC to break ground in Business Day programming with an all-women's show. ... CNBC's audience is reportedly 39% female ... No one's saying, Turn Business Day programming into "The View." ... This concept starts, like most others, as a 15-minute segment carved out of an existing show. There's a deep bench of talent that should be available for this type of programming, and not just current CNBC hosts ... can probably get, for guest appearances, Karen, Liz Ann, Savita, Diane, Cathy Wood, Dana, probably MCC, Jane Wells, maybe even Mellody, who could possibly even provide a soundbite or two from George ... We're in the SpinCo Era now. CNBC needs some ideas. Fast. ...

DIS insider: 2nd Iger, 74, era is ‘like Chapek on steroids!’

"This is not what I expected from Bob — I thought he had our back"
Paper: "Strong consensus across a swath of Disney employees that the current Iger era is nothing like the last"

Thomson Reuters scores win in AI copyright battle

"Judge Stephanos Bibas of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision Tuesday that affirmed Ross Intelligence was not permitted under U.S. copyright law to use the company's content in order to build a competing platform"

Ex-Bucks coach Jim Tressel, 72, confirmed as Ohio lieutenant gov

"In an Associated Press interview on Wednesday, Tressel confirmed his party identification — it's Republican — and said he is a supporter of President Donald Trump inasmuch as he always supports the person who Americans elect to the nation's highest office"

Tubi wants chunk of Super Bowl streamers to stick around

"In January, the streamer disclosed that it had about 97 million monthly active users, up from 78 million in mid-2024"

New billboard in Pittsburgh: ‘Trade Tomlin or sell the team’

Funder: "Will change happen because of this? No. But it won’t stop me from letting our voices be heard"

Disney+ changing ‘Dumbo’ warning label in DEI shift

Old: "Includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of peoples or cultures"
New: "This program is presented as originally created and may contain stereotypes or negative depictions"

Spanx claims to be ‘most worn designer’ on red carpet

Paper: "Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon are investors in Spanx. Celebrity fans include Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Garner, Addison Rae, Gayle King, Mindy Kaling, Hota Kotb, Adele, Karlie Kloss, Hota Kotb and Katy Perry"

YouTube viewing on TV surpasses mobile, desktop in U.S.

Platform's creators "becoming the startups of Hollywood"

Paul McCartney, 82, electrifies Bowery Ballroom

575-capacity venue, announced at noon, started with "Hard Day's Night"

CNBC space reporter apparently has out-of-this-world opportunity

Michael Sheetz's last day will be Friday

All-time ratings record

"Currently up about about 2 percent compared to last year's record ... The lopsided nature of the game seemingly had no effect on the TV audience ..."

New York magazine apparently averts walkout

"The new contract boosts all wage floors by nine to 10 percent and offers a general wage increase of 4.25 to 4.75 percent, depending on the position, upon ratification"

Hims & Hers Super Bowl ad aired despite bipartisan objections

Paper: "Calling out the American health care system for the country's obesity epidemic to set up an ad for its weight-loss products"

Critic: Super Bowl showed pluses, minuses of Brady in booth

"Look at Sunday's Super Bowl and count the number of times Burkhardt had to specifically goad him to give responses, to set him up for thoughts that a more natural analyst would jump into instinctively"
"It's like if Meryl Streep announced that she was finally ready to direct a movie, using all of the combined wisdom from her acclaimed acting career, and that movie was, like ... 'Sonic the Hedgehog 4'"

Co-creator not interested in ‘Back to the Future Part IV’

"I'm having the best third act of life that anybody could imagine"

CNBC’s Joe Kernen ‘had gall bladder removed’

"Going as fast as I can! Back soon"

Died: Dennis Richmond, 81, face of Bay Area TV news

"Joined the station as a clerk and rose to become one of its most prominent faces and one of the first Black anchors on a major TV newscast ... on the air for some of the station's historic broadcasts, including coverage of the OJ Simpson chase in 1994, the Loma Prieta earthquake, and the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk ..."

Fidelity gets OK for first-floor-only office in suburb

"The majority of council concurred, but with two stipulations: Fidelity must employ at least 45 full-time employees at the new center and its staff levels and hours must be consistent with normal business practices of banks"

LIX ticket prices sliding

"Cheapest tickets are $2,978 at VividSeats (down from $4,680 last week)"

Alamo Drafthouse layoffs prompt unfair labor practice charge

"Starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, the theaters cut 40 staffers from the downtown Brooklyn location and 30 from the lower Manhattan location. Those cut were told they could re-apply for their jobs when the box office picked up again in a few months"

LIX first: Sitting president will attend Super Bowl

Unclear when he'll arrive in city

Tariffs off: Catching up on Top 12 movies made in Toronto

"The University of Toronto campus stood in for Boston-area locations, Harvard University and MIT, while the famous 'How do you like them apples?' scene was filmed at the now-defunct Upfront Bar & Grill on Front St. E."

Bain’s Hollywood advice: Own the IP, or ‘own nothing’

"Disney, a media company with a rich history of expanding through both scale and scope deals, has ... shifted more energy from scale to scope in recent years"

‘Emilia Pérez’ best actress nominee shut out of L.A. campaigning

Netflix alarmed: "Tensions are said to be high between Gascón and the streamer, which has invested millions in the film's awards push ... The two parties are now said to be communicating only through Gascón's agent, Jeremy Barber of UTA"

Gorgeous Megan Cassella reports on tariffs for CNBC

"We do think that negotiations with the 2 countries could be ongoing ..."

Man sorry for tacky remarks during ... opening of baseball cards

"My words and actions were completely inappropriate, and to say I crossed the line is an understatement. There's absolutely no excuse for what I said. An apology alone isn't enough. I will be taking some time off and stepping away from the Backyard to reflect on my actions and I will be seeking help to hold myself accountable moving forward. I need to be better, plain and simple ..."

Died: Dick Button, 95, skating legend launched
‘The Superstars,’ ‘Battle of the Network Stars’

"Original 12-year run, with its competitions featuring actors such as Robert Conrad, Farrah Fawcett, Gabe Kaplan, Penny Marshall and Hal Linden hosted in self-mocking style by Howard Cosell"

Deadly stabbing unfolds after delivery van stolen in Oakland

"The driver arrived at the scene first and confronted a man and woman taking packages from his van, which led to a 'struggle,' police said"

Meryl, 75, cut car-sized hole in fence to escape L.A. flames

"Discovered that a large tree had fallen over in her driveway, blocking her only exit"

Jesse Eisenberg, 41, tried to visit Zuck, 40, at Facebook HQ

"I got a call from Scott Rudin telling me: 'Do not go there.' He was telling me this on behalf of Sony's lawyers. He was telling me, 'You can't do that for a variety of legal reasons'"

White House opening briefing room to podcasters, influencers

Leavitt: "Because according to recent polling from Gallup, Americans' trust in mass media has fallen to a record low"

Shoplifter, 26, pointed gun at Greenwich store employee

"The suspect was confronted by a store employee who told the suspect that he needed to pay for the merchandise. The suspect then pulled out a firearm and pointed it at the store employee"

Reese, 48, once chosen jury foreperson over ‘Legally’ role

"They were like, 'You went to law school.' ... I was like, 'Y'all this is really upsetting. I definitely did not go to law school, I didn't finish college.' I played a lawyer in a movie once but they fully made me the foreman and I started realizing … people don't know much about the law ..."
Advised people to do jury duty, because "bad stuff goes down in there"

Bessent, 62, confirmed as treasury secretary 68-29

Crapo: "one of the easiest votes we could ever take"
Schumer a no, Warren a no, Fetterman a yes

Ind. man pardoned in Jan. 6 case is killed in traffic stop

Lawyer: “I plan to find out a lot more about it"

Bay Area school closes after copper theft cuts power

Electrical system is down until further notice

Mick LaSalle on Oscars: ‘I wonder about the survival
skills of an organization willing to give one-fifth
of its best picture category to international cinema’

"Even a coastal elite critic can't help but think, 'Oh, come on' at seeing 'I'm Still Here' — a Brazilian film that has made $160,000 at the domestic box office — competing in the best picture category"

Gavin Newsom, 57, has no idea if he’s invited
to Donald Trump’s, 78, tour of SoCal damage

"Newsom's team says it's only aware of the president's visit 'from sources'"

CNN laying off hundreds

"Rearranging its linear TV lineup and building out digital subscription products"

Arnold, 77, donating $1 million to fire relief

"I don't like when companies or rich people ask their fans to make their donations for them"

There actually might be an ‘Ocean’s 14’

Apparently would pick up from the 2007 version

Popular restaurant sued for unpaid 6-figure debt

"As of Jan. 3, the group owes roughly $118,888 for the $200,000 loan, $30,715 for the $50,000 loan and $3,277 for the $10,250 loan, according to the suit"

Doorstep of $1,000!

Record-breaking 19 million new subscribers in Q4, 302 million total ... Standard ad-supported tier goes from $6.99 to $7.99 a month, premium tier jumps $2 to $24.99, standard plan goes from $15.49 to $17.99

L.A.’s A-list Realtors unite to help displaced homeowners

Paper: "Viewings of homes have become packed affairs, as victims try to find houses already on the market to purchase. Many agents ... holding showings late into the night to help clients. At one showing in Santa Monica on Thursday night, 25 families, all victims of the fire, came to view the home. By the next morning, its owner was fielding 5 offers ..."

‘Brutalist’ editor admits using AI enhancement

"We were very careful about keeping their performances. It's mainly just replacing letters here and there"

Figure in ‘September 5’ called Iger to secure use of ABC footage

"A few years ago, Mason was introduced to a producer named Philipp Trauer and a director named Tim Fehlbaum, two Central Europeans with a wild vision, and found himself sparking to their idea"

Died: David Lynch, 78, visionary behind ‘Mulholland Drive’

“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole’”

CNBC’s Fast Money live event sold out

"Mix and mingle with the traders over cocktails and go home with a special commemorative 'Fast Money' gift"
Host Melissa Lee on 1/15 show: "Thanks to overwhelming response from our loyal fans, we sold out in record time! All the tickets are gone, in less than 48 hours. But if you missed out, don't worry, you can join the waiting list ... we might have future events as well"

State Farm cancels Super Bowl ad

"Our focus is firmly on providing to support to the people of Los Angeles. We will not be advertising during the game as originally planned"

‘North Korea is easier’: Residents struggle to see Palisades homes

"Nobody has ever seen anything like this. It's like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the fire that followed. It's that bad"

Report that Oscars ‘on verge of being canceled’ is false: sources

"Picked up by the Drudge Report and went viral ... can categorically report that no such plan is being contemplated and no such advisory committee exists ..."

Margaret Qualley, 30, says face took ‘probably a year’
to recover from ‘The Substance’

Affected during "Kinds of Kindness" filming: "And I was like, 'Oh this is kind of perfect. I'm playing all these different characters — for one of them we'll use all my crazy prosthetic acne'"

Oscars voting delayed, nominee luncheon canceled

"Due to the still-active fires in the Los Angeles area, we feel it is necessary to extend our voting period and move the date of our nominations announcement to allow additional time for our members"

SBUX again requiring people in stores to buy something

"The code of conduct warns that violators will be asked to leave, and says the store may call law enforcement, if necessary"

Neil Young, 79, on ‘A Complete Unknown’: ‘I loved it’

"Once he was on my bus and I didn't recognize him and threw him off but that's another story"

Park city ski patrol claims victory with new contract; skier sues

"Did not know about the strike until he arrived at the resort on Dec. 28, said in the lawsuit that he spent more than $15,000 for a weeklong vacation with his family of five and skied fewer than 10 runs because of the strike. He argued that the company knew or should have known as early as Dec. 16 that a strike was possible but did nothing to alert the public"

NOT a complete unknown — Dylan (the CNBC host) visits
Fast Money set, twice notes smell of weed in Times Square

Helps mark 18th anniversary of show since hourlong launch, gives update on life in Italy
Guy Adami: "The early days, people forget, all through 2006, you know, 'Fast Money' was a segment on one of Dylan's shows, 'On the Money,' an 8-minute segment, and I will tell you, as I said Mel, you are an extraordinary person, what you've done. Dylan is equally extraordinary and what he brought to the show. His vision for the show in late 2005 sort of paved the way"
Dylan on marijuana in Times Square: "How do you guys work in this neighborhood ... Just walk into Times Square, and it's just sort of the general air quality has changed since I was last here"
Dylan on Fast Money going on 18 years: "I think any creative project ... that lasts for any period of time, let alone 18 years, um, is extremely unusual, extremely remarkable, and an incredible compliment to all of you. ... A career highlight for everyone involved"
Dylan on travels: "I moved to Italy in 2018"
Guy Adami to Melissa: "In March it'll be 16 years ... you filled some incredibly large shoes, but you did it in such a way that you made this show your own"
Melissa: "It's all about the ensemble, and you guys"
Karen Finerman to Melissa Lee: "I just wanted to thank- it's been a privilege to be part of this, you, and Dylan, and thank you to Susan Krawkower and Mary Duffy and John Melloy for finding me and allowing me to do this"

David Muir clamps fire jacket for thin look at SoCal fires

"Nice Jacket Bro. Glad you look nice and svelte ..."

Steve Guttenberg, 66: Mothers stuck in cars having panic attacks during Pacific Palisades fire

"The cars were bumper-to-bumper traffic for over two miles and it was dangerous, the police were coming. … I spent all day moving these cars up on the hill, trying to [move them] so the fire trucks could get through ... There were trees coming down on Sunset Boulevard. All of Temescal Canyon is on fire, both sides. All the houses; the school is on fire"

Zuck, 40, points to California ‘bias,’ moves team to Texas

"We're going to move our trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and our U.S.-based content review is going to be based in Texas"

L.A. man trapped in circling Waymo nearly missed flight home

"It's circling around a parking lot. I got my seat belt on. I can't get out of the car. Has this been hacked? What's going on? I feel like I'm in the movies. Is somebody playing a joke on me?"

‘Anora’ shut out

"Oscar voters will begin filling out their nomination ballots on Wednesday ... the preferences of Globes and Oscar voters don't always overlap — although last year ... they essentially did"

Karen Finerman: ‘Not a dry eye in EC’ during Tyler’s sign-off

Venerable anchor guest-hosts "Fast Money"

Guy Adami gives Sully spectacular tribute

Guy: "You know I think the world of you. You are as unique a talent that I have met over the years I've been doing this. And I am so excited that you and Kelly are gonna be doing 'Power Lunch' together. And I believe that starts this Thursday. So congratulations on that. You and Kelly are gonna be dynamite together. I wanted to say that ... it happens to be true. 'Cause you bring an energy, you know, a lot of people don't understand how talented you are. I happen to understand it having been sitting next to you for many years." Sully: "Super kind, I'm a- I couldn't do it without great people like Guy Adami and everybody else around me"

LAX scare for Gonzaga plane

“Our team members aboard the aircraft were unaware of the situation as it occurred and we are grateful that the incident ended safely for all"

Courtney Reagan reveals 8-Year Infertility Journey

"I'm kinda nervous. I'm on TV every day, but that's not about the most personal thing in my life"

Died: Dick Parsons, 76, steered Citi, Time Warner through turmoil

Zaslav: "Great mentor and friend ... unusual combination of great leadership with integrity and kindness ... one of the great problem solvers this industry has ever seen"

Baseball card influencer: Hotels booked for National show

"Sense of urgency to this ... There are thousands and thousands of hotel rooms represented with those hotels. They're all sold out. All of those hotels have no rooms available, at least for the dates that I went for ... For all those hotels to be sold out is nuts to me, I think it really points to this National being insanely crowded ... It's gonna be giiiiigantic ..."

In-N-Out owner bashes Oakland, police

Paper: "Called the site 'absolutely dangerous' and said car burglaries, fights and theft were regular occurrences throughout the year ... slow police response 'alarming' ..."

Thank you, Ty!!! CNBCers honor Mathisen in Power Lunch sign-off; Kelly in tears, ‘the real deal’

"Today is my last broadcast as co-anchor of 'Power Lunch,' I'll still work at CNBC in a variety of capacities for a few more months, then I'll be free ... to take a Cabinet post ... So much and so many people to be thankful for, to CNBC, a great employer, the 'Power Lunch' team, the magicians in hair and makeup, especially Agnieszka who puts the poof in the roof every single day, to the amazing crew here in Studio B, even though you are mostly on your phones, and you know it! ... These 15 years at Power have been terrific, none moreso than my time with Kelly. She is the real deal. There is not a phony bone in her body. If there's an ego, I haven't found it. You're the best"
Kelly: "There is not a bone in yours either Ty. Um, I was OK until now ... I have been able to sit and learn at your feet for all of these years ... I am so grateful for that ... you will be truly irreplaceable"
Joined by wife, son: "I actually proposed to Jo, my wife, in this building"
Scott Wapner, Closing Bell: "We love you Ty, certainly gonna miss you, not gonna be the same without you my friend, that's Tyler Mathisen ... hard to follow that ..."

Neil Cavuto, 66, signs off

"I'm not leaving journalism. I'm just leaving here"

Iger, 73, taking heat for ABC settlement with Trump

Paper: "ABC leaders haven't addressed the settlement in regular daily staff meetings, according to several staffers. Disney executives were concerned about leaks or embarrassment for Stephanopoulos if they were to discuss the matter in meetings or memos, people close to the company said"
George's blunders: "In July, TMZ published a video in which a passerby approached Stephanopoulos and asked him whether President Biden should step down. Stephanopoulos replied: 'I don't think he can serve four more years,' a gaffe that frustrated many within the newsroom"

Semafor hires CNBC’s Rohan Goswami as biz reporter

Joined CNBC in 2022; graduate of Tulane

Pgh Post-Gazette sportswriter: ‘I heard Tom Brady
use the word “absolutely” about 300 times’

31st minute: "Even my fiancee mentioned it ... He kept saying the same thing kinda over and over ..."

Trump vows to sue Iowa pollster who missed by about 18%

"She said I was going to lose by 3 or 4 points. And it became the biggest story all over the world because I was going to win Iowa by 20 points"

Buffoon, 28, going to prison 6 years for stealing baseball cards

"Even though he was the sole individual behind this theft, he conveniently claims not to know where the two missing cards are. He will have the next four to 6 years in prison to work on his memory"

Florence Pugh, 28, says being a woman in Hollywood ‘exhausting’

"I'm not nasty — I hope people think I'm kind. But there are fine lines women have to stay within, otherwise they are called a diva, demanding, problematic ... I remember godawful headlines about how Keira Knightley isn't thin anymore, or watching women getting torn apart despite being talented and beautiful. The only thing people want to talk about is some useless crap about how they look ..."

Max Meyers to lead CNBC’s expanded coverage of wealth

Julia Boorstin overseeing women's leadership content for new unit

Elton, 77: ‘Legalizing marijuana ... one of the greatest mistakes’

"I maintain that it's addictive. It leads to other drugs. And when you're stoned — and I've been stoned — you don't think normally"

Tom Brady’s, 47, last college jersey sells for $792,000

Record for a college jersey

Activist investor pushes Lionsgate to consider a sale

"We always welcome the ideas and input of our shareholders"

Chicago mulls hiking streaming tax to plug budget deficit

Critic: "Parking garage tax increases and a Netflix tax are not what Chicagoans want"

Stepped-up patrols of Nebraska games nets 54 DUIs

"Initiative came as a result of two grants worth a total of $15,120 ... The grants allowed troopers to patrol the roads and highways, conduct surveillance from the air and security in and around Memorial Stadium on the seven home game days in Lincoln"

‘Weekend Update’ taking heat

"Joking about someone's murder like that is absolutely disgusting"

Sorkin’s prize: Gets great interview with Jeff, 60

CNBCfix review: Started a bit too slowly with too many questions about Washington Post endorsement policy, a subject that should've come up later and taken less time. ... Headline material about Donald Trump and Elon Musk ... Jeff was more than willing to talk and was at ease and should've been asked about more global problems, a subject he clearly likes to tackle; questions could've gotten more personal ... People are tired of hearing how great someone thinks AI will be ... Wasn't asked why he bought Washington Post instead of other paper(s) ... Asked about Trump and Musk but not enough about other people who Jeff may have opinions on ... no questions about MacKenzie's philanthropy ...

Died: Art Cashin, 83, NYSE’s throwback of the floor

Charm, wit, intelligence ... “Wait ’Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" ... Bobby Van's Steakhouse ... refused to use credit cards never learned to use a computer ... used an obsolete flip phone that he rarely answered ... suits were usually rumpled and his ties were always obsolete ...
Art on credit cards: "You pay by credit card, people know where you went to drink, how much you drank, um, and, uh, what you were drinking. So, uh, if you want to keep the anonymity in there, uh, you pay cash"
Bob Pisani on 'Closing Bell': "He befriended me, and I'll never forget it, because when Art Cashin said you're his friend, 'you can trust him,' to 4,000 people on the floor, believe me, it made a difference in my reporting, suddenly doors were open to me ... one of the greatest guys on Earth to have a drink with ... Dewar's on a regular basis ...
Scott Wapner: "One of the most widely read and widely respected voices on Wall Street ... there was 1 person who helped us understand the markets when we needed somebody's help the most ... and it was Art"
Morgan Brennan on 'Closing Bell Overtime': "He was very much a port in the storm"
Jon Fortt: "Not sure there will ever be another ... I think it'll be a long time before artificial intelligence achieves anything like the wisdom of Art Cashin"
Maria Bartiromo on Twitter: "sending love and condolences to family & friends @nyse #wallstreet @UBS"
Memorials: "In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to the Arthur D. Cashin Jr. Memorial Scholarship at Xavier High School. Contributions may be sent to Xavier High School, 30 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011."

Mark Lazarus has meeting with CNBC employees

Paper: "Spoke about the need to diversify the revenue base. ... As part of SpinCo, there's a possibility that CNBC could cut deals to bundle the network with partners that wouldn't even be considered under NBCU's Peacock-centric lens, said one CNBC staffer, suggesting a hypothetical deal with Warner Bros. Discovery's Max. ... 'I have kind of a resignation that we were asked to do all this integration with NBC and that was all for naught,' the CNBC staffer said. ..."
SpinCo worker: Perception it's "a mishmash of sh---y stuff"

Expert advises SpinCo NOT to change CNBC, MSNBC names

"Those are pretty big brand names. I would not advise them to change"

Melissa Lee: ‘The way of the world is going away from cable. That is the ultimate problem.’

"Are we just staving off the inevitable in terms of cable companies combining in order to gain some leverage over retransmission fees ..."

Comcast jettisoning CNBC, MSNBC, most cable properties

Paper: "The deal would uncouple reliable growth assets, such as the Peacock streaming service and NBCU's sports properties, from the eroding economics of cable ... The spinoff is indicative of the growing weakness of cable as a medium. Stand-alone cable networks have become complex but toxic assets in the modern media lineup ..."
Craig Moffett: "Investors have yearned for exactly this, or at least something close to it, for years"

Died: Phil Lesh, 84, bassist for the Grateful Dead

"After the group’s dissolution following Garcia's 1995 death, Lesh often skipped joining the other surviving members when they got together to perform. He did take part in a 2009 Grateful Dead tour and again in 2015 for a handful of 'Fare Thee Well' concerts marking both the band’s 50th anniversary and what Lesh said would be the last time he would play with the others"

Steve Liesman hasn’t heard ‘good response’ from Harris on inflation

"After I listened to the 2 debates and have been following the campaigns, I do not hear a good response from the Harris team about the inflation issue. I don't hear a good response about the immigration issue. Those are 2 really important issues"

Aaron Ross, Ross Aaron: Daily Beast doesn’t
know that his name is Andrew Ross Sorkin

“I would bet from a pure media, eyeballs readership way… I think people are fascinated by former President Trump. And so, if you’re asking me strictly on that basis, what it portends for the next four years of the media business ...”

CNBC hiring Wealth Reporter

"Candidate should be skilled at developing sources in the wealth-management, family offices and private banking world, and finding information in an industry typically averse to public attention and media coverage ..."

Letter writer questions critic roster at Rotten Tomatoes

"There are all kinds of people reviewing movies who seem somewhat random, and the overall quality of criticism seems to have gone way down"

Megan’s scoop: Jensen in suit!

Claims he's "not very informed" about the tariff situation

Error-in spelling: CNBC can’t
even get ‘Al Michaels’ right

Legendary sportscaster hopes not to hear CLF as Final Trade

Salvador Rodriguez returns to CNBC in tech editor role

Previously with WSJ, will continue to be based in Bay Area

Can they buy a vowel?

CNBC graphics crews still having trouble with spellcheck

CNBC’s gorgeous Pippa Stevens in light blue on Ga. nuke beat

"First newly built nuclear reactors in the U.S. in more than 3 decades"

Died: Beccy Barr, 46, worked for CNBC in London

Quit at 41 to be a firefighter

CNBC misspells Mellody Hobson in screen text listing Trian scoop

Corrected a couple minutes later

CNBC misspells name of late Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki

"Key partner in Google's early years ..."

SF Denny’s, once the state’s most expensive, closes

"The cost of doing business is tremendous. There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them"

Double red: CNBC’s gorgeous Seema Mody and Expedia CEO

"We had a strong 2nd quarter ..."

CNBC still yet to tap AI to perform spellcheck

Dom Chu: "Disney pulling back the curtain on parks, cruise lines and movie franchise expansions as it looks to hit the Iger reset button and turn around its sagging stock price"

CNBC hangs up on ‘Last Call’

Replaced by — what else — "Shark Tank" reruns: "Anchor Brian Sulliivan is expected to stay with CNBC, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the network aims to find positions for the ten or so staffers who worked on the show"

Scott Wapner contributing to new venture ‘CNBC Sport’

"The company has hired Michael Ozanian ... as a senior sports reporter ... Various CNBC reporters will add beats tied to the topic,\and focusing on the intersection between business and sports. CNBC journalists Alex Sherman, Contessa Brewer, Scott Wapner and Jessica Golden will contribute to the endeavor, while others will contribute reports on individual sports, such as Sara Eisen on Formula 1 and Dominic Chu on golf"

AI fail: CNBC still not using spellcheck

The "2024" is also a little redundant

AI fail: CNBC graphics crew adds letters to ‘reopening’

"Why are we seeing such confidence out there?"

Scott scoop: Wapner reports Peltz, 81, has unloaded DIS stake

Roughly $120 a share, making about $1 billion

Morgan Brennan, gorgeous in cap and gown, speaks at NYU

Advance statement: "My educational background in social science—and specifically anthropology—is perhaps the most powerful tool in my proverbial toolkit because it enables me to approach financial, economic, political, and geopolitical news in a unique way, one rooted in identifying my own biases and moving past them in order to seek the facts and analyze the intersection between human behavior, social and cultural dynamics, and the flow of money which impacts and effects nearly everything in this world"
On "Overtime" Tuesday: "We talk into the, these boxes, these cameras all day, and it reaches a lot of people, but to actually be standing there live in front of an audience of 1,500, whoo, I had butterflies"

CNBC’s gorgeous Dee Bosa gets exclusive interview with Sundar

AI and companies: "I think they'll see it in their performance"
Would he sue OpenAI: "I think it's a question for them to answer ... I don't have anything to add
Patrick Moorhead at EC: "Those were definitely not softballs"

Former CNBCer Jillian D’Onfro gets new job

Hired by San Francisco Standard

Spellcheck before AI: CNBC misses badly on ‘infrastructure’

Morgan: "A milestone for American infrastructure today ..."

CNBC spellcheck has trouble with ‘Therapeutics’

Interesting ARK Venture holding

CNBC Make It hires Sawdah Bhaimiya as a reporter

Graduate of Queen Mary University of London

KC & Co. mark CNBC’s 35th anniversary at NYSE

Scott Wapner: "It's a momentous day for us here at CNBC as we mark our 35th anniversary. A heartfelt and very large thank-you to all those who helped us get here, and it does take a village. Our president, KC Sullivan, obviously is up there on the podium today, other senior executives and longtime employees ..."

CNBC’s gorgeous Kate Rooney stuns in ballcap in SBF coverage

Ultra-chic black outfit: "Both of the parents, uh, have law degrees and were legal scholars"

Tom Lee gets ‘Star Trek’-like glow on Closing Bell Overtime

"I think we got a lot of good economic data recently ... monetary policy that is confirmed to be dovish ... I think sentiment continues to be, uh, overly cautious"

Still no spellcheck for CNBC’s slick new graphics

Fat-finger mistake

Joumanna Bercetche bolts CNBC to join Bloomberg

New anchor of Daybreak Middle East and Africa

David Faber jabs Scott Pelley, says Fed ‘not exactly’ his expertise

"I'm a little afraid that '60 Minutes' may not have a deep understanding of Fed policy. Sorry about that ... I'll stick with Timiraos of the Journal or Steve Liesman, please, not, or Sara Eisen. Not Scott Pelley. No offense, Scott. Great journalist. But not exactly his area of expertise. It's our area of expertise!"

The Verge hires CNBC.com tech policy reporter Lauren Feiner

Penn graduate, bachelor's degree in communication

CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco co-writes book with daughter

"We toured the homes of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, and were left with more questions than answers about the enslaved men, women, and children who were viewed as property and worked in bondage"

Spellcheck not always working on CNBC’s new graphics

"I'd expect more margin pressure on corporate America"

Megan Cassella starts as new CNBC D.C. correspondent

Leslie Picker is Senior Banking and Financial Correspondent ... "Kate Rooney will own our on-air coverage of much of Amazon's business" ... Deirdre Bosa's reporting "will increase its focus on the Alphabet empire and its far-flung businesses ..."

Gorgeous Morgan Brennan with kids at Englewood Cliffs

"It is a family affair here today"

NYSE cheers: Longtime CNBCer Joe Terranova rings closing bell

Marking 3 years of JOET ETF with Virtus

Redrawn CNBC logo uses NBC Tinker font

"The changes mean that the network name extends beyond the left and right feathers of the peacock above, instead of sticking closer to the width of the icon in the old version ... One thing that didn't change with the new CNBC graphics is the use of Gotham as its primary typeface. With the exception of the logo, this font is used in almost every on-screen element"

CNBC changes logo 1st time in 27 years amid graphics overhaul

"Most U.S. viewers scan things from left to right, says Poulton, and the changes will ensure the new logo is the first thing they see when they read information on the screen"
CNBCfix mini-review: Decent job, had to be updated sometime, fresh look, too much white background that'll quietly get changed in the near future, and it's not any more screen space for the on-air talent
Also: "CNBC recently laid off a small number of digital workers who were not involved in core coverage areas"

Elon Musk, 52, says ‘F---’ 3 times on live CNBC program

Singled out Iger in the audience, saying "Hi Bob!"

CNBCfix review: Sara Eisen’s Formula 1 production is for those who buy teams, not tickets

Quick — do you know who Lewis Hamilton is?

What about Max Verstappen?

Knowing or not knowing those answers will probably determine whether you think Sara Eisen's CNBC documentary "Inside Track: The Business of Formula 1" deserves the checkered flag.

At the very least, it seems Eisen could've posed a question about the hottest name in wheels to most CNBC viewers, Elon Musk. Is there any reason Musk couldn't build his own Formula One car that would leave these other engineering teams in the dust? Eisen doesn't go there.

The top F1 team apparently is the Red Bull team, even though Red Bull, the company, does not actually manufacture cars. Christian Horner tells Eisen that winning races "absolutely" affects Red Bull sales and that F1 provides Red Bull's biggest promotional boost. (Actually demonstrating such would make this an interesting program about advertising.)

The CNBC camera catches a very interesting moment. A young fan with some kind of high-level access requests an autograph from Lewis Hamilton. Fortunately for F1, Hamilton does accommodate this on-camera request, albeit briskly. Are the stars of F1 as approachable as their professional cousins of NASCAR? Should autograph-seekers have access to this particular area? Great questions.

The undertone of the program, which Eisen acknowledges in a couple instances, is that Formula 1 seems mostly an elitist sport, like Ted Turner's America's Cup races, in which wealthy sportsmen compete for pride, not dollars. Eisen states at the top, "It's considered the most elite of all racing leagues." Viewers unfamiliar with F1 can see these are dashing hipsters, not the gearheads like A.J. Foyt and the Unsers who long ruled the Indy pits.

Why is CNBC profiling F1? Possibly a few reasons: It's an international activity and CNBC is an international brand; it's not (yet) heavily covered in American media; Team McLaren is sponsored by CNBC, which we learn in the 37th minute. (And we learn this program is sponsored by T-Mobile For Business, the "exclusive partner" of the recent Las Vegas Grand Prix.)

Adhering to the title of "Business" of this production, Eisen disappointingly shows almost none of the excitement of F1. No interviews with fans about why they care, no clips of famous finishes or wipeouts, etc. It is an entity apparently without controversies, evidenced by Eisen's questions to the principals.

But Eisen is light on the business side too. Whether a given team makes money in a given year probably is not as relevant as whether the team wins prominent races. Whether the circuit itself makes money is probably a lot more important, and a separate issue. F1 is owned by Liberty Media, an American conglomerate that bought the entity of Formula One in 2017. The face of Liberty Media, Greg Maffei, says, "A lot of people including us thought it was a full price. It wasn't as if we bought it on the cheap." Eisen curiously doesn't explain (maybe because it's complicated) how the circuit is tradeable by a tracking stock(s), whose 1-year performance looks rather weak.

But it's not like Liberty Media fields the racing teams. Those are independent entities. This corporate structure prompted this page to research the corporate entity of the National Football League, whether officially or informally. Is the NFL known as a partnership? Cooperative? Collaborative? Corporation? We couldn't find any quick answers.

Eisen reports that Roger Goodell spoke with F1 principals "in a closed-door meeting" in Montreal; a door is even shown shutting for effect. (As if Roger would be giving motivational speeches open to the public — he only gives sportswriters about 15 minutes for the entire year, around Super Bowl time.)

Apparently there are 10 teams in F1. Guenther Steiner of the MoneyGram Haas team says, "Just adding teams to have more teams to dilute the other ones, why- why would any business do that?" That's a great question that Eisen doesn't tackle. The NFL has added teams over time because 1) the new teams pay the existing teams a lot of cash and 2) sometimes Congress gets on the NFL to put a franchise in certain places. Why adding teams, or not adding teams, is smart for F1 needs more explanation.

A chart of the income streams shown early in the program suggests a racing team has 3 channels of income, but there are several categories within each channel that kind of overlap. It seems sponsors who want their stickers on the car are the safest money.

Whatever engine science is being done in F1 apparently stays within F1 and isn't snapped up by automakers for the general public; viewers learn Lewis Hamilton's car is made of ultra-lightweight composite carbon. Eisen doesn't mention how fast these crews can change a tire, long a staple of auto-racing reporting.

How should one look when reporting on auto racing, including on pit row? Eisen is seen in 15 different outfits (if our count is correct) reporting from numerous locations, generally a workpersonlike approach, a lot of blue, including a denim look. Eisen notes "the real fuel behind Formula One" is the sponsorships; Eisen quietly wears Nike shoes (but presumably, unlike her subjects here, isn't compensated for that particular logo).

Eisen says early that Formula One had attendance of 4.1 million in 2018 that climbed to 5.7 million in 2022. But that could mean any number of things, that the circuit expanded to more fan-friendly environments or added races. Near the end of the program, we get the time peg — the release of this documentary around the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Renee Wilm, CEO of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, says the Vegas event sold only "south of a thousand" general admission tickets, which cost $500. Those numbers say more than anything else in the program. If less than a thousand fans are paying the minimum $500, then ...

Eisen suggests a big change for Formula One was the Netlfix "Drive to Survive" series in 2019, which Eisen says is one of the "biggest moves" by Liberty Media, one that "turned drivers and team principals into global celebrities." (One star of this series, Guenther Steiner, somehow says with a straight face that he's "never seen" the production, an assertion believed by Eisen.) Well, 4 years is a long time in media, and if so many of these drivers are global celebrities, how come Eisen barely mentions only a few of them and has little more than a soundbite from one of them, Lewis Hamilton?

By the time of the commercial break after the first 10 minutes, Eisen supplies not much reason to keep watching. At times, she has little to ask of her subjects. One early question to Toto Wolff is, "You're unique because you are CEO, principal and part-owner of Mercedes. Which one takes the most time?"

(It's also not clear why the "TV PG" label turns up in the screen; perhaps because someone says "p----- off" at some point.)

There's a mention about F1 courting women and also a token late reference about climate change. Team owner Christian Horner bluntly states that F1 can never go all-electric, asserting "the combustion engine still has life in it."

Eisen never mentions that Formula 1 has strong headwinds in the U.S. They're called NASCAR and the Indy 500. Racing is a tremendous sport and a big pie and there is some crossover and there's plenty to go around worldwide, but it seems hard to believe that the American public that has followed the Indy 500 and Daytona 500 for so many decades has enough room to embrace F1 as anything beyond a niche following.

Eisen's program has too little to show and too little to tell. When is the annual racing season, and where do they race? This production can air around racing events for potential team buyers or sponsors with international reach; for everyone else, there's "Shark Tank."

Back to back in black: Gorgeous CNBC duo color coordinate on ‘Fast Money’

Outfits Thursday; jackets Friday
"Maybe your Kate Spade purse, which apparently needs to be innovated, according to Oliver Chen ..."

V for victory: More spelling trouble from CNBC’s graphics crew

"At least in the housing market, the market has tightened 3 times since the July rate hike"

Ron Insana, 62, predicts ‘mild recession,’ rate cuts next year

"To keep any slowdown from becoming a meaningful recession"

CNBC International President John Casey stepping down

After 29 years, "It's finally time for me to move onto my next chapter"

‘You make every day better’:
Happy 30th year, Bob Pisani!!
David Faber leads sensational
tribute at Post 9

David: "I want to welcome you to the 30-year club at CNBC ... I know you've been here longer than 30 years, so it's confusing to me, it's officially 30 years, but you were the real estate reporter when I walked in to Fort Lee 30 years ago ..."
Bob: "It's 33 years ... a lot of us were here for several years before we became official staff"
Bob's fashion critique: "Also you can see the, uh, different styles of clothing here ... This is what you call a monochromatic, and at that time, uh, it was earth tones, it was greens and browns ... double-breasted in the early 1990s ... striped shirts became very big, this is the late '90s right now ... really bright ties were very big up until about, about the dot-com bust ..."
David: "You are so beloved by so many here; probably No. 1 on everybody's list. You make every day better just by being here, so thank you"
Bob: "Well I appreciate it, I elected to stay with this company 20 years ago because CNBC is a congenial place to work, it's a great company, it's got great management ... of course my colleagues, second to none, the smartest people in the room. And that's why I stay. Because every day, you learn something. You learn something sitting next to you guys ... We're lucky to be a part of CNBC"
David: "Never looked better"

Gorgeous Michelle Caruso-Cabrera talks Mexico on ‘Fast Money’

"The next president of Mexico is gonna be a woman ..."

Ex-CNBCer Josh Lipton gets Yahoo Finance gig

"Most recently held a corporate communications position at Apple"

CNBC evidently had a display at the FutureProof conference

"Sneaker collections on display"

Meredith at Post 9!

Blonde Day at NYSE: "Here's the real opportunity, for, um, uh, for regulators, and I feel like I have the David Bowie song 'We could (sic 'can' is the actual lyric) be heroes' in the back of my mind- my head. Um, and, um, you have 75% of the market, controlled market share, with 34 institutions. That means 25% of the market is controlled by 4,200 institutions. And so, as the banks get smaller, the small banks have to get larger ... You have what I call the Leveraged Revolution, which brought everybody to the coasts, that was the housing revolution and the leveraged revolution, that was our last economic revolution. What is clear today, the new economic revolution is clean energy, um, uh, reshoring, manufacturing, and demographic migration. And that's happening in the South ... this is where banking hubs should be ... I live in D.C., so I've got plenty of time to talk to regulators ..."

Ron Insana joining Dynasty Financial Partners

"Will serve as Dynasty's spokesperson on investment, economic and related topics"

AI, maybe, but no spellcheck

Screen text was up for 5 minutes

Jim Cramer accuses UAW of ‘class warfare’

CNBC king has called Fain "frightening"

CNBC panelist calls Biden ‘socialist,’ Trump ‘incompetent’

"All you've got are bad choices. You've got the fringe socialists on the left and you've got the fringe, you know, conservatives on the right. When Marjorie Taylor Greene is a spokesperson for your party, then you gotta say, Where else can I put my money. So, I think that's what Fitch is getting in front of ..."

CNBC reports ‘Telsa’ deliveries

"These were much better numbers than Wall Street was expecting ..."

Courtney Reagan wishes Leslie Picker ‘Happy Early Birthday’

"Market is closed on my birthday"

Seema scoop!! Mody scores exclusive with Tim Cook in D.C.

"Did Modi seem receptive?" "Uh, that one I'm not gonna comment on"

Anthony Scaramucci predicts Donald Trump will exit race

"He does not like this. He is stressed about it"

CNBC graphics crew struggles to spell Contessa Brewer’s name

"Best! April! Ever!"

CNBC graphics crew doubles down on Russian ‘weapons’

That's how you make each line roughly the same length

Carl Quintanilla mentioned on Jumping the Shark Wikipedia page

2021: "Musk might be in danger of turning himself into an unserious figure, which isn't a great narrative for the CEO of one of the world's largest companies"

CNBC’s gorgeous Seema Mody stuns in black at Post 9

"Ticker ATMU, up, uh, 10% here in early trade ..."

2 business titans recently slammed work-from-home

Elon Musk, in David Faber interview: "Said he believes it's morally wrong for people in the 'laptop class' to advocate for working from home when service workers, such as people who work in factories, still have to show up in person"
Sam Zell, died May 18: "In the last few weeks, he criticized the Federal Reserve and work-from-home culture in his characteristic manner. He was quoted as saying the Federal Reserve “screwed up” by hiking interest rates and that working from home was “bulls---"

David Faber throws out first pitch at Mets game

"I did not bring the heat"

CNBC’s gorgeous Pippa Stevens stuns in new hairstyle, ready for shampoo commercial

"A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan says the couple was involved in a quote near-catastrophic car chase with paparazzi in New York yesterday ..."

Hadley Gamble at Cannes!!!

Guest of Saudi royal family: "I did try to ask Hadley about her Shell game, but wisely, she said, 'I can't talk about it.' She was very nice, and pretty hot, so I could see how Shell and Barrack enjoyed her company"

CNBCfix review: Faber didn’t find a groove in Musk interview

Much of the conversation was choppy, David sometimes had to interrupt himself to ask about time, too much of the early portions stumbled over TSLA engineering goals ... best part involved presidential politics, also remote-work exchange, how much sleep Musk gets ... a few questions weren't really questions; David referenced controversial tweets that David didn't seem to have great knowledge of, David sometimes shown looking at camera instead of at Musk, last question about careers/AI kind of odd, AI is mostly a boring subject to talk about if you're not a software engineer ... there's far much more that this interview subject has to say and offer and undoubtedly wants to talk about ... Musk said Google has made autonomous driving work in tightly controlled environments but doesn't have a "generalized solution" that "works anywhere" ... Says "January is often the worst month" for car sales; "People should get off their goddamn moral high horse with their work-from-home bullsh--. Because they're asking everyone else to not work from home while they do..."

More Hadley Gamble, 41

"Ms. Gamble, especially, is known to fly with him regularly on TPG's planes" ... "She'll be interviewing someone with a Louboutin dangling from her toe ..."

Hadley kept it quiet

"Barely anybody knew there was even an investigation, and even fewer knew there had actually been an affair ... Insiders aren't even sure how Shell and Gamble might've met, since she's based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. One speculated it may have been at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, since it's a major event for the business-centric CNBC. Shell did attend at least once, in 2013, when he was quoted on his thoughts on the ticketing for the Olympics ..."

CNBC graphics crew has trouble with ‘maritime’

China's drills "much-less aggressive compared to the action that was conducted after the former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, had visited Taiwan last summer"

CNBC graphics crew can’t spell A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T

Josh Brown buys more, sees AI potential

CNBC thinks Donald Trump is being ‘arranged’

Frank Holland correctly pronounced the term

CNBC’s gorgeous Pippa Stevens stuns in Houston in new hairstyle

"Tensions have been rising ahead of that meeting tomorrow around some of those provisions in the IRA ..."

Brian Sullivan, CNBC’s funniest anchor, underwhelms in premiere of ‘Last Call’

CNBCfix review: As soon as someone said "We're leading off Sully's new show with national debt statistics and a congressman nobody's heard of discussing it," KC Sullivan should've been throwing his hands in the air "No No No" ... None of the material, at all, was visual, nor was much of it debatable. ... Breaking news on Jes Staley ... Show should lean toward tried-and-true TV subjects and not try to react to incredibly humdrum daily headlines ... National debt picked to lead show obviously because it's the most "serious" among subjects of gambling on pro wrestling and the anti-ESG presidential candidate, quickly glazed over eyes with charts with all kinds of numbers; Sully insisted everyone needs to care "regardless of your political persuasion" and "we don't think it's a partisan issue" (tip: everything about this is a partisan issue) (tip 2: it will be addressed like it always has been, our great-grandkids will just borrow against our great-great-grandkids) ... Vivek Ramaswamy says he's against not "the existence of ESG funds" but the "new practice of merging state power and corporate power" to advance things such as Green New Deal. He added almost no analysis to this subject other than indicating he dislikes efforts to push this concept; that the show reached for this kind of niche on Day 1 is curious to say the least ... Segment on gambling on pro wrestling needed another voice or two, not just a reporter, explaining why this would or wouldn't succeed ... Heidi Heitkamp and Anthony Scaramucci did bring a little life to the show as panelists; Sully promised a panel every night "until we decide not to." ... Scaramucci, whose sense of humor is almost at the level of Sully's, did make a good joke about his time in the White House. ... Kate Kelly discussed an obscure rep making uninteresting trades in defense stocks that sorta concluded with the idea that there's really no outrage here ... Hard to see how this premiere is any improvement on Shep Smith's ensemble, let alone a headline-making new program ... it appears, thankfully, CNBC will not re-air this program at 4 a.m. Eastern and preempt European "Street Signs" as Smith's show did ... nevertheless, this page is confident Sully will find a groove, find more interesting things to talk about, inform and entertain viewers ...

Died: Scott Minerd, 63, had heart attack during workout

Ackman: "I am deeply saddened to hear about @ScottMinerd's death. He was a brilliant man whom I got to know in the last five or so years. He was an old fashioned handshake businessman whose word was his bond. He was also a lot of fun"
Brian Sullivan: "Scott was a giant of a man ... avid bodybuilder ... terrific human being ... man of God ... he donated a lot of time and money to various causes, he never publicized it ..."

Max Meyers developing new 7 p.m. Eastern CNBC program

"After four years leading 'Squawk Box,' Max will have an opportunity to deploy his deep markets knowledge and vast network experience to carve out CNBC’s place in prime time"

CNBCfix review: Bob Pisani prefers index investing
to GE stock in Shut Up & Keep Talking

Everyone at CNBC is the smartest person in the room, but there's very little about the vintage concert poster scene; celebration of old school doesn't really mention any school ...

CNBC cancels Shep Smith, 58, plans business show at 7 p.m.

Anchor's last telecast to be sometime later this month
KC: "I believe we must prioritize and focus on our core strengths of business news and personal finance"

Jon Najarian debuts on Fox Biz, gives intro to Options 101
as Charles Payne suggests buying META options may be ‘crazy’

Charles Payne: "Options are all the rage these days ... Nobody does options better than the Najarian brothers ..."
Doc: "The liquidity that you get in these contracts ... you can make a bullish bet or a bearish bet ... and they have grown by leaps on bounds, and that pun is not intended. Uh, literally, long-term options are called LEAPS, but most of us are trading in the shorter-term ..."
Charles: "I got the Meta up here ... there's been some serious volatility. One time it went up 18%, another time it went down 27%. I can see why you would, you know, do something crazy, uh, like- like buying these, I mean it's, but you think it's better to sell int- sell the short-term options, go out a little bit further, and then, what they call a straddle, would you be on both sides of this trade considering how much it could move in either direction?"
Doc: "You took the words out of my mouth. A straddle is the combination of the call and the put. Um, and so with the stock trading right here at roughly 129. That's trading for $15, Charles. Which means that the market could be, in, in some people's opinion, um, as much as $15 lower or $15 higher ... what I did today was I sold the 116 puts that expire in 2 days. ... that's where we think support is ..."
Doc: "I love Apple ... I buy that one and then sell calls against it all the time, Charles. I can pull about 22% a year out of that trade"
Charles: "It's an honor to have you on the show. ... We'll see you again real soon"
CNBCfix review: Nice eloquent commentary, including fielding Twitter questions, but explaining how to trade options takes far more than a 6-minute soundbite; should just assume viewers who care already know how to do it and are just looking for current trades.

CNBC’s gorgeous Ylan Mui devastating in new outfit as Sully
tries to claim Powell might quit because he’s irritated by senators

Ylan: "Jay Powell is facing some new political pressure ..."
Sully: "Powell has a contract, right ... you can't force him out. He's got a deal. However, as we have seen in the past ... Powell is not immune to political or human pressure, is he? I mean, You can make life uncomfortable enough for him that he may choose to move on on his own. It's not impossible he would leave early, is it?"
Ylan: "Sure. It's certainly not impossible but I would not want to imply that that is the environment that, uh, Democrats are trying to create at this point"
Sully: "You don't have to say it Ylan. We've seen other high-ranking members of Congress tweet about it themselves. It's out there. It's public"

CNBC’s gorgeous Jane Wells stuns on banks of Mississippi

Barge rates "are up a whopping 2,000% above benchmark"

Dee Bosa and Kate Rooney: Pair of CNBC superfoxes

Crypto fraud "still a pretty big issue"

Tyler outlines CNBC’s 3-days-in-office plan; Contessa
has ‘told bosses’ about concerns

Jim Stewart: "The Times is asking everybody to be back 3 days a week. Um, and the Guild ... has balked and said, uh, we're not coming in. ... I'm not in the Guild, you know, but I'm not- I haven't been going in this week either. I just don't want to get in the middle of the fight."
Tyler: "We're sort of on a 3-day-a-week plan as well here, uh, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in, and Fridays and Mondays optional, that sounds- that sounds pretty reasonable."
Jim: "Yeah, I can't object to that ... it is helpful to be with your colleagues."
Contessa: "I'm skeptical, and Tyler, and I've told our bosses this, part of it is that I think you can't put the genie back in the bottle. The- the other thing is, if you look at productivity, and we know that productivity was sustained during work from home, that it necessarily dies if people have to go home to manage their life rather than incorporating work into life at home, and the 3rd thing, and I'm not reading anybody talking about this, but all these companies, Apple, Starbucks, JPMorganChase, Goldman Sachs, have very well-publicized commitments to climate initiatives. I wanna know about this conflict between being concerned about the environmental impact and forcing your workers to undertake in many cases significant commuting challenges in order to just have collaboration and chance encounters at the office."
Jim: "There are so-called 'Writing Rooms' in the Times where people would go in there, close the door, put a do not disturb sign on there, and, and vanish, you know, for the entire day. Now they don't need to be in the office."

Seema Mody & Dee Bosa: Pair of CNBC superfoxes

Dee: "One place ... I'm certain prices are still high — Disneyland"

CNBC’s ultracute Pippa Stevens stuns in black, shorter cut

"Nuclear has long divided ESG people"

CNBC’s gorgeous Seema Mody knee-buckling in new ensemble

"Companies are really struggling on the ground in China ..."

Man in underwear appears in CNBC interview with Kari Firestone

"Both Sorkin and Firestone ignored the blooper in the moment"

CNBC’s gorgeous Dee Bosa devastating in lime after VAC

"I am rested and ready ..."

Died: John O’Brien, 68, led largest independent futures brokerage

Paper: "Earned his trading spurs in the pits of the Chicago Merc starting in 1977, where he dealt mostly in futures for cattle, gold and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index"

CNBCer Jon Najarian sells Chicago home for $1.5 million

Paper: "In Lincoln Park, Najarian and his wife had owned the three-story, 4,200-square-foot Greystone since buying it in 1998 for $975,000. They currently own another house elsewhere in Lincoln Park that they bought in 2008 through a land trust for $1.85 million"

Gorgeous Kristina Partsinevelos stuns in green on Canada Day

"All indices posted weekly losses ..."

Ultracute Pippa Stevens stuns in blue, new hairstyle

"First month of outflows in years" in ESG

Crypto-sight: CNBC’s gorgeous Kate Rooney electrifies Miami

"There's a sense of shock right now" about industry crash

Former CNBCers Gary Kaminsky, Susan Krakower tapped by Magnifi+

Chairman and Chief Creative Officer: "I have seen the value add that Magnifi can provide investors and advisors to break through the clutter" ... "The marketplace wants this kind of targeted content ..."

Startup aims to sell stock trending data for $19.95 a month

Paper: "One Chicago trading veteran, apprised of what Duffy was doing, said he doubted the service could be better than those already commonplace"

Ultracute Pippa Stevens stuns in red, new hairstyle

"Natural gas, surging to the highest since August 2008 ..."

Rahel Solomon joins CNN

"Solomon previously worked as a general news reporter at CNBC, where her reporting appeared on many television and digital programs including The News with Shepard Smith, Halftime Report and Power Lunch. Prior to CNBC Solomon was a morning news anchor for CBS3 in her hometown of Philadelphia, PA"

CNBC’s graphics crew twice botches Warren’s name

But they did get "Berkshire" right

Lee Cooperman salutes Shep Smith’s news show

"I'd like to give a shout-out to, uh, Shepard Smith. You know, I hate these cable stations that are not really news stations anymore, they're advoc- advocacy stations. ... I think I respect him because he's giving the news the way it's been given. Objectively, without an opinion. And that's the way it should be"
Judge: "I'm sure he's tickled by what you just said and that may end up in a promo"
Lee on politics: "I find it totally offensive when the president, who I voted for him, frankly, uh, says that the taxes being paid by rich people are 8% of their income. That's total baloney. He's redefining the tax code, basically. He's including in income unrealized gains. The last time I checked, we had an income tax not a wealth tax ... Unrealized gains are not part of income"
Judge: "They keep talking about it because they think it, it scores political points, for them"

Double grammar botch for CNBC graphics crew

"By the way April has also tended to be stronger uh even than usual when the prior 5 months have been weak, as they kind of have this time, has not lived up to the strongness, uh, that we normally see into April ..."

Anthony Scaramucci on Magnifi: Putin out of office before Biden

"I predict that Vladimir Putin will not outlast Joe Biden. OK, so before Joe Biden leaves office, Vladimir Putin will be long gone, and he'll be a stain on Russian history ..."

Sara Eisen, Joe Kernen at Bengals’ Super Bowl!!

"5 min in the stadium and who do I run into?"

Sara cute checking phone for details on Meta report

"Zuckerberg appeared red-eyed and wore glasses, a person said. Employees were told he might tear up because he'd scratched his eye ..."

Seema Mody devastating in burgundy on ‘The Exchange’

"Companies are already starting to warn Wall Street of the effect of a rising dollar"

Gorgeous Karen Finerman gets virtual kiss from Jamie Dimon

"OK I'll accept it, uh, EC, if you can send over a little video of that for me to keep, please, thank you ... He is the greatest finance executive of our generation, no doubt"

Lauren Thomas scoop: Peloton halting production

"It's now left with thousands of cycles and treadmills sitting in warehouses or on cargo ships, and it needs to reset its inventory levels"

CNBC’s gorgeous Sara Eisen stuns in post-holiday violet

"Energy's the only positive sector right now"

Supercute Pippa Stevens complimented by Kelly on jacket

Kelly: "Pippa Stevens has more over at the commodity desk. Love the blazer, Pippa"
Pippa: "Oh, thank you Kelly, and yes, U.S. oil reversed early losses today and is now in the green for a 7th straight session, that's the longest daily winning streak since February ..."

Supercute Pippa Stevens stuns in navy blue at table

"Solar stocks are selling off ... following regulatory headwinds and ongoing supply chain problems ..."

First cars! Tyler Mathisen, Ron Insana, Mike Farr share stories

Insana: 1979 4-door tan Chevy Nova
Farr: 1969 Chevy Nova
Mathisen: 1969 Chevy Malibu Chevelle, gold, followed by a "horrible yellow Camaro — it had no air conditioning ... it was lemon yellow, and it was a lemon ..."

Gorgeous Rahel Solomon devastating in black leather

"NASA is delaying its initiative to put astronauts back on the moon until 2025 at the earliest"

Drew Brees blitzed by Tyler over how to ‘thread the needle’ between the game and gambling

Kelly: "Joining the NBC family as a broadcaster, working with the sports-betting site PointsBet"
Tyler: "Realize that you've gone to work for our parent company NBC and, and, and welcome to the, welcome to the club. Um, but I wonder how you and NBC thought through the idea of having one of its paid commentators being a major endorser of a gambling, um, uh, product, No. 1, and because we're accustomed as viewers to seeing the broadcasters be in theory, um, journalists covering an event. So how did you think through the appropriateness of that, and how do you intend to thread the needle between covering the game and covering the betting on the game"
Drew: "Uh, what I do as- as an analyst on the- on the show is just give my very open and honest analysis of the games, um, of the players, of the, um, the subject lines, and um, it's- it's- it's very much based on my experience, and, as a, as playing quarterback in the NFL for 20-plus years. And so, I just- you know, I keep it at that. And then really it's, for those who are choosing to, to bet, bet in-game, uh, use the PointBet- PointsBet platform, I think they're taking any, any number of different, uh, avenues, to, to kind of develop their own strategies their own knowledge base in regards to how they wanna bet"
Tyler: "So then, so then let's go to the 2nd question, which is the sponsored segment that Contessa just mentioned, uh, will that involve you directly, is that a halftime feature, what is it, and, and what would your role be on that, I mean, are you gonna be taking apart, OK, right now it's 22-21, and so it looks like the over/under at 45 is in jeopardy here. What it- what- I, I, talk me through that one"
Drew: "Uh, that's- that's usually something that comes up through the course of the broadcast, or- or through the course of the show, and that's kind of a shared subject line between everybody that's- that's on there, and so at times, you'll have different people commenting, or just maybe explaining kinda where that's at. Um, but it's- it's- it's not, it's not necessarily that each one of us are up there, uh, predicting the lines or predicting the yardage, or you know, any of the end game betting topics"
Tyler: "But back to the sponsored segment, what is the sponsored- what is the purpose of the sponsored, or have you even gotten that far down the line. What is- what does the sponsored segment look like in cover"
Drew: "Well I don't think we've gotten that far down the line. Um, but, I- I think if you- I think if you watch obviously Football Night in America or any of the other shows that are in and around Sunday Night Football, or just the coverage of the highlights of the day or what have you, um, those- those topics are mixed in, in different ways"
Tyler: "I guess- I guess what I'm driving at Drew, and- and- and- and we're all admirers of your work, is the- is the difference this is making in the way we, um, we consume the sports product. And, and, it used to be that if, and up to right now, it used to be that if there was reference to gambling, it was often with a wink and a kind of disguised, um, uh, way. Al would say something like, 'Well this field goal is important only to people who blah blah.' It was not explicit. This is a change"
Drew: "Yeah I mean, I- I think that, that sports betting is something that obviously has been much more widely, um, embraced and, uh, accepted, especially, you know, by the NFL in the- in the stance that they've taken, and obviously the, the major networks as well, um, and so you see it become a lot more prevalent. Um, I mean, take a look at the journey that fantasy football has been on over the last 10 years, call it, you know, and the vested interest now that people take in watching games even if it's not necessarily to watch their favorite team or root for their favorite team, it's now because they have this collection of players on their fantasy team that they're rooting for because they're in these fantasy leagues that, you know, um, so I think it's just the next evolution"

The most underrated question on Wall Street:
Who gets my money after I’m gone?

Why determining where to donate money can be as stressful as acquiring it

CNBC superfox Ylan Mui stuns in black at Capitol

"Under the initial plan from the White House, as little as $600 in account transactions over the course of the year could've triggered those new IRS reporting requirements ..."

Sara stuns in pink/orange combo on ‘Closing Bell’

"There's always a risk of a policy mistake. Is the Fed gonna start tightening into a weakening economy?"

Which big-bank CEO has the best picture/portal on corporate site?

The official CNBCfix.com ratings of what these images convey ...

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase: Round frame is a nice touch; image a bit overwhelmed by the larger blue bar above; expression a little less than relaxed; fairly gray for a color photo. Grade: C

James P. Gorman, Morgan Stanley: Curiously elongated information bar; (the bio text is on board of directors page, which includes same photo but oddly b/w with other board members); photo feels a bit forced; size of face is smaller than all other members of exec team on same page; minimal ego, polite, agreeable presentation. Grade: C+

Brian Moynihan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Largest of the photos but proportionally reduced headsize; sense of professionalism, diligence, straightforwardness; least ebullient of the group; rare red text for nameline. Grade: B-

Charles W. Scharf, Wells Fargo: Collection of contrasts; combination neat/casual; youthful smile and graying hair; Silicon Valley-type look for legacy financial institution; implication of intellect. Grade: B

Jane Fraser, Citigroup: Relaxed, confident, energetic, eager to get to work, impossible to dislike; "Can I help you?" not "Go do this"; professional, appealing if conservative colors; perfect dimensions of image. Grade: A

David M. Solomon, Goldman Sachs: Comfortable, engaging, approachable, down to earth; warmest presentation of the group; equally at home with Treasury secretaries or building custodians; talks Libor or NFL playoffs; collar does look a bit trapped and while spacing is fine, font differential between nameline and title is significant. Grade: A+

Seema Mody married! Beams when Tyler,
Kelly make wonderful announcement

Kelly: "Are you on the honeymoon? What's goin' on?"
Seema: "No honeymoon. Not the right time, everything that's happening. But we'll get there. Sometime this fall or winter. We'll take that vacation. And celebrate. We're super happy"
Tyler: "We love you and we are happy that you are in love as well (Kelly claps)"
Seema: "Thank you, thanks so much"

CNBC graphics crew struggles with grammar

Eamon: "Potential good news there for airline passengers, especially since I'm gonna be on a flight this afternoon. That's good to know"

CNBC offers new definition of the term ‘phone poll’

"Scott, I feel like that could've happened to any of us"

Kristina Partsinevelos debuts on CNBC

Welcomed by Sara, Wilf on 5/19 "Closing Bell": "I'm excited; this is my first-ever hit"
CNBCfix review: Impressive enthusiasm, a little bouncy, one of the more animated Market Flashes in recent memory
"Rapid Fire" debut, 5/20, heard someone at party touting ethereum: "I was at a party, and we were talking about this, and, uh, somebody at the party just said think of ether like a giant foundation, a platform, where you can keep building applications, you can keep providing smart contracts, you- it's gonna be the center of decentralized finance ... bitcoin on the other hand doesn't offer that platform"
Kelly: "My husband is a TikTok star ... you know, big in the insurance world"

Sleepy debut for ‘TechCheck’

With the TV business, like so many others, still in work-from-home mode, it seems a little odd to be launching a new show.

CNBC tried to convince viewers that's the case on Monday (4/12/21), when Carl Quintanilla, Dierdre Bosa, Jon Fortt and later Julia Boorstin ushered in "Tech Check" at 11 a.m. Eastern.

The show was indistinguishable from "Squawk Alley" and most other CNBC content. The premiere edition included exclusives with 3 decent Silicon Valley gets — Pat Gelsinger, Dara Khosrowshahi and Reid Hoffman. Fine, but the big get came earlier on a different CNBC show — Satya Nadella discussing the MSFT-NUAN deal.

“What a news day, uh, to kick off our premiere,” said Carl Quintanilla. Jon Fortt said of MSFT-NUAN, “This is exactly the kind of story that we are centered on here on Tech Check, the meaning behind it.” Sounds good, but the crew spent 8 minutes out of the hour on this subject, hardly opining on it themselves and bringing no outsiders in to say whether it's a good deal or a bust.

There were no noticeable sponsors indicated in the graphics, and there were no analysts nor print journalists nor tech fund investors on this episode.

Carl Quintanilla in his opening remarks described the show as "Our new show about the busines of technology." Dee Bosa followed up with, "We will also be covering the biggest stories and opportunities for investors." It's safe to say that's what's been happening in this time slot for about the last 31 years.

Pat Gelsinger, the first guest, billed as "exclusive" by Jon Fortt, played along, telling Fortt, "Great to be on the inauguration of, uh, 'Tech Check,' uh, with you." Fortt correctly asked what Gelsinger wanted to hear from the White House in the semiconductor meeting. Gelsinger said he wants to see "funding" for the CHIPS Act. We're not sure how successful industries need government investments to compete with China, but we're guessing that whatever Gelsinger wanted to hear, he heard.

At the 13-minute mark, Quintanilla requested what every new CNBC show asks for — tweets. "We wanna hear from you. We're gonna solicit views from viewers," Quintanilla said. What a surprise. Later in the show, they read off a batch and actually went through them too quickly for viewers to see what each one said. The question was, Which tech stories aren't being covered enough? Zzzzzzzzzz.

CNBC has been using the name "Tech Check" for years as a series of daily online snippets, usually not much more than 1-minute long, in which Bosa or another West Coast correspondent rattles off the day's Silicon Valley headlines. Bosa on Monday indicated those types of features will continue. "Tech Check is not just a 1-hour show here on CNBC. It is a brand that will have a full digital presence online," Bosa said. Is it possible for something online to have a half-full digital presence?

1.5 stars out of 4

Died: Jack Sandner, 79, chaired CME in 1980s, ’90s

"In 1997, he announced a revolutionary plan: allowing traders to use the internet to send orders for futures contracts directly to the trading floor"

Tyler Mathisen refers to Nancy’s tearing of speech

Marc Morial: "Let's recognize some fundamental rules of engagement"
Tyler: "The rules of political behavior, uh, seem to have been, uh, in decline for some time ... I'm not pointing fingers at any particular individual or group of individuals ... Just to make the point one more time before we go. I don't wanna point fingers at any indi- at any one individual. But I will say this. Uh, behaviors, whether they are rhetorical, or they are things like tearing up the, uh, State of the Union Address on the podium, uh, in the House of Representatives, that is poor political behavior. I'll leave it there"

Gorgeous Meg Tirrell is deemed ‘MVP of CNBC’

Guy Adami, "Fast Money" of 12/23: "I don't know what a yeoman, is, Mel, I have no idea, but Meg Tirrell has done absolute yeoman's work over the last 9 months on the back of everything that's going on, singlehandedly. Good for Meg"
Melissa Lee: "She is the MVP of CNBC, that's for sure"

Double Black Friday: Gorgeous Ylan & Kelly on ‘The Exchange’

"McKinsey estimates that students could lose on average between 60 and 80 thousand dollars in lifetime earnings because of this disruption"

Anyone for Barunch? CNBC can’t spell contributor’s name

"I'm bullish longer term, but I expect volatility to continue"

CNBC graphics crew has trouble spelling ‘restaurateur’

"It's gonna be brutal to not know how to plan"

Double birthday!! Sara & Wilf!!!

Wilf: Also shared by Bill Griffeth, Brian Steel, "Mrs. Quintanilla"

Fireworks on July 2: Gorgeous Jane Wells live from Alhambra

"They're runnin' out of inventory here ..."

Marcus Lemonis takes big loss on suburban Chicago mansion

7-bedroom, Georgian-style home sells for $3.65 million, bought for $4.9 million
Paper: "Lemonis ... also sold an adjoining 1-acre lot Wednesday to the same buyers for $1 million. Lemonis paid $1.65 million for the lot in 2013. In total, Lemonis lost nearly $2 million on the two properties, which means he sold them for a combined loss of 29% relative to what he had paid in total in 2013"

AOC trounces MCC

Apparently won't have to wait for mail-in count

‘Joseph’: Tensions boil between Joe Kernen, Andrew Ross Sorkin

Joe: "You panicked about the market, you panicked about COVID, you panicked bout the ventilators, you panicked about the PPE, you panicked about ever going out again"
Andrew: "One hundred thousand people died. One hundred thousand people died, Joe, and all you did was try to help your friend the President. Every single morning on this show. You abused your position"

CNBC’s Aditi Roy beams when Kelly asks about Emmy

Kelly: "A baby girl, right ... I'm looking, is that an Emmy over your shoulder"
Aditi: "OK, there's a big story behind that because I had been nominated when I was in local news, I can't tell you, I think about 10 times, and never won, I was the Susan Lucci of the Philadelphia news Emmys, and I finally won ... And I did have a baby girl back in November"
Kelly: "You look great, it's good to see you, congrats"

CNBC’s gorgeous Rahel Solomon on fire on ‘Worldwide Exchange’

"The company did not want to discuss the impact the coronavirus is having on its bottom line"

Sara’s winter fashion show: Eisen gorgeous in Davos

"Why the New York Times is partnering with Facebook — but not Apple ..."

What in the world is a ‘streat’?

Maybe cross between "street" and "streak"?

Twins!!! CNBC’s Melissa Lee welcomes baby boy, girl

Guy Adami: "Happy to report she had very healthy twins, a boy and a girl"
Karen Finerman: "Melissa, we are so delighted for you. I mean it's the best news possible"

Rousing standing ovation for CNBC superstar Bill Griffeth

Tyler: "It's impossible to overstate what Bill means to CNBC ... He is simply put, the best communicator I've ever seen"
Bill: "I so appreciate the, the interest. I couldn't do this cold turkey. So, you know, CNBC and especially President Mark Hoffman have been so kind to allow me to transition to this new, uh, time, of being anchor at large"
Sue: "You know what they say about CNBC. It's like the Hotel California. You can check out, but you never leave. You never leave"

CNBC’s gorgeous Rahel Solomon breathtaking in stripes

"Yet another tough day in fact for crude oil ..."

How to make graphics fill the line: repeat words

Early morning stumble for Sully's crew

CNBC’s devastating Hadley Gamble spends day at EC

Aramco: "Internally, there are a lot of questions about whether they'll reach that 2 trillion valuation ..."

Kelly Evans hasn’t heard of pair of lingerie upstarts

Courtney: "You know, you've got ThirdLove, and Adore Me and all of these other startups in the lingerie category"
Kelly: "I've never even heard of those, are those direct-"
Courtney: "... It's actually pretty hard to make a really good bra. Uh, you have to work really, really hard at that"

Casual Tuesday: Seema Mody spectacularly gorgeous in jeans

"There's really no timeline for that U.S. infrastructure bill..."

Royal superfox: CNBC’s Dee Bosa gorgeous in blue jacket

"Uber's results didn't just miss, but they look particularly ugly next to Lyft's big beat"

CNBC’s Morgan Brennan stuns in red at Post 9

Easily handles long day with Sara off

Arthur Laffer, 78, bestowed with Medal of Freedom by Trump

President: "I've heard and studied the Laffer curve for many years. A very important thing you did, Art"
David Stockman: "He more than any single living person is responsible for the GOP's cowardly betrayal of its historic commitment to fiscal rectitude ... the greatest Fake Economist to ever come down the pike"
Jay Inslee: "Laffer is the last person who deserves a Medal of Freedom"
Bloomberg lede: "History hasn't exactly put the 'Laffer Curve' on a pedestal"
Kansas: Paid $75,000 to advise Sam Brownback on cuts, "led to job growth far below expectations and a massive budget shortfall"
Holtz-Eakin: "Academics like to sneer because he's not an academic researcher ... We've never had a real-world experiment like the one he discussed"
Jared Bernstein: Probably the most influential economist living today ... convincing politicians that tax cuts will pay for themselves ... "None of that has occurred"
Larry Kudlow: Championed award, heard saying "yee-haw" after supply-side kudos

Dee Bosa & Leslie Picker: Pair of CNBC superfoxes

"The reason that Uber has been able to raise 20-billion-plus dollars in the private market is that investors also, this is the bull case, look at the total addressable market, right"

CNBCers forget spell-check

Text appeared at least twice

CNBC’s Contessa Brewer stuns in sharp cut, jacket

Lights up "Rapid Fire" on Kelly Evans' "The Exchange": "If you see 'plane crash' and 'Boeing' in the same sentence all over social media, it's a real- this is a, a problem of crisis and communications for this company"

30 years!!! CNBCers give Sue Herera sensational standing ovation

Newsroom rises; Bill presents cake
Tyler: "Today is a special day. We celebrate Sue's 30th anniversary with CNBC."
Sue: "Thank you so much guys. I'm very touched. All right, you're gonna make me cry."
Melissa: "Look at the newsroom, I mean, really, rarely does this happen, Sue. All for you."
Sue: "You know what's also very rare, in any business, but especially I think in the broadcast business, where you get to work with so many lovely people."
Tyler: "There is no one better. There is no one nicer. What the viewer sees, the viewer gets. You are a gem."
Sue: "Thank you to the viewers for sticking with us, you know for all of those years."
Sue: "I had NO idea ...!!!"

Sensationally gorgeous: Camera over shoulder
of Joumanna Bercetche in London

"It's been a big couple of days as far as trade and trade narrative is concerned"

Gorjus mom Sara beams with son Sam in TV debut

Family day at NYSE

Family surprises David Faber in spectacular Post 9 moment

The man of the hour: "That picture with the glasses is just, holy cow. ... If you keep your hair, no offense to anybody, and it doesn't change color that much, you really don't age that much. At some point, it may catch up with me. ... Thanks to everybody for being here today. Nik Deogun. Samantha Wright, my longtime producer who came down today. Brian Steel ... Oh my God, my wife and my son are here! And my daughter! I'm not gonna cry ..."
Carl's incredibly gracious tribute: "David, you may not cry, but I'm about to. ... As long as they know that as proud as they are to have you as their husband and dad, that's how proud we are to work with you every day, David"

Nik’s gone consulting

"In today's world, every company is in some ways a media company with its own story to tell, not only through traditional media channels but also directly. Understanding how to tell that story responsibly and engagingly is similar to the challenge journalism faces"
Not many specifics as far as CNBC accomplishments in Hoffman memo: "This is a tremendous opportunity for Nik, a testament to his management and leadership skills and an acknowledgment of the extraordinary contributions he has made to help build the CNBC brand and business. Nik brought well-honed journalistic chops and integrity, commercial instincts, and an exceptional work ethic to his time here"

Astoundingly gorgeous travelers in Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
‘Sunny’ ad are Shir Elmaliach, Sian Welby

"The video uses Instagram's stories aesthetics as it follows the two when they travel together in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. ... The main theme in the campaign is the Israeli sun, with Boney M's 'Sunny' played in the background"

Photographers mesmerized by Chrystia en route to podium

Canadian conservative: "The Mexicans simply outhustled us"

MCC marks 20 years at CNBC!

Michelle starts story: "I'm interviewing at CNBC 20 years ago ..."
Bill continues: "... I walk into the office, there's the boss with a young lady who says, 'My grandfather loves you'"
Michelle finishes: "And I'm sitting here with Bill Griffeth today. It is an honor. Fantastic."

Lee Cooperman moved by extraordinary
Wall Street tributes read on CNBC

Scott Wapner: "I also reached out to some of, uh, the heavyweights if you will of- of this business, uh, to get sort of their thoughts on, on what you've meant to the industry ... Mario Gabelli, who ... stuck with you through thick and thin, writes to me, 'After Lee started his firm in the early '90s, he would grill me on stocks that he thought I had a core competency in. It was as though I was his younger teammate. He still does that.' Uh, David Tepper, uh, wrote to me, 'I knew Lee from when he headed an investment committee at Goldman Sachs I was on, and I always considered him one of the all-time great stock-pickers.' David Einhorn says, uh, 'Lee has boundless energy, is a fantastic storyteller with a long memory and has an anecdote for every situation. But even more he has a heart of golden generosity. He is a terrific example for everyone in my generation.' Uh, Lee when- when you hear that, I'm wondering what you think"
Lee: "Well, it brings tears to my eyes. … Shouldn't do that to me. Not in a public arena"
Trump's trade: "I think it's very dangerous, I think he's on the wrong track, and I hope he backs off"
SEC: "One of my cause celebre maybe in my next life will be to get a losing-party-pays legal system. Believe me, if losing party pays, I would've gone to trial"

David Lynch, 72: Trump ‘could
go down as one of the greatest presidents’

"He has disrupted the thing so much. No one is able to counter this guy in an intelligent way"
Backpedals: "Unfortunately, if you continue as you have been, you will not have a chance to go down in history as a great president. This would be very sad it seems for you — and for the country. You are causing suffering and division"

Graduation gift: CNBC’s Seema Mody speaks to alma mater

"When I sat in your seat many years ago, I knew exactly what I was going to be — a star doctor, perhaps a dermatologist. I had acne growing up, so I thought it would be a good way to give free samples and solve the problem ... I started to realize this may not be for me, but I stuck it out ... I had to let go of my dream of practicing medicine ... After a couple of stops, I found my true calling in journalism"
Pals: "Friendships matter. Having the right friendships matter even more"
Bitcoin reporter: "I did not let my limited knowledge of a certain subject stop me from saying yes to a certain opportunity"
Tributes: "Mrs. Johnson taught me how to write and inspired me to study the English language through teaching of Shakespeare ... Mr. Johnson in the math department still doesn't have very much hair ... He is amazing — relentless, but in a good way ... Mr. Braun taught me how to embrace different religions and see life through different cultural lenses. Plus he taught me how to laugh at corny jokes — that's very important"

Triple-cute: Sara, MCC, Missy wear sneakers on ‘Power Lunch’

Doesn't mean we have to forget about heels

Gorgeous Hadley Gamble relaxes on set in Russia

Sizzling in St. Petersburg

CNBCfix review: When the Wolves Bite could stand a protein shake

"Wapner, accidentally it seems, at times draws a beautiful contrast of America's wealth hierarchy. ... But that's below the surface. Unwilling to opine, Wapner fails to find a voice"

Larry Kudlow, You’re hired

"A thought that I have is the United States could lead a coalition of large trading partners and allies against China, or to let China know that they're breaking the rules left and right. That's the way I'd like to see. You call it a sort of a trade coalition of the willing"
Hoffman statement: "Larry's been part of the fabric of CNBC since our founding in 1989. We thank him for his many contributions and wish him well."
Emotional appreciation: "I talked to Mark today; it's extremely kind. Um, the last 25 years of my life has been tied up with CNBC, which changed my life, changed my profession, um, and has been a family to me, and however this thing works out, it will be God's will, uh, if there's an opportunity when my service is complete, I hope very much to come back and help CNBC. It is my family and it has changed my life. CNBC also years back gave me a 2nd chance after my crash and burn ... I love this place"
New York Times: "Mr. Kudlow’s selection startled some in the West Wing, who were unaware it was happening ... latest move by Mr. Trump to surround himself with loyalists ... Stock markets, which have been rattled by the White House tariffs, did not react positively to news of Mr. Kudlow's appointment on Wednesday. ... Mr. Kudlow criticized the president after the emergence of the 'Access Hollywood' tape in October 2016. He later re-endorsed him, but Mr. Trump, who nurses grudges, was angry for some time, according to people close to him"
Bloomberg: "He cited a source — who he hinted was Trump — telling him that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'has been on the phone with the president' making concessions on NAFTA negotiations 'hand over fist.' ... Earlier this month, he wrote a column for CNBC describing the president's tariffs as 'a regressive tax on low-income families.' ... In December 2007, he was arguing there was no recession and that the 'Bush boom continues' ... warned in 2010 that former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen would usher in a new era of higher inflation"
Politico: "Trump offered the job to Kudlow over the phone Tuesday night while Kudlow was at dinner at Cipriani restaurant in Manhattan ... During the call, Trump said he was seeing Kudlow's photo on television and told him: 'You're looking handsome, Larry.' ... Kudlow's television presence is part of the reason Trump wanted him for the job, according to a senior White House official. Trump regularly complains that he does not have enough talented people making the case for his policies on television."
Wall Street Journal: "Grew up in a Republican family in northern New Jersey's upwardly mobile suburbs, became a leader of the antiwar movement during the Vietnam War"
Jerry Bowyer, 2013: "Larry's fundamental commitment was to optimism, not to free market capitalism ... producers calling and saying 'Larry's looking for the optimism case.' Larry putting formerly optimistic guests 'in the penalty box' for not providing it. Larry dropping good thinkers with good minds when they turned pessimistic."
Associated Press: "He converted from Judaism to Catholicism, according to a 2000 interview with the religious magazine Crisis. After graduating as a history major from the University of Rochester in 1969, he worked on Democratic campaigns in New York. But he evolved into a committed Republican ... Customarily attired in narrow-lapelled suits, Kudlow has relied on the same Savile Row-trained, New York-based tailor, Leonard Logsdail, for 26 years. Logsdail said Kudlow still wears some of the first suits he made for him. 'He does take care of them,' the tailor said."

Dan DiMicco tells Sully, ‘You’re dead wrong’

Sully: "Dan, you know better than anybody. China is not that big of an importer of steel to the United States"
Dan: "That's where you're dead wrong"
Sully: "They're 11th"
Dan: "Is this Brian?"
Sully: "Yes it is"
Dan: "Brian, you're dead wrong on that"
Sully: "I'm not just wrong- how am I dead wrong. They're 11th"
Dan: "Those are the kind of numbers people throw out when they're trying to make a distorted point because they don't want to see what's going on for the American people. OK, here's the real deal. China's overcapacity is huge ... Just because we've won some trade cases against China in the short term that has cut back on their direct shipments of steel, doesn't mean that the steel that they are making isn't going into other countries and forcing them to sh- to move their products that they were selling in other countries in the world (sic last 3 words redundant) now into the United States"
Sully: "Dan my numbers- I just wanna be clear for the audience. I mean, my numbers are from the U.S. government"
Dan: "But they don't include the trans-shipping, they don't include the impact ..."

Claudia Cardinale, 79, attends funeral for Mireille Darc

Alain Delon also on hand

Wilfred Frost estimates Tuesday’s suit cost $700

Wilf: "I don't know, 700"
Kelly: "I didn't know if you're gonna go for it. Explosive information!"
Wilf: "I don't know exactly. ... It's not super expensive"
Kelly: "Maybe not for your job. But for a suit, in general, you know, not that I know; I don't know these things"

CNBC struggles with 2 words in early morning graphic

But Carolin show-stopping in magenta

Bust

Sully: "Friendly with many of us … Anthony obviously giving perhaps an unfortunate interview to the New Yorker magazine's Ryan Lizza in which he, uh, used some choice language … maybe the most short-lived tenure of any communications director in the White House"
Melissa: "Remember that initial White House press briefing in which he took the lectern and basically wowed a lot of people, they really thought that, uh, Scaramucci had done an excellent job, that initial day, uh, and then it seemed to be sort of a descent from there"
Tyler: "This sounds like, Mr. Scaramucci, meet General Kelly. Mr. General Kelly, meet Mr. Scaramucci. And that does sounds like it did not go well"
Kayla: "You can bet that this is going to be toward the top of the list of the questions that (Sarah Huckabee Sanders) will be receiving … His appointment in the beginning ruffled feathers … at first the president really liked it, but then when Anthony Scaramucci became the story … reports in Page 6 in the New York Post about his family drama"
John Harwood: "The likeliest scenario, that, uh this is something that John Kelly, uh, who means to impose discipline on the White House staff, uh, insisted upon … Obviously in any normal White House, he would've been fired as soon as that interview took place"
Kayla: Kelly "is definitely not someone that if you are in the White House you want to be messing with"
Tony Fratto: "You can't parachute into those jobs any more than I can parachute into being a hedge fund manager"
Melissa: "It's simply bad judgment isn't it"
Pat Buchanan: Kelly "basically was repelled by what Scaramucci said and the way he said it … and he exercised immediate and swift and decisive command … I think it's an extremely healthy sign of the potential of the general ... his first step was dramatic and impressive and correct"
Sully: "President Obama went through 4 chiefs of staff in 4 years … and that was a record by the way"
John: "This is, um, a disorderly White House from the top, and that's really the problem"
Sully: "Robert Costa tweeting right now saying uh that uh apparently according to his sources the president did not like the vulgarity in the New Yorker article … He does not drink, he does not smoke, he does not necessarily curse … "

CNBC struggles to correctly spell ‘Lloyd’

"Judge" Scott Wapner: "They are likely watching uh right now"

Lookalike stunners: MCC & Danielle DiMartino Booth

Oops: In dovishness debate, Steve Liesman twice calls Danielle "Diane"
Tweet: "Agree w/ your growth comments … BTW: Green (as in dress, not $) looked great"
Danielle: "Much obliged. Green is for GO and yet the Fed said so little"

Kelly’s getting married! Flowers on ‘Closing Bell’

Nuptials on Saturday
Bill: "I only found out myself last hour ... you guys are a match made in heaven"
Kelly: "This is so nice ... This is beautiful. I feel like everybody watching has sort of seen me grow up in many ways, so, thank you all for being part of the journey … I love working down here by the way. These guys, and gals, are fantastic ..."

CNBC’s gorjus Carolin Roth stuns in stripes

Devastating morning on "Street Signs"

Wow! Sara in maroon on ‘Worldwide Exchange’

Early morning news bombshell

Uh-oh — someone at CNBC forgot to type the main info here

They should come up with a better strategy for dummy text

CNBC’s Louisa Bojesen: ‘I never go on dates’

Louisa: "Front of the FT this morning, they make a point with a big picture of the Shard, saying the Shard has defied the doubters as setting record rents for the South Bank. Here's like a little picture of the Shard, so it's a huge building in London-"
Seema Mody: "Have you ever been up there?"
Louisa: "I haven't. Have you been?"
Seema: "I hear it's a great date spot"
Louisa: "Really?"
Seema: "Yeah, I'm told"
Louisa: "I wouldn't know. I don't know. I never go on dates"

Bill Griffeth: Sara and I didn’t coordinate purple attire

Bill: "This was not planned. Yes, we match, but it was nothing"
Sara: "We're just so in synch. We don't even have to tell each other"

Blue & golden: Seema Mody & Nancy Hulgrave on ‘Worldwide’

CNBC producer in spotlight in Madrid

Seema Mody in stripes

CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" ends week on a high note

CNBC’s Carolin Roth mesmerizes in Europe

Stanchart interview closes with a visual flourish (above)

CNBCfix review: Al Michaels’ book leaves the drama on the field

Other than digs at Cosell and Esiason, "Miracle" man prefers compliments to controversy
The contenders: Gowdy, Scully, Buck, Costas, Nantz, Cosell ... is Al Michaels
the greatest sportscaster of all time?

CNBC contributor Rich Ilczyszyn, 46, dies

Family: "Rich had a love for life as well as an appreciation for the fragility of it. He always encouraged others to live fully and spend time with those they love and hold dear. iiTrader is a testament to Rich's inherent creativity and resilience. iiTrader will continue to innovate and move forward"

Bill Fleckenstein slams interview with Jackie DeAngelis

"The certainty with which the woman that I got interviewed by this week sees the future, and the need to be involved in stocks is rather remarkable since most talking heads don’t know anything about investing"
Still waiting: Article notes no sign of short fund promised since late 2013

CNBCfix review: Excitement in backwardation in Secret Club

Kate Kelly's dry account of commodities world fails to pose an important airline question

Mark of celebration: Hoffman leads rousing cheers at CNBC

"There's been a lot of highlights ... I would say the proudest I was of the organization, was in the- leading up to the financial crisis in 2008, and the year or year and a half or so that followed it, I felt like, as if all of the hard work that had gone into building the organization over the first 20-plus years, or so, had really paid off ... I was so proud of the way CNBC not only reported the story, but the way they treated the seriousness of those events"
Tears: "Do I see a little moisture in your eyes, Tyler?"

 
 
 

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera:
‘Paul Tudor Jones said out loud what we all know to be anecdotally true,’ Karen Finerman is ‘exception that proves the rule’

Karen Finerman: "Well my first response was I just could not believe he said it. And so I, I wanted to make sure that I had it right, and I went and I looked at the video, and of course you just showed it, so yes, he said it, and, uh, I, I, I know, I know that he's apologized, that he didn't mean to offend anyone, and I believe he was saying it, he was- an attempt to be very candid, I can't believe also that he didn't think that will- would never get out, but it's sort of- I mean on so many levels, it makes me wonder, 1, what if you don't nurse, do you not then have that- are you, do you keep your judgment then if you don't nurse. That's sort of something that popped into my head"
Amanda Drury: "And also, is he also saying that global macro traders that are guys are not great dads because they're always off 24/7 on the phone trading stuff"
Karen Finerman: "Right, I just- I don't really accept that premise either. If you are a mother, I really sort of do wonder, how long this would knock you off your game for. And, it, I don't know, on so many levels, I know so many women, far more successful than I, who have done an extraordinary job of raising kids, and also, uh, you know, trading, trading their books"
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera: "I think Paul Tudor Jones said out loud what we all know to be anecdotally true. That women, it's not that they don't have the ability, it's just, if they have a child, priorities tend to change. It takes up a lot of time. A child is a huge, huge commitment. And so-"
Amanda Drury: "And not necessarily a bad thing"
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera: "It's not necessarily a bad thing, he's not saying that, that they can't do it, it's just, it gets a lot tougher. Priorities often change. And I think Karen, you are awesome, but you are the exception I think that proves the rule. Let's face it: How many other women are on 'Fast Money.' I mean when you look at the breakdown of people- when you look at the breakdown of people who are on CNBC. It's a guys-and-ties network. I mean let's not kid anybody!"
Karen Finerman: "Yes I hear you-"
Brian Sullivan ridiculously removes tie: "Here we go, no more guys in ties"
Karen Finerman: "Let me just add 1 thing"
Brian Sullivan: "I don't wanna get accused of dodging the conversation. All right, I know hedge fund managers that have what they call the large-house indicator. Right. What they say is, if they have an investment manager, or a fellow hedge fund manager, whatever, that starts to build a new mansion, they will often times use that- or CEO of a company, they'll use that as a negative and either get out of it or trim, because building a home is a year-long process, takes a lot of energy, you're not focused on what you're doing. So I don't think just has to be about gender. If you've got any big undertaking you take on, that reduces your focus. I'm not defending what he said-"
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera: "Except this happens to be about having babies for women, which is just a huge thing in, in most women's life"
Brian Sullivan: "If I was a hedge fund manager and a CEO of a company bought a 200-foot yacht, I would sell the shares of that company probably short that next day"
Karen Finerman: "I mean also there's the private plane indicator, you get the private plane, you're not hungry anymore, then you don't care. I, I don't really buy that, I think it also makes the case that women don't have the judgment to know, after they've had a baby, whether or not they are still interested in being in the game. Now that may be his experience, and I believe him when he says that's what he's found to be true, and he gave a couple examples of a, you know, two women from Maryland the '70s, he probably has more recent examples than that, but is he just open to the possibility, the possibility, that maybe it's not true, that there will never be just as many women investors as men, never, period, end of story. Isn't it possible?"
Amanda Drury: "And the other thing is Karen, and you've touched on this, I mean, we would've said in the past, it would've been decades, maybe not even so long ago, we would've said that we can't have a good female doctor, she can't possibly be on call because she's got to be at home feeding her child at night. Right?"
Karen Finerman: "And now look. Now look, there are just as many women, or maybe it's about the same number of women graduating from medical school as men and you're right, years and years ago, that was thought as an impossibility"

CNBC asks Dennis Gartman if he called Buffett an ‘idiot’

Commodities king laughs off report, calls Oracle's 45% loss "inexcusable ... poor trading"
Told Brent Hunsberger of Oregonian in June: ‘Warren Buffett is an idiot’
Responded to reader critics at Oregonian site: "Last year I did indeed lose money... 2%.
Other than that, for the previous 14 years I've averaged about +12%, with 22% as my best year.
... I'm also long of Goldman Sachs and Loews while short of Berkshire Hathaway for the past
two months, and have added to that trade along the way as the profits have built up."
Ignored? Days later, CNBCfix was only media site to pick up jaw-dropping Oregonian story
Jeff Macke on BRK-B short: "Congratulations to Dennis Gartman, who saw this coming"

Time to put Yankees-Mets, Cubs-White Sox in same divisions

CNBCfix exclusive: Baseball needs to scrap "leagues" and give fans intra-city rivalries

CNBCfix review: 1 hour not nearly enough for Burnett in Africa

Overreaching documentary shows strengths, weaknesses of anchor, could use Tim Seymour

Does New York Times believe its own ‘Weekender’ ad?

One sentence by arrogant chap deserves scrutiny for puffery at the expense of logic

CNBCfix review: ‘Oprah Effect’ is missing one thing: Oprah

Carl Quintanilla has some interesting stories, but lacks comment from Queen of Talk herself

Couple did ‘3 months of due diligence’ before investing with Stanford

CNBCfix review: Scott Cohn's "Secrets of the Knight" has good but unfocused material

CNBCfix review: ‘Run for the Roses’ feels like a one-trick pony

Outsourced CNBC original with Melissa Francis mostly seems like promo for NBC broadcast

CNBCfix review: Darren Rovell makes the sale in ‘As Seen on TV’

Doesn't dig as deep into infomercial ads as it could, but cuts like a Ginsu knife

Three reasons why NFL Draft is bad for players, fans, league

CNBCfix exclusive: It doesn't provide "competitive balance," but manipulates stars

CNBCfix (slightly) makes the news — in the lede graf!

All from Jared Bernstein's fee: Consider Tony Paradiso a must-read at nashuatelegraph.com

Maxim apparently gives Michelle Caruso-Cabrera the cold shoulder

Becky Quick, Erin Burnett, Trish Regan appear to make hot list, with nod to Maria Bartiromo

Margaret Brennan receives 2009 Young Leaders Irish Spirit Award

(Ex-)CNBC reporter/Arabic scholar/beauty praised by philanthropic American Ireland Fund

CNBCfix review: David Faber’s ‘House of Cards’ a home run

Impressive documentary of mortgage collapse will appeal to the pros and the laymen

CNBCfix review: ‘Marijuana Inc.’ weeds out a lot of context

Lackluster documentary is decent, but Trish Regan puts on a fashion show

Cruise line trades access for advertising in ‘Cruise Inc.’

CNBC travel correspondent Peter Greenberg digs into Norwegian Pearl's financials

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