Does a Burnett-Bartiromo Feud Serve NewsCorp's Interests?
Nat Worden of TheStreet is promoting a farfetched but interesting theory on NewsCorp’s machinations that is every bit as complicated as a plotline for ”24.” Worden supposes that Fox Business Network, which launches October 15th, is quite possibly looking for a ”Money Honey” to compete with CNBC’s most recognizable personality, Maria Bartiromo. If that is so, what if the much talked about Page Six report on the behind-the-scenes feuding between Erin Burnett and Bartiromo was done in order to foment some competition between the two, thereby providing conditions in which FBN could swoop in and poach some talent? From TheStreet:
”All this comes after Murdoch’s efforts to wrest Dow Jones from its controlling family inspired a string of examinations in The Journal, The New York Times and The New Yorker into the mogul’s record.
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