Overview
- CNBC announced the hire on Thursday, May 28, 2026, and said Ken Brown will report to Editor in Chief David Cho and begin at the network on June 8.
- In the new role Brown will run CNBC Digital and shape editorial strategy to grow digital reach and make reporting on business-technology trends more distinctive and newsworthy.
- Brown joins from The Information after many years at The Wall Street Journal and is known for reporting on AI financing and data centers as well as major investigations into crypto, the Trump family’s finances and the 1MDB scandal.
- CNBC says Brown will work closely with television editors to ensure the network’s journalism, on-air personalities and exclusives translate to digital platforms and appeal to digitally native audiences.
- Cho framed the hire as part of a broader effort to deepen enterprise coverage and subscription-value journalism, a move that could lead CNBC to invest more in long-form investigations and exclusive reporting on capital flows into AI and dealmaking.