{"id":901,"date":"2026-05-28T18:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:37:50","slug":"cnbc-names-ken-brown-managing-editor-of-digital-and-editorial-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"CNBC Names Ken Brown Managing Editor of Digital and Editorial Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nKen Brown, one of the most durable journalists in financial journalism in recent years, is moving to CNBC, where he will oversee the business-news outlet\u2019s digital editorial operations and play a role in devising overall strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=899\">Most-Watched TV Series of 2025-26 Across Streaming, Broadcast and Cable: \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 Leads This Season\u2019s Rankers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe will report to David Cho,  CNBC\u2019s editor in chief, and start June 8.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBrown will \u201chelp accelerate our digital strategy and sharpen how we cover the forces reshaping business, markets and the economy\u201d Cho said in a memo Thursday. \u201cFrom the capital demands of AI and the pace of innovation to the resurgence of dealmaking, major shifts are rapidly transforming industries. We see enormous opportunity to deepen our reporting, break more news and grow our audience around these stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBrown had most recently been at The Information, and before that served a long stints as a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal, overseeing investigations, finance, climate, markets and global coverage. In different moments, he supervised coverage of Asian financial markets and the Journal\u2019s \u201cHeard on the Street\u201d column.  He also spent two years on the buyside at Pzena Investment Management.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=897\">L.A. Plays Itself \u2014 But Not All of It \u2014 In Comedies Like \u2018Hacks,\u2019 \u2018Nobody Wants This,\u2019 \u2018The Studio\u2019 and \u2018Shrinking\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAt The Information, Ken expanded coverage of the financing of AI and the growth of data centers. At the Journal, he helped lead the paper\u2019s award-winning work reporting on the global financial crisis and reported extensively on the bursting of the tech bubble,.\u201d said Cho. \u201cHe has led investigations into crypto, the Trump family\u2019s finances, the Mormon church\u2019s massive wealth and the Malaysian investment fund 1MDB, which ensnared Goldman Sachs, Middle Eastern royalty and Hollywood stars. Ken is also an adjunct professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches investigative reporting.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBrown has also worked at the New York Times, Smart Money magazine and the Washington Post. 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