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New York Times Personal Technology Columnist Joins CNBC as Contributor Testing Tech Products

December 13, 2007

New York Times Personal Technology Columnist Joins CNBC as Contributor Testing Tech Products

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. (RUSHPRNEWS)- December 13, 2007 - CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today announced that David Pogue will join the network as a contributor, effective Thursday, December 13th. Pogue will be testing and evaluating the latest tech products, gadgets, innovations and trends on CNBC's Business Day programming.

"David is a well-known and respected expert in his field, produces highly entertaining and informative videos, and we are excited he is joining the CNBC team," said Jonathan Wald, Senior Vice President, Business News, CNBC. "We always strive to stay on the pulse of innovation and David will add a new element to the network's coverage."

Pogue is the personal technology columnist for The New York Times where he contributes a weekly print column, an online column and online video to the paper as well as his popular daily blog "Pogue's Posts." He is also an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News and a frequent guest on NPR's "Morning Edition."

Pogue is one of the world's bestselling "how-to" authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "For Dummies" series including Macs, Magic, Opera and Classical Music and, in 1999, Pogue launched his own series of funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 60 titles.

Pogue holds a degree from Yale University with distinction in music and spent ten years conducting and arranging Broadway musicals in New York. Pogue also received an honorary doctorate in music from the Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA.

About CNBC:
CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to approximately 400 million homes worldwide, including more than 95 million households in the United States and Canada. The network's Business Day programming (weekdays from 5:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and also includes reports from CNBC news bureaus worldwide. Additionally, CNBC viewers can manage their individual investment portfolios and gain additional in-depth information from on-air reports by accessing www.cnbc.com .
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