CNN Business (formerly CNN Money ) is a financial news and information website, operated by CNN . The website was originally formed as a joint venture between CNN.com and Time Warner 's Fortune and Money magazines. Since the spin-off of Time Warner's publishing assets as Time Inc. (and their subsequent sale to Meredith Corporation and later, to IAC 's Dotdash ), the site has since operated as an affiliate of CNN .
11-557: CNN Money launched in 2001, replacing CNNfn 's website. Time Warner had also announced an intention to relaunch the CNNfn television network under the CNN Money moniker, but those plans were apparently scrapped. Prior to June 2014, the website was operated as a joint venture between CNN and two Time Warner-published business magazines; Fortune and Money . In June 2014, Time Warner's publishing assets were spun-out as Time Inc. ; as
22-529: A news website is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . CNNfn CNNfn (with "fn" an initialism for "financial network") was an American cable television news network operated by the CNN subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner from December 29, 1995, and of AOL Time Warner until December 15, 2004. The network was dedicated to covering financial information and business news, similar to CNBC , TechTV and Bloomberg Television . It
33-472: A result, all three properties launched separate web presences, and CNN Money introduced a new logo that removed the wordmark of Money magazine from its branding. With the re-launch, CNN head Jeff Zucker also promised increased synergies between the website and the CNN channel, such as branded segments and the re-branding of CNN's weekly financial show Your Money as CNNMoney . In October 2018, CNN re-launched
44-541: The Internet and broadcasting industry become what they are today. Just a few of these accomplishments include: In the summer of 1996 the top two technology members of Lou Dobb's team, Sam Edge and Nils Lahr , threatened to quit CNNfn if changes were not made to allow them more creative control in implementing new technologies. Additionally, they wanted some level of credit and increased internal recognition through proposed promotions. Dobbs tried to keep these key members of
55-689: The channel and did not take CNN International, though it is available through the CNN website and mobile app with TV Everywhere credentials. CNN continues to maintain a business news vertical on digital platforms, now known as CNN Business . The vertical was originally CNNMoney—a partnership with the Time Warner-owned financial magazines Fortune and Money . The partnership was folded after Time Warner spun out its publishing assets (and subsequently sale to Meredith Corporation , and later, to IAC 's Dotdash ). In 1995, Lou Dobbs and Ted Turner were having heated internal discussions about
66-445: The direction of CNN. Dobbs was able to convince Turner that letting him start a new channel would be a way to solve both issues. Turner would keep Dobbs working for CNN while giving him his own network to run. In July 1999, Dobbs quit CNNfn and started his own company, Space.com , and eventually returned to CNN to host Lou Dobbs Tonight . From the start, CNNfn struggled to be picked up by local and national cable operators. In 2004,
77-489: The official CNNfn network was shut down. However the technologies invented in the early CNNfn days helped launch CNN and the entire broadcasting industry into a new digital era. The CNNfn.com website continued on, and in 2001 merged with Money Magazine to form CNNMoney. The schedule below is taken from the now-defunct site of CNNfn as at 2001 (only from Monday to 12 am on Friday). All the times ET . CNNfn inaugurated many innovations on TV and online. Many of these helped
88-564: The startup VXtreme (which was later purchased by Microsoft and became what is now the Windows Media ). Dobbs made a last-ditch attempt to keep Nils inside CNN by attempting to sue him, claiming there were "important" and "unfinished" duties that required his attention at CNNfn. The lawsuit, however, was thrown out and Lahr was allowed to leave. Shortly after Dobbs quit CNNfn and as promised started his own company Space.com. Nils Lahr Too Many Requests If you report this error to
99-529: The team at CNNfn by offering them higher wages and even went as far as to suggest that he would create an entire company dedicated to high-technology research in connection with Gartner such that the advancements that were made would become knowledge that could be sold to others. However Dobbs was unable to make this happen quickly inside of CNN as there was resistance from Turner and others. In late 1996, Edge moved to CNN in Atlanta, Georgia , and Lahr left to join
110-451: The vertical as CNN Business ; the new brand is focused on "digital transformation of business, and how it is disrupting every corner of the global economy". The relaunch came alongside the opening of a new San Francisco bureau. As with CNNMoney, it will be supported by branded segments on CNN television, as well as streaming content. This economics -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
121-466: Was available in a number of markets, including the U.S. and Australia. In Canada, much of its content was aired on ROB TV (now BNN). After years of struggling to attract an audience, Time Warner folded CNNfn in late 2004. On some U.S. cable television systems, its slot was given to CNN International on a full-time basis; previously, CNN International filled CNNfn's schedule in late nights and weekends. However, many cable companies ended their carriage of
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