NEW YORK -- News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday night hailed the Fox Business Network as a channel that will celebrate the success of American business and the triumph of the free market.
Murdoch, speaking at the circa 15 B.C. Egyptian Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the nine-day-old network, said that American business is held up as the standard for ethics and freedom around the world.
"Not that you'd know that from much of the business coverage," Murdoch said in reference to the rival CNBC that Murdoch is challenging with Fox Business.
He said Fox Business still will cover scandal in the business world, though.
"We'd be just as tough as anyone in protecting investors," Murdoch said. But he added that Fox Business will celebrate free markets and business success.
Murdoch praised the launch of the channel, which was spearheaded by Fox News and Fox Television Stations chief Roger Ailes along with executive vp Kevin Magee, senior vp Brian Jones, host/managing editor Neil Cavuto and vp business news Alexis Glick.
Murdoch, speaking at the circa 15 B.C. Egyptian Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the nine-day-old network, said that American business is held up as the standard for ethics and freedom around the world.
"Not that you'd know that from much of the business coverage," Murdoch said in reference to the rival CNBC that Murdoch is challenging with Fox Business.
He said Fox Business still will cover scandal in the business world, though.
"We'd be just as tough as anyone in protecting investors," Murdoch said. But he added that Fox Business will celebrate free markets and business success.
Murdoch praised the launch of the channel, which was spearheaded by Fox News and Fox Television Stations chief Roger Ailes along with executive vp Kevin Magee, senior vp Brian Jones, host/managing editor Neil Cavuto and vp business news Alexis Glick.
- 10/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Fox Business Network is going digital two weeks before launching on cable to challenge CNBC.
Foxbusiness.com will launch Monday on the Web, two weeks ahead of its Oct. 15 TV launch date on at least 30 million households nationwide.
The early glimpse won't be the finished product of the business channel's Web site. It will instead offer video clips, blogs and biographies of the major on-air talent that viewers will see on Fox Business Network. That includes Neil Cavuto, senior vp business news, and Alexis Glick, vp business news.
Other faces of the business network will be featured in 30-second promos available on the site. They include Cheryl Casone, Rebecca Gomez, Dagen McDowell, Stuart Varney, Jeff Flock and Cody Williard.
Foxbusiness.com will launch Monday on the Web, two weeks ahead of its Oct. 15 TV launch date on at least 30 million households nationwide.
The early glimpse won't be the finished product of the business channel's Web site. It will instead offer video clips, blogs and biographies of the major on-air talent that viewers will see on Fox Business Network. That includes Neil Cavuto, senior vp business news, and Alexis Glick, vp business news.
Other faces of the business network will be featured in 30-second promos available on the site. They include Cheryl Casone, Rebecca Gomez, Dagen McDowell, Stuart Varney, Jeff Flock and Cody Williard.
- 9/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Fox Business Network on Wednesday named anchors and other on-air personalities to the burgeoning business news channel, which launches nationwide next month.
David Asman, Cheryl Casone, Rebecca Gomez, Dagen McDowell and Stuart Varney will all have anchor jobs at the new channel. So too will Brenda Buttner and Terry Keenan, who along with Asman host business-related programs on the Fox News Channel.
All of them will stay connected to Fox News Channel as well, the network said.
When the channel launches Oct. 15, it will draw from those correspondents and anchors as well as Fox News veteran Neil Cavuto and business news director Alexis Glick, who came to Fox News from NBC News.
Asman hosts "Forbes on Fox", and is a longtime Fox News veteran and former Wall Street Journal editor. Casone has been a correspondent at Fox News covering business since 2006; Gomez joined Fox News Channel in 1996 and has covered business as well.
David Asman, Cheryl Casone, Rebecca Gomez, Dagen McDowell and Stuart Varney will all have anchor jobs at the new channel. So too will Brenda Buttner and Terry Keenan, who along with Asman host business-related programs on the Fox News Channel.
All of them will stay connected to Fox News Channel as well, the network said.
When the channel launches Oct. 15, it will draw from those correspondents and anchors as well as Fox News veteran Neil Cavuto and business news director Alexis Glick, who came to Fox News from NBC News.
Asman hosts "Forbes on Fox", and is a longtime Fox News veteran and former Wall Street Journal editor. Casone has been a correspondent at Fox News covering business since 2006; Gomez joined Fox News Channel in 1996 and has covered business as well.
- 9/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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