CNBC Hires Ken Brown as Managing Editor for Digital and Editorial Strategy
By
Brian Steinberg
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· 2 sourcesCNBC has hired Ken Brown as Managing Editor of Digital and Editorial Strategy, effective June 8. Variety reported that Brown will oversee CNBC's digital editorial operations and report to Editor in Chief David Cho. Deadline noted that Cho, who joined CNBC last summer, announced the hire and stated Brown will lead CNBC Digital to elevate the ambition and impact of their journalism across platforms. Brown, a veteran financial journalist, will focus on covering major shifts in business and markets, including AI and dealmaking.
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Summary
CNBC has hired Ken Brown as Managing Editor of Digital and Editorial Strategy, reporting to Editor in Chief David Cho starting June 8. Brown, a veteran financial journalist, will oversee CNBC's digital editorial operations and help accelerate the outlet's digital strategy, focusing on covering major shifts in business, markets, and the economy including AI, innovation, and dealmaking.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledBrown will 'help accelerate our digital strategy and sharpen how we cover the forces reshaping business, markets and the economy'
'From the capital demands of AI and the pace of innovation to the resurgence of dealmaking, major shifts are rapidly transforming' the landscape
He will report to David Cho, CNBC's editor in chief, and start June 8.
