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May 26, 2012

Are Olbermann and Matthews going to CNBC?

by Bob Sassone, posted Oct 19th 2006 4:33PM

CNBCAs an addendum to what Rich reported earlier today, Broadcasting & Cable says something at the end of this piece that I thought was rather odd: NBC Universal might make MSNBC an all taped show/magazine format, and move Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews - the only two people who really have any buzz on the network - over to CNBC.

Hmmm...

Actually, at first I thought this was silly, but if you think about it, it makes sense. MSNBC is going more and more towards the documentaries and taped shows, so moving a lot of the news programs over to CNBC would be a good move. It could build up CNBC to what it once was, make their schedule stronger, and fit in better.

[via Romenesko]

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Chris

What, no more Donnie Deutsch? That's going to make his two viewers REALLY angry!

October 23 2006 at 4:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jimmy

Actually, the smart thing to do would be to dump CNBC and utilize the economies of scale already associated with MSNBC to make it better. Why waste money on two mediocre networks when they can merge and become a better network? That's NBC for ya.

October 20 2006 at 1:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
const

yeah, the wall street crowd are going to love tuning into these guys with all their doom and gloom.

October 20 2006 at 9:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brent

It sounds like MSNBC will be the Discovery Channel of news. That is an alternative to opinion/debate/live news. Might as well be different and get different type of users. Sounds interesting.

Olbermann and a capitalist TV station does not go together. But you see where this is going. FOXNews is getting a business station next year.

I do enjoy reading news on the news.

October 19 2006 at 6:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

I think this is lame.

Why not move all the stock / new shows from CNBC to MSNBC. Everyone knows MSNBC is news, CNBC is just random repeat shit after the stocks close.

But whatever as long as Countdown lives.

October 19 2006 at 5:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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