NBC???: Will Not Absorb CNBC — But Will Use Its Reporters More Often

“The NBC News unit will absorb a number of operations, including business-news cable channel CNBC, which has not previously reported to news,” TV Week says.

But NBC News says that’s not true: “NBC News will NOT absorb CNBC,” a spokesperson tells TVNewser. “What WILL change as a result of TV 2.0 is a greater emphasis on using CNBC reporters — the true experts in the field of business reporting — across the many platforms of NBC News.”

> Also: “NONE of the reporting structures at MSNBC.com, the owned stations, Telemundo or local news will change as a result of TV 2.0,” the spokesperson adds…

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