“Business Nation” Starts On Wednesday

By Brian 



CNBC’s monthly newsmagazine is finally ready. “The debut of ‘Business Nation,’ which includes reports about the sale online of stolen goods and the popularity of martial arts fighting, will be Wednesday at 10 p.m. It will be repeated 8 to 10 times before the next installment is broadcast,” today’s NYT reports.

Longform VP Josh Howard and Business Nation EP Mitch Weitzner are both 60 Minutes alums, and the program’s format reflects those ties, “with three segments in the hour; a mixture of hard news, features and interviews; and an essay at the end.” The essay will be titled “How I Made My Millions,” featuring a new millionaire each month. More…

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