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BONUS: Tom Rogers, The Stud Who Built CNBC

RiskReversal Pod

RiskReversal Media

News, Investing, Business, Business News

4.6757 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On this bonus episode of On The Tape, Dan and Guy sit down with Tom Rogers, Executive Chairman at Engine Gaming & Media / Chairman and CEO of TRget Media, to discuss how he launched CNBC (4:00), early influences in his career (8:30), Tom mentoring Guy and Dan (12:00), transformative media technology (15:00), Reed Hastings and Netflix (18:30), Bob Iger and Disney (23:00), the role of politics in media (28:00), the Trump effect on news (31:00), the 2024 election (34:00), working with Jack Welch (39:00), and what gets Tom excited (41:00). About the Show: On The Tape is a weekly podcast with CNBC Fast Money’s Guy Adami, Dan Nathan and Danny Moses. They’re offering takes on the biggest market-moving headlines of the week, trade ideas, in-depth analysis, tips and advice. Each episode, they are joined by prominent Wall Street participants to help viewers make smarter investment decisions. Bear market, bull market, recession, inflation or deflation… we’re here to help guide your portfolio into the green. Risk Reversal brings you years of experience from former Wall Street insiders trading stocks to experts in the commodity market. Check out our show notes here Learn more about Ro body: ro.co/tape See what adding futures can do for you at cmegroup.com/onthetape. Shoot us an email at [email protected] with any feedback, suggestions, or questions for us to answer on the pod and follow us @OnTheTapePod. We’re on social: Follow Dan Nathan @RiskReversal on Twitter Follow @GuyAdami on Twitter Follow Danny Moses @DMoses34 on Twitter Follow Liz Young @LizYoungStrat on Twitter Follow us on Instagram @RiskReversalMedia Subscribe to our YouTube page

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0:00.0

You are listening to a special bonus drop of the On the Tape podcast. Guy Adami and I sat down with a very good friend of ours, Tom Rogers. He invented CNBC while at NBC over three decades ago. He's been a frequent contributor on our show, Fast Money, opining on Disney and Netflix and the streaming wars for years.

0:21.5

He's actually nailed the call, almost a pairs trade.

0:25.0

He's been long of Netflix and short of Disney.

0:28.5

We've talked about his experience as transformative media and technology and much, much more.

0:34.2

So stick around for this conversation.

0:36.2

We really enjoyed it with Tom Rogers.

0:39.6

Dan, every once in a while, we are graced with the present of greatness. Today happens to be one of

0:46.9

those days because with us today on the tape podcast is our collective friend Tom Rogers,

0:53.3

executive chairman of orbit gaming and entertainment,

0:56.6

editor at large at Newsweek,

0:58.8

chairman and CEO of Target Media.

1:01.1

I can go on,

1:02.4

but then we wouldn't have a podcast.

1:03.8

We just have a giant introduction.

1:05.6

But Tom, how are you?

1:07.2

I am fine, and to be here with the giants of fast money.

1:11.6

Well, are you?

1:12.9

Are you just?

1:13.8

The giants of fast money.

1:14.9

Where is Melissa Lee?

1:15.9

Who are not only fast in speech, but fast in thinking that provide their audience

1:23.5

with all kinds of contacts for what goes on in the markets and beyond, I am honored.

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