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OPINION

 Why Rupert 
 Murdoch Won't 
 Buy NBC Stake 

The News Corp. mogul is interested, but the deal will likely not go through

Oct 13, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sources tell CNBC Rupert Murdoch wants to add a stake in NBC Universal to his ever-expanding media empire—which could lead to some awkward moments between Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann at the company Christmas party—but it probably won’t happen, writes John Cook on Gawker. Considering the... More »

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media • Comcast • Rupert Murdoch • NBC Universal • CNBC • News Corp

 Obama: Kanye's a 'Jackass' 

Off-the-record remark gets on Twitter; rest is history

Sep 14, 09 10:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama got in on the Kanye West-bashing today, calling the rapper a “jackass” for his interruption of country star Taylor Swift during an MTV awards show Sunday. Obama made the remark in an off-the-record portion of an interview with CNBC, the Huffington Post reports, but that didn’t... More »

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entertainment • ABC • CNBC • Kanye West • insult • Twitter • President Obama • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards • jackass • off the record • Terry Moran

OPINION

 Your Guide to 
 Today's Jacko 
 Media Orgy 

Let the 'freak show' begin

Jul 7, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Surprisingly, the elephants entering Staples Center this morning aren’t there for the “Michael Jackson Memorial Orgy of Excess”—but for the circus, opening tomorrow. “That seems completely appropriate,” writes Lisa de Moraes for the Washington Post. As for today’s “freak show,” 16... More »

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entertainment • television • CNBC • Larry King • celebrity • Kathie Lee Gifford • TV networks • CNN • memorial • Michael Jackson • Anderson Cooper • BET • celebrity death • Martin Bashir • Lola Ogunnaike • Inside Edition • April Woodard

 Dean Gets  
 CNBC Gig 

Plan set up before Jon Stewart attacks

Mar 23, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Democratic National Committee chief Howard Dean is set to become a regular CNBC contributor, the Huffington Post reports—but his appointment had nothing to do with current attacks on the business network, an insider said. “This was in the works long before the Jon Stewart stuff,” a... More »

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television • Howard Dean • CNBC • Jon Stewart

(Newser) - NBC CEO Jeff Zucker said today that Jon Stewart’s Daily Show attacks are “incredibly unfair to CNBC and the business media,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. “CNBC is a spectacular organization and in particular Jim Cramer,” Zucker continued. “What is going on now is absurd.... More »

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Wall Street • NBC Universal • Jeff Zucker • CNBC • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • economic downturn

(Newser) - Jon Stewart’s takedown of Jim Cramer and CNBC is indicative of a real, if fleeting, sea change in our attitudes about the economy, Thomas Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal. “The applause Mr. Stewart has received for his j’accuse is the sound of the old order... More »

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media • CNBC • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • credit crisis • economy • financial adviser

 Help Jim Cramer—Arcade Style 

New game lets you fend off Mad Money host's critics

Mar 17, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Cramer is facing his share of critics, from Jon Stewart to Fox Business, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Now you can help him defend himself in a new web video game: Jim Cramer’s Crashsteroids. Steer Cramer’s sneering mug as he takes aim at his detractors in... More »

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CNBC • Fox Business Network • investment • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • video games • financial adviser

OPINION

Stewart Took a Cheap Shot at Cramer, CNBC

Even CEOs couldn't predict crisis, let alone analysts covering them

Mar 17, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Stewart’s pantsing of Jim Cramer was nothing but a “cheap shot,” writes Richard Cohen in the Washington Post. CNBC’s crew wasn’t covering up the impending crisis, and neither were the CEOs they interviewed. Many, including head honchos at AIG, Lehman Brothers, and... More »

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CNBC • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • Richard Cohen

Stewart-Inspired Media Watchdog
Barks at CNBC

Liberal Media Matters urges network to get tough on Wall Street

Mar 16, 09 11:35 AM CDT
(AP) - Jon Stewart's attacks on CNBC have greased the wheels at Media Matters. The liberal watchdog group launched an online petition drive today urging the network to be tougher on Wall Street leaders. It's asking CNBC to hire economic voices with a track record of being right about the current crisis... More »

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CNBC • Jon Stewart • Media Matters • economic crisis

CNBC Staff 'Furious' at
Quiet Cramer

They say he didn't defend the network strongly enough

Mar 14, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's been a tough week for Jim Cramer. After his public skewering from Jon Stewart, colleagues at CNBC are "furious" that he didn't put up a better fight, writes media critic Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Nobody goes on the record, but Kurtz says many are upset that... More »

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CNBC • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • interview

CNBC Ratings Dip After Stewart Smackdown

Last week's figures suggest Daily Show skewering turning viewers off CNBC

Mar 14, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Early signs suggest that Jon Stewart may have put a ding in CNBC's ratings, Portfolio reports. Viewership of CNBC's Business Day programming block was down 11% for the first 3 days after Stewart's assault on the network began, although Jim Cramer’s Mad Money pulled somewhat healthier figures outside the... More »

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CNBC • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • TV ratings • Mad Money

OPINION

My 401(k) Proves I Could
Do Better Than CNBC


Mar 13, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - He may have gotten only a B in economics, but James Rainey, in the Los Angeles Times, says he can be the next CNBC personality. “There’s got to be a spot for me on one of those chatter fests,” he says, because “I’ve out-performed the... More »

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Dow Jones • CNBC • markets • Jim Cramer • pundits • subprime crisis • 401(k) plans • Larry Kudlow

OPINION Roundup

 Stewart Owned Cramer 


Mar 13, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Who won last night’s cable grudge match between Jon Stewart and CNBC’s Jim Cramer? Let’s go to the scorecards:
  • Stewart was the clear winner, clobbering his guest with “homespun, regular-guy relentlessness,” Maureen Ryan writes in the Chicago Tribune. “Cramer didn’t know what
... More »

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CNBC • journalism • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Jim Cramer took his lumps tonight from Jon Stewart in their highly anticipated Daily Show faceoff. "I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but it's not a game," Stewart told Cramer, adding an expletive. "I can't reconcile the brilliance and knowledge that you have of... More »

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television • CNBC • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - In anticipation of his visit with Jon Stewart on tonight’s Daily Show, an admittedly “nervous” Jim Cramer sought counsel today from another Stewart—Martha. “You should be nervous,” the lifestyle maven said on her syndicated show. “He’s fast as lightning.” The Mad Money... More »

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television • cable TV • CNBC • Martha Stewart • feud • Comedy Central • late night talk show • late night host • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • Mad Money • Bill Maher Grid • Martha Stewart Show

 Stewart Ratings Soar  
 With Cramer Takedown 

Clip gets 1.5M views; week's site traffic surges

Mar 12, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Stewart’s attacks on CNBC host Jim Cramer have been ratings gold for the late-night satirist, Variety reports. An 8-minute rant has garnered 1.5 million views, Comedy Central says, and plenty of press attention. Unique usage for the Daily Show site has soared 65% this week amid a... More »

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television • CNBC • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • TV ratings • web traffic

OPINION

Stewart's Right: Screeching CNBC Is Whacked

Shouting heads are
so very far off base

Mar 11, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - It should come as no surprise to fans of Jon Stewart, but CNBC is as hysterical as he says—and worse, Gabriel Winant writes in Salon. After 12 hours watching the network "I was huddled in the corner of my couch, wondering why the angry faces were yelling at... More »

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Barack Obama • CNBC • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer • network television • fiscal crisis • economic crisis • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - This should be interesting: CNBC's Jim Cramer has agreed to go on Jon Stewart's Daily Show Thursday, notes the Business Insider. Stewart has been roasting Cramer, along with his CNBC cronies, for their market boosterism prior to the downturn. Last night, for instance, Stewart played a series of clips showing... More »

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television • CNBC • Jon Stewart • Jim Cramer

(Newser) - Jim Cramer is once again on the defensive, as Jon Stewart seemingly can’t stop finding damning Mad Money clips, Gawker reports. Appearing on this morning's Today show, Cramer was subjected to a CNBC snippet that ran on the Daily Show last night, from January 2008, where the host literally... More »

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Bear Stearns • CNBC • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • Mad Money • financial crisis • financial adviser

ANALYSIS

Gibbs Isn't Afraid to Throw Verbal Punches

Obama spokesman
lets Limbaugh & Co.
dig their own holes

Mar 6, 09 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Robert Gibbs has shown he’s not afraid to skewer the likes of Rush Limbaugh and cable-TV talking heads in his White House press briefings, but he also knows when the best tactic is standing aside. “If your enemies are fighting themselves, then don’t get in the way,... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • CNBC • Jim Cramer • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • Rick Santelli

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