NBCU president Jeff Zucker leapt to Jim Cramer’s defense this morning while speaking at the McGraw Hill Media Summit in New York.
B&C’s Claire Atkinson reports that Zucker described Jon Stewart’s evisceration of Cramer on his show last week as “incredibly unfair to CNBC and the business media.”
“CNBC is a spectacular organization and in particular Jim Cramer,” Zucker said.
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