Former WNBC Chief O'Brien Moves To CNBC

By Michael Malone
published

Former WNBC New York president/general manager Tom O'Brien has been named chief revenue officer at CNBC. It's a new position at the cable channel, which is, like WNBC, part of the NBC Universal group.

NBC announced in early June that O'Brien was shifting from WNBC to NBC Local Media's Nonstop division, tasked with launching digital channels within the group in the model of WNBC's NY Nonstop. WRC Washington's general manager, Michael Jack, was named to the top spot at WNBC at the time.

O'Brien reports to CNBC president Mark Hoffman and starts immediately.

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Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.