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CNBC Launches iPhone App

CNBC has launched CNBC Real-Time, an iPhone app that features real-time stock quotes provided by Nasdaq.  The free program also includes 150 video clips from CNBC's television newscast every business day.

Fox Business Network Launches Online Business Show

Fox Business Network has launched FoxBusiness.com Live hosted by Fox Business anchors Jenna Lee and Connell McShane.   Streaming live every business day from 12 noon to 1pm Eastern, each episode will feature a mix of news, interviews with executives and business journalists and viewer commentary.

Wall Street Journal Video Explains 2008 Financial Crisis

The Wall Street Journal Digital Network has produced a 3-part video documentary that covers the 2008 financial crisis.  With a title that is clearly sensationalized given the fact that Wall Street is still fully functional, The End of Wall Street: An Oral History was created in partnership with Wall Street Journal Books.

CNBC Links Up with LinkedIn

CNBC has entered into a strategic alliance with LinkedIn, an online destination for business professionals.  CNBC will distribute its articles, blogs, financial data, and video content across the LinkedIn network while drawing insight from LinkedIn's user base of over 27 million professionals.  The two companies also announced plans for the joint development of products and content for CNBC.

Thomson Reuters to Launch Business Television News Channel

Thomson Reuters is preparing to launch a business television news channel as early as January 2009, according to the UK's Daily Telegraph.  The new channel will appear on both the Internet and cable to compete against Bloomberg and CNBC.  A multimedia newsroom in New York, which was opened yesterday by Devin Wenig, chief executive of Thomson Reuters' markets division, will serve as the main studio for the channel.