TORONTO – Business journalist Amanda Lang is leaving the CBC this week to produce and host a show for Bloomberg TV Canada that will begin airing early next year.
Channel Zero made the announcement Thursday, just days after confirming that the Canadian business and financial news television channel will launch on November 16.
Lang’s new show, entitled Bloomberg North, will dissect local and global business news with Canadian heavyweights, reads the announcement. The 30 minute show will air weekdays at 6:00 PM ET and debut in the first quarter of 2016.
Lang (pictured) was CBC’s senior business correspondent for six years, reporting for its nightly news program The National, and host of CBC News Network’s daily business program The Exchange with Amanda Lang. She is also a published author, and lays claim to the best-selling book “The Power of Why” (HarperCollins, October 2012). When she is not on the desk of Bloomberg North, she will continue working on her second book which will be published in the fall of 2016.
“At the core of Bloomberg TV Canada is quality locally produced business news that’s important and relevant to Canadians,” said Channel Zero’s vice-president news Mike Katrycz, in the announcement. “Amanda’s strength as one of this country’s top business journalists will play a key role in delivering this. We’re very happy to have her on our team.”
