SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Twitter today
announced a partnership with Cheddar, the live news and
entertainment company, to live stream a slate of programs focused
on technology, media, and business.
Cheddar will broadcast live, daily from 9
am to 10:30 am EST, "Opening Bell" markets coverage and
again from 3 pm to 4 pm EST, "Closing
Bell" coverage on Twitter. Twitter will be the exclusive,
free live stream platform for Closing Bell.
"Twitter is the fastest way to find out what's happening in the
world, and to engage in the live conversation about it," said
Anthony Noto, Twitter's chief
financial officer. "Partnering with Cheddar will give people on
Twitter another way to watch and discuss the day's top stories as
they unfold live all on one platform."
"Twitter is live," said Jon
Steinberg, CEO and Founder of Cheddar. "We are thrilled and
proud to make it the exclusive free to access platform for our new
hour of closing bell coverage. 'Finance Twitter' is giant, and we
are excited to be its digital-first closing bell network."
Cheddar Opening Bell is broadcast daily from the trading floor
of the New York Stock Exchange and is hosted by Jon Steinberg and Kristen Scholer. The show features the breaking
news of the day, markets and business coverage, interviews with
CEOs and startup founders, and profiles of leading new technology,
media and culture ventures.
Twitter will be the exclusive, free platform for Closing Bell.
Anchored from the NASDAQ MarketSite and the New York Stock
Exchange, Closing Bell is hosted by Kristen
Scholer and Krysia Lenzo.
Closing Bell will feature CEO interviews, in-depth earnings
coverage, and the startup and high tech coverage viewers have come
to expect from Cheddar. The show will close the business day with
an analysis of the day's news, as well as breaking stories.
About Twitter
Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is what's
happening in the world right now. From breaking news and
entertainment to sports and politics, from big events to everyday
interests. If it's happening anywhere, it's happening first on
Twitter. Twitter is where the full story unfolds with all the live
commentary and where live events come to life unlike anywhere else.
Twitter is available in more than 40 languages around the world.
The service can be accessed at Twitter.com, on a variety of mobile
devices and via SMS. For more information, visit about.twitter.com
or follow @twitter.
About Cheddar
Cheddar is a live and on demand video
news network focused on covering the most innovative products,
technologies, and services transforming our lives. The network
covers this news through the lens of the companies and executives
driving these changes. Cheddar broadcasts from Post 10 on the floor
of the New York Stock Exchange, the Sprint Flatiron Building Store,
and NASDAQ Marketsite. The company was founded by Jon Steinberg, President and Chief Operating
Officer of BuzzFeed from 2010 to 2014. It's investors include
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and
Homebrew.
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