CNBC Names New P.R. VP

“Kevin Goldman has been named the Vice President, CNBC Public Relations,” the network announced today. “Goldman is replacing Amy Zelvin, who has recently been appointed Vice President of Communications, NBC Universal Digital Media. In Goldman’s new role, effective September 6th, Goldman will be responsible for providing strategic communications/media relations leadership for CNBC.” He comes from Bookspan, where he served as VP of corporate communications…

> Update: 12:56pm: “Missing from Kevin Goldman’s bio in the CNBC memo is that he was a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter, who left journalism about 10 years ago to go into PR. Goldman has written a great about broadcast journalism from a business perspective including CNBC,” an emailer adds…

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