Nightly Business Report, which is anchored by Susie Gharib and Tom Hudson, is watched by an estimated 500,000 viewers every evening and has been on the air for more than 30 years. The program will continue to be produced from Miami and New York, the only nightly news program broadcast from two cities simultaneously.

NBR Worldwide will continue to work in concert with WPBT, Channel 2, which will continue as the presenting station of Nightly Business Report.

The new ownership will maintain the values of Nightly Business Report while bringing the broadcast to a variety of new platforms. NBR Worldwide will expand the Nightly Business Report brand through targeted programs and social media, exploring new distribution arrangements, creating licensing opportunities, and lastly, launching an exciting new companion website to www.pbs.org, www.nbr.com.

These expansions will bring Nightly Business Report content to more people worldwide, while building upon public televisions education mandate through planned financial education initiatives. These initiatives will be designed to reach a broad spectrum of Americans who will benefit from the reportage and unique information offered by Nightly Business Report.

Kontilai, chairman and CEO of NBR Worldwide, said: "We are extremely excited about expanding the opportunities available with the program while at the same time fully preserving and maintaining the mission and tradition of education and quality news reporting that have made both Nightly Business Report and PBS such a great success.

"We will continue to produce the crisp, balanced, business reporting and analysis that viewers have come to expect while taking advantage of opportunities to expand the NBR brand and build upon the public education foundations that has driven and informed the audience for the last 30 years."

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