Allen Wastler

Allen Wastler was managing editor on CNBC.com from August 2007 through September 2015.{{Cite web|date=2015-06-24|title=CNBC.com ME Wastler departs|url=https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/cnbc-com-me-wastler-departs/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Talking Biz News|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=Beth |date=2007-07-20 |title=Allen Wastler Joins CNBC as Managing Editor of CNBC.com |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2007/07/20/allen-wastler-joins-cnbc-as-managing-editor-of-cnbccom.html |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=CNBC}} In addition to managing the website and writing an online column, he made regular appearances on the network, commenting on various internet-related developments and news items.

During his time at CNBC, he also served on the board of governors of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.{{Cite web |title=Past Boards of Governors: 2014-2019 |url=https://sabew.org/about/past-boards-of-governors-2014-2019/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=SABEW |language=en-US}} He still serves as a judge in the organization's various contests.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=2022 Best in Business Book Awards Judges |url=https://sabew.org/2022/09/2022-best-in-business-book-awards-judges/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=SABEW |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-03-09 |title=Thanks to our 2022 Best in Business Judges! |url=https://sabew.org/2023/03/thanks-to-our-2022-best-in-business-judges/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=SABEW |language=en-US}}

Prior to CNBC, Wastler was managing editor of CNN's business news website, CNNMoney.com, a position he held since August 1999.{{Cite web|date=2007-07-20|title=New ME named at CNBC.com|url=https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/new-me-named-at-cnbccom/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Talking Biz News|language=en-US}} He originally joined CNNfn.com, the website for the CNN's business news enterprise CNNfn, in May 1997 as a producer and became supervising producer later. The CNNfn network went out of business, but its website continued and became CNNMoney.

Before joining cable news network digital operations he wrote for the Journal of Commerce, a daily business newspaper owned by the Economist. He self-published a novel, Cargo Kills, based on his experiences during that time.{{Cite web |title=Ocean shipping industry provides backdrop for crime novels {{!}} 2014-01-28 {{!}} DC Velocity |url=https://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/26746-ocean-shipping-industry-provides-backdrop-for-crime-novels |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.dcvelocity.com |language=en}}

When Wastler ran the CNNMoney.com New York City newsroom, he also appeared regularly on the network's CNNMoney Morning weekday business show, and Your Money,{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Transcripts |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnnitm/date/2006-07-02/segment/01 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=transcripts.cnn.com}} a weekend personal finance show airing on CNN. He wrote an online column, Wastler's Wanderings,{{Cite web |title=Wastler's Wanderings: A Pilgrim pitch. - Dec. 2, 2002 |url=https://money.cnn.com/2002/11/26/commentary/wastler/wastler/index.htm |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=money.cnn.com}} which touched on both business and personal finance issues.

Wastler has a bachelor's degree in writing from the Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=11114191&privcapId=1311769&previousCapId=1311769&previousTitle=CNBC,%20Inc.|title=Allen Wastler: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|work=Businessweek.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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• [https://www.cnbc.com/allen-wastler/ cnbc.com]
• [http://www.benzinga.com/podcast/2011/03/allen-wastler-managing-editor-of-cnbc-at-the-forefront-of-the-news-part-ii benzinga.com] (interview)

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