First reported by Variety
CNBC Hires Ken Brown as Managing Editor for Digital and Editorial Strategy
Ken Brown Leaves The Information to Join CNBC as Managing Editor of Digital and Editorial Strategy
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Summary
Ken Brown, a journalist from The Information, is joining CNBC as managing editor of digital and editorial strategy. Editor in Chief David Cho announced the hire, stating Brown will lead CNBC Digital and help elevate the ambition, distinctiveness, and impact of their journalism across platforms. Brown's role will focus on ensuring digital reporting is essential, exclusive, and connected to the broader CNBC newsroom's strengths. This is a significant hire for Cho, who joined CNBC last summer.
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'He will play a key role in ensuring our digital reporting is essential, exclusive and closely connected to the strengths of the broader CNBC newsroom.'
Cho wrote, 'Ken will also help accelerate our digital strategy'
Brown will lead CNBC Digital after working for The Information and The Wall Street Journal.
