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Rebecca Quick (born 1972 in Indiana) is an on-air anchor for CNBC.
Quick promoted, Haines spanked
In 2006, Quick maneuvered to gain a promotion at the network, replacing the aging Mark Haines as host of the signature show Squawk Box. Haines, in turn, was moved to a shorter later morning show, which he co-hosts. Symbolically, in gaining Haines' coveted morning anchor job, Quick lashed out quickly, administering a well-guided and blistering spanking to Haines' bare bottom. She then ordered him, symbolically, to corner time in his later morning show, where he faces the wall, looking a bit upset and cranky while Quick giggles at his plight.
The move has been a large topic of water cooler discussion in the network's newsroom, with many network staff siding with Quick in administering the Haines' spanking. Whether or not further spankings of Haines may be forthcoming is a subject of some speculation, but he already is bruised, while Quick cashes the big check.
Quick anchors the CNBC shows Squawk Box and Morning Call, as well as other CNBC programs throughout the day. She is based at CNBC’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Education
Originally from Indiana, Quick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Rutgers University in 1993. As an undergraduate, Quick was awarded the "Times Mirror Fellowship" from the Journalism Resources Institute at Rutgers. She also served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum, Rutgers' newspaper.
Wall Street Journal
Quick is a seven-year veteran of The Wall Street Journal, where she covered the Wall Street beat for CNBC as part of the network’s partnership with Dow Jones.
Prior to joining CNBC in February 2001, Quick spent three years covering the retail and e-commerce beat at the Wall Street Journal. Before that, she covered various Internet issues, ranging from online privacy to domain-name disputes, for the newspaper.
Quick also played a role in the launch of The Wall Street Journal Online in April 1996 and was the site’s International News Editor, overseeing foreign affairs coverage.
Prior to that, Quick worked at the Wall Street Journal’s overseas copy desk, where she served as a copy editor, copyreader and a research assistant.