CNBC and The Wall Street Journal to Host Presidential Democratic Candidate Debate on Thursday, September 25th; NBC News' Brian Williams to Moderate.Business Editors FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2003 CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. and The Wall Street Journal will co-host the first live nationally televised debate on the economy with the Democratic candidates for President on Thursday, September 25, 2003. The debate will air live from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. ET on CNBC (rebroadcast in its entirety on MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company at 9:00 p.m. ET) and will be held at Pace University's downtown campus in New York's financial district. The "CNBC/Wall Street Journal Democratic Candidate Debate" will focus on the state of the economy and other key financial issues facing Americans today. NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. News' Brian Williams This article is about the American journalist. For other uses, see Brian Williams (disambiguation). Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of the NBC television network. , anchor and managing editor of CNBC's, "The News with Brian Williams," will moderate the debate. In addition, the candidates will be questioned by panelists Ron Insana Ron Insana (born March 31 1961) is currently Senior Analyst for CNBC and Managing Director of Insana Capital Partners. He was the anchor of CNBC's "Street Signs", (M-F, 2-3 p.m. , co-anchor of CNBC's "Business Center with Ron Insana and Sue Herera," Gloria Borger, co-anchor of CNBC's "Capital Report with Alan Murray and Gloria Borger," and Jerry Seib, Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. The debate will be produced by NBC News. Editors please note: The media center for the debate will be located at the Pace University gymnasium at One Pace Plaza One Pace Plaza, completed in 1969, is the flagship building complex of Pace University in New York City, specifically designed for Pace. It is located directly across from City Hall and adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge, and houses most of the classrooms, administrative offices, a . Credentials will be required to enter the facility. Press filing facilities are extremely limited and reporters wishing to file from the debate site must contact CNBC to order a phone line by September 19, 2003. To obtain press credentials and/or order a phone line contact Lisa Clemence, CNBC Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , 201-346-5813 or lisa.clemence@nbc.com. CNBC is the recognized global leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 175 million homes worldwide, including more than 86 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 Fort Lee, 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. CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia Pacific are services of NBC and Dow Jones & Company. Members of the media can receive more information about CNBC and its programming on the NBC Media Village Web site at www.nbcmv.com/cnbc. |
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