“I’m very excited about this partnership”, said Janine Rose, News Director of News 12 Westchester.  “We’re able to take the resources of both operations and provide Westchester County residents with the latest and most comprehensive business information.  It’s taking the news that’s already as local as local news gets, and adding even more breadth and depth in the business arena with the addition of the ‘News 12 Westchester Business Journal Report’.”

The segment will appear every weeknight beginning at 5pm and will continue through the evening and night newscasts on News 12 Westchester.  The content of the report will include contributions from both the Westchester County Business Journal and News 12 Westchester.  The on-air delivery of the report will regularly be from News 12 Westchester anchors, with appearances from reporters from the Westchester County Business Journal on key stories. 

“We know the local businesses, we know what’s happening and, most important, as a local business we are one of them”, said Dee Delbello, president and CEO of Westfair communications incl, which publishes the Westchester Business Journal.   “We’re a part of the business fabric of the region and have been so for many decades. Now, with our News 12 partnership, much of the business news appearing in our paper will come alive,” DelBello said.

Caryn McBride, executive editor of the Business Journal, said readers and viewers can expect thorough and dynamic coverage of the local business community.

“Business people rely on us for breaking news, investigative reports and in-depth analysis of the latest trends affecting business in Westchester and the lower Hudson Valley,” McBride said. “And everyone knows News 12 is the channel to watch for all the local community news. By working together and sharing our expertise, we are going to offer the most comprehensive coverage of local business news around.”

“It’s an exciting time,” said DelBello. “Recognition should be given to the businesses and business people who provide more than 70 percent of the jobs and revenue in the county.”

About News 12

News 12 Westchester currently reaches more than 270,000 households in Westchester County on the Cablevision and Time-Warner cable systems.  News 12 Westchester is part of News 12 Networks.

News 12 Networks is proud to be a cable exclusive service, that is not provided to satellite or phone company tv lineups.  The Network currently reaches nearly 3.8  million households in the New York market.  News 12 Networks is the country's first, largest, and most watched 24-hour local television news network.  The Network is made up of 7 individual local news channels serving the areas of Long Island, New Jersey, Southwestern Connecticut, Westchester County, the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. 

News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.  Cablevision is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies.  Its cable television operations serve 3 million households located in the New York metropolitan area.  Cablevision owns a controlling interest and operates Madison Square Garden and its sports teams including the Knicks and Rangers.  The company also operates New York's famed Radio City Music Hall and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas in the New York metropolitan area. 

About Westfair Communications

The Westchester County Business Journal and Fairfield County Business Journal go back almost 50 years to their two founders – a former Wall Street Journal editor and a member of the Pulitzer family,” “We have a noble tradition of business reporting that has been carried on for decades,” McBride said. “We are committed to the standards of the founders, as well as to the businesses that make up this region.”