CNN is top among finance professionals for daily news

LONDON - CNN is the channel of choice for finance professionals looking to get their fix of daily news, eclipsing rivals that include the BBC, according to new research from Global Capital Markets Survey.

CNN: most-viewed by finance professionals
CNN: most-viewed by finance professionals

The research claims that 73% of financial management professionals tune into CNN each month, ahead of CNBC (53%), Bloomberg (45%) and the BBC (45%).

GCMS surveyed executives across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America.

Among the senior management of banks and financial institutions, CNN also ranks top, with 72% tuning in on a monthly basis, beating Bloomberg (55%), CNBC (53%) and the BBC (53%).

Across online, Bloomberg.com proved more popular than CNN.com and CNNMoney.com combined (24%), Reuters.com (23%), FT.com (22%) and WSJ.com (20%).

The GCMS survey provides data on TV viewing, website usage and readership among chief finance officer and senior financial decision makers in the world's largest organisations, and among top managers of financial institutions, commercial and investment banks.

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