Revolving Door

CNBC will announce tomorrow morning that Gary Schreier is returning to CNBC after spending the last 16 years with Fox News and Fox Business. TVNewser hears Schreier will EP Maria Bartiromo’s 3pmET show “Closing Bell.” Schreier was Neil Cavuto’s executive producer at both Fox News and, later Fox Business. Schreier has been with Cavuto since his days at CNBC and made the jump with him to FNC in 1996. He also helped launch FBN in 2007. An FBN staffer tells  TVNewser, “this is a major loss for the network.” Schreier’s last day at FBN is tomorrow.

> Update: Done deal. Nik Deogun‘s note to staff after the jump…

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Margaret Brennan, who has been with Bloomberg TV for nearly three years, is leaving the network, TVNewser has learned. Brennan joined Bloomberg from CNBC in 2009. Brennan’s departure, described as mutual, comes as the network plans changes to its morning lineup later this Spring.

Andrew Morse, head of U.S. TV for Bloomberg, says the changes are a continuation of Bloomberg’s “evolution into a digital, multi-platform news organization.” The changes have included a round of staff cuts as well as the posting of new positions, last month.

The programming shifts include a simulcast of Tom Keene‘s radio program “Surveillance” which airs from 6-8amET replacing “Inside Track” which was hosted by Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle.

“It’s not just doing TV on the radio,” Morse tells TVNewser, “but a true multi-media program.” The show will stream on Bloomberg.com and on the Bloomberg TV+ and Radio+ tablet apps. Keene will be joined by Sara Eisen, Scarlet Fu and Ken Prewitt.

Betty Liu will continue to anchor “In the Loop” from 8-10amET. Then, Schatzker and Ruhle will host a new show at 10am, replacing Brennan’s “In Business.”

In a Media Beat interview last summer, Brennan told us about her decision to leave CNBC for Bloomberg, and also hinted at a true passion: international reporting. Brennan’s final day hosting “In Business” is this Friday.

Keene’s NoonET program goes away and will be replaced by a what Morse calls a “high-profile ensemble cast” who will be assessing the market at Midday.

CNN’s Jeff Kepnes has just gotten a promotion, to Executive Producer of Special Events for the network.

New York-based Kepnes, who reports to Kate Lunger, has been heading up the network’s special events coverage recently including the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Anderson Cooper‘s New Year’s Eve special, and Black in America town halls. Kepnes joined CNN in 2003 as senior producer of “Paula Zahn Now.” He’d worked for Fox News and, before that, at MSNBC where he was senior producer of “Equal Time with Paul Begala and Oliver North.”

Kepnes is married to Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman. The couple has two children.

After 14 years with MSNBC, Jeremy Gaines is leaving the NBC News channel and joining McLean, VA-based Gannett where he will head up corporate communications for the 30,000-employee company which includes 82 daily newspapers, 23 TV stations, CareerBuilder.com, HighSchoolSports.net and more.

Gaines has been VP of communications at MSNBC for the last 9 years. His departure coincides with that of Lauren Kapp who leaves her post as head of marketing and communications for NBC News for the Huffington Post Media Group where she joins as SVP of global strategy.

Before joining MSNBC, Gaines spent five years in the Clinton White House in various media relations roles and served as assistant press secretary for the Clinton/Gore 1992 campaign.

“Gannett is unique in its passion for serving the community, history of innovation and determination to execute its well-defined plan to create a brighter future,” says Gaines in a press release. “This is a perfect time to be joining this great company. I am looking forward to being a part of Gannett’s future success.”

Full release after the jump…

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After 12 years at Fox News, Orlando Salinas is leaving the network for a job at a local station in Roanoke, VA.

TVSpy reports Salinas will join WDBJ, the Roanoke CBS affiliate. He will be a reporter based in the station’s New River Valley newsroom, located in Blacksburg, VA. The move is a return to Virginia for Salinas, who started his television career in Richmond after graduating from Virgina Commonwealth University.

Salinas was a Miami-based correspondent for Fox News.

Current TV, which has made a habit out of hiring former elected officials to host its programming, is adding a current one to its lineup. The channel says that it has tapped California’s Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom to host a weekly program, starting in May.

Newsom drew national attention as the Mayor of San Francisco, a position he leveraged into the Lt. Governorship. During his years as mayor, from 2001-2006 Newsom was married to former prosecutor Kimberly Guilfoyle, now host of Fox News’ “The Five.”

His new program will be called “The Gavin Newsom Show,” and will feature interviews with “notables from Silicon Valley, Hollywood and beyond.” Mia Haugen, a former CNN producer, will serve as EP.

Newsom will not be leaving public office, and will be paid a salary by Current, although it will be donated to charity, according to Brian Stelter.

“Gavin Newsom is a courageous leader who has boldly seized every opportunity to create positive social change,” commented Current TV Chairman and former Vice President Al Gore in a statement. “First as a successful entrepreneur, then in his role as Mayor of San Francisco, and now as Lieutenant Governor, Newsom touches many worlds – business, politics, entertainment and activism. We are honored that Current TV will be bringing his curiosity, intelligence, insights and enthusiasm to television.”

More information in Current’s announcement, after the jump.

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ABC News executive Frank Kavilanz is jumping to NBC News, where he will be the vice president of strategy and partnership, NBC announced yesterday.

Kavilanz has been with ABC since 2007 in a variety of roles, most recently as the director of business development at ABC News Digital. At NBC, he will develop and execute strategy for distribution initiatives, product development, digital rights and content partnerships.

In his new role, which begins in mid-April, he will report to chief digital officer Vivian Schiller.

Univision has tapped Enrique Acevedo to serve as the new co-anchor on its late evening news program “Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna.” He will co-anchor alongside Ilia Calderón, who joined the program last year.

Acevedo joins Univision from Telemundo, where he has served as a correspondent and anchor since January, 2011. Before joining Telemundo he was as a correspondent and anchor for Mexico’s Televisa.

More information, after the jump.

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Bloomberg TV and “Street Smart” anchor Lisa Murphy parted ways last week, TVNewser has learned.

“Given some of the recent changes in Lisa’s personal life and the recent changes here at Bloomberg, we mutually decided this would be an appropriate time to part ways,” a Bloomberg spokesperson said. “We wish Lisa all the best.”

Bloomberg TV cut 30 staffers last month in preparation for the network’s shift to a digital newsroom, although the spokesperson said Murphy’s departure was unrelated to those layoffs.

There is no word on future plans for Murphy, who joined Bloomberg in October 2010 from the Fox-owned local station in New York. Going forward, a rotation of Bloomberg anchors will join Trish Regan and Adam Johnson on “Street Smart,” which airs daily from 3-5pmET.

CNNMoney.com anchor and correspondent Poppy Harlow is joining CNN’s New York bureau as a general assignment reporter, TVNewser has learned.

Harlow has been with CNNMoney.com since 2007, joining from Forbes.com. She will report to CNN’s New York/Northeast Bureau Chief, Darius Walker. The Gracie award-winning reporter joins the bureau in two weeks.

TVNewser featured Harlow and her multi-platform work at CNNMoney in 2009.