MSNBC.com Adds New Markets Sub-Section…

MSNBC.com has launced a new stock market sub-section. What’s interesting here is that this is another step away from CNBC.com. Instead of the two getting closer, in order to enable cross branding and marketing opportunities, this drives the two further apart.

MSNBC.com’s Executive Business Editor Martin Wolk explains the change…

To be quite honest, this change is long overdue. Msnbc.com users depend on us for the latest business news and deserve an easy way to track and research companies and investment ideas. With this new feature we take a major step toward a more complete integration of news and stock information.

Data for the new stock quote pages come from Interactive Data Corp., a leading provider of financial information to institutions and investors, which worked with msnbc.com to create the customized offering.

FBN teams with Tennis Channel for U.S. Open…

FBN announced it will be doing updates for the Tennis Channel during the U.S. Open and vise versa…(via Talking Biz News)

FOX Business Network (FBN) and the Tennis Channel have agreed to bring viewers daily updates of market and courtside action during the U.S. Open, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice President, FOX News.

Starting August 31, FBN and the Tennis Channel will exchange a daily update, giving viewers on each network access to all the action that takes place both on Wall Street and on the courts at Flushing Meadows. Monday through Friday, FBN’s Money For Breakfast will feature the Court Report with recaps from the previous day’s US Open matches. The Tennis Channel will break into US Open coverage at market close to give viewers the FOX Business Network Update, a summary of all the market moves from the day.

In making the announcement, Magee said “This is the first time the Tennis Channel is covering the Open and we’re excited to be there with them.”

Robin Meade Interview

The New York Daily News’ Richard Huff interviews HLN’s Robin Meade…

Robin Meade comes off as a happy-go-lucky, confident anchor on HLN’s daily “Morning Express.”

But not so long ago, she suffered from near-crippling anxiety and self-doubt that almost sidelined her career.

“I dealt with it for two years before I got help,” says Meade, who documents her battle with anxiety in a new book, “Morning Sunshine! How to Radiate Confidence and Feel it Too,” out Sept. 10 from Center Street books.