FOX Business Network Teams up With Barron’s Group for New Weekly Primetime Program Barron’s Roundtable
September 30 2019 - 11:16AM
Business Wire
Barron’s Editor-at-Large Jack Otter to Host
New Show Starting Friday, October 4th
FOX Business Network (FBN) will debut a new weekly
primetime program hosted by Barron’s Editor-at-Large Jack Otter on
Friday, October 4th announced Lauren Petterson, president of the
network. The series, Barron’s Roundtable, is presented by
Invesco and will air Fridays at 10PM/ET featuring interviews with
investors and major industry leaders about what to expect in the
week ahead on Wall Street.
In making the announcement, Petterson said, “We’ve made Fridays
the destination for smart and in-depth business coverage for
everyday Americans who aspire to have financial freedom and we’re
excited to add Jack to our formidable lineup.”
Otter added, “I am thrilled to bring Barron’s deep investment
analysis and market-moving predictions to FOX Business. Barron’s
has a 98-year tradition of helping investors sort the signal from
the noise and build wealth — we look forward to bringing those
insights to a new audience on FOX Business.”
Each Friday, Otter will welcome major influencers from across
the business, finance, and political spectrum to discuss major news
of the week. In addition, Barron’s Associate Editor Jack Hough will
join the program regularly to provide behind the scenes details
from the new Barron’s issue, as well as preview his signature
“Streetwise” investing column. The weekly half-hour program will
follow Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street (9PM) and WSJ at Large with
Gerry Baker (9:30PM), which draw in some of the most affluent
audiences in all of cable, according to Nielsen Media Research,
adding to a powerful and informative evening of business
television.
In addition to his role on FBN, Otter serves as editor-at-large
of Barron’s. He has previously served as interim Editor-in-Chief of
Barron’s and Associate Publisher of the Barron’s Group Wealth &
Asset Management division. Prior to Dow Jones, Otter was articles
editor at SmartMoney magazine and later, as founding executive
editor of CBS MoneyWatch.com, he directed content and oversaw the
publications’ features. Otter’s written work has also appeared in
numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Newsday,
and The New Yorker.
Covering personal finance for more than two decades, Otter is
also the author of Worth It ... Not Worth It? Simple &
Profitable Answers to Life's Tough Financial Questions. A graduate
of Middlebury College, Otter holds Bachelor degrees in political
science and French.
FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel
delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact
both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York — the
business capital of the world — FBN launched in October 2007 and is
the leading business network on television having topped CNBC in
Business Day viewers for the second consecutive year in 2018. The
network is available in more than 80 million homes in all markets
across the United States. Owned by FOX Corporation, FBN is a unit
of FOX News Media and has bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles, and
Washington, D.C.
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