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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Edie Emery
Goodman Media
(703) 837-9500
edie@goodmanmedia.com
April 30, 2002
VETERAN FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT KAREN GIBBS JOINS
GEOFFREY COLVIN AS CO-HOST OF
MPT'S WALL $TREET WEEK WITH FORTUNE
Owings Mills, MD: Veteran business reporter Karen Gibbs has been
named co-host of Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE, it was announced
today by Robert J. Shuman, president and CEO of Maryland Public Television.
Gibbs will join Geoffrey Colvin, FORTUNE Editorial Director, on the re-invented
and renamed Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE, which premieres on PBS
on Friday, June 28, from 8:30-9 p.m. (ET). Local times may vary.
"Gibbs and Colvin bring a wealth of financial expertise and trusted
insight to Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE," said Shuman. "This
combination of talented financial journalists will bring investors a fresh
and engaging new perspective with solid, sensible advice on how to survive
in today's volatile markets."
"I am excited to be working with two of the most respected brands
in business journalism-Wall $treet Week and FORTUNE Magazine,"
said Gibbs. "And of course, co-hosting with Geoff was an opportunity
I could not pass up. I am grateful to Roger Ailes for his professionalism
and support duringvthis important stage of my career."
Prior to joining Wall $treet Week with FORTUNE, Gibbs spent five
years as a senior business correspondent for FOX News Channel, contributing
and serving as a substitute anchor on Your World With Neil Cavuto
and appearing as a regular panelist on Cavuto On Business. From
1992-1997, she was an anchor at CNBC, where she specialized in the credit
and futures markets, and hosted such programs as Money Wheel and
Minding Your Business. Prior to joining CNBC, Gibbs spent nearly
ten years at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., where she was a vice president
and senior futures strategist. She began her career at the Chicago Board
of Trade as a board marker and left as a member of the Office of Investigations
and Audits. She received an MBA in finance and marketing from the University
of Chicago.
Colvin is one of America's preeminent business journalists, serving as
FORTUNE Editorial
Director, and reporting daily for the CBS Radio Network, where he is heard
by some 7 million people each week. His broadcast appearances include
interviews on ABC's Good Morning America and World News Tonight,
CBS This Morning, CNN, NBC's Today and PBS's Nightly
Business Report. He is also a frequent co-anchor on CNBC's Squawk
Box. Since joining FORTUNE in 1978, Colvin has written hundreds of
articles for the magazine ranging from the infotech revolution to shareholder
value imperatives. He has also served as moderator of FORTUNE's well known
conferences, including the FORTUNE Global Forum, where he has interviewed
Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Herb Kelleher, Peter Drucker and other business
legends. Colvin graduated Harvard cum laude with a B.A. in economics,
and received his M.B.A from New York University's Stern School.
FORTUNE, the leading biweekly business magazine, is known for its unrivaled
access to industry leaders and decision-makers throughout the world. Founded
in 1930, FORTUNE has a worldwide circulation of more than one million,
and readership of nearly five million. The FORTUNE Group at Time Inc.,
a division of AOL Time Warner, includes FORTUNE, FSB: FORTUNE Small Business,
and Business 2.0.
Maryland Public Television (MPT) is among the largest producers of national
programs for public television. Major series include MotorWeek, Mollie
Katzen's Cooking Show, National Geographic Bee, Baking with Julia (Julia
Child) and Jewish Cooking with Joan Nathan.
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