O’Brien Leaves CNBC

A TVNewser tipster tells us longtime CNBC on-air stocks editor Bob O’Brien made his last appearance on CNBC Friday. An insider tells us O’Brien is moving to the Dow Jones publication Barron’s. No word on whether the News Corp./Dow Jones deal was a factor. O’Brien had been CNBC’s stocks editor since 2002.

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