History

Founded by Tom Cassidy

Tom Cassidy (CNN)

Tom Cassidy was the television business anchor for Cable News Network an American cable news television station and the founder of the weekend show Pinnacle in 1982. Significantly, he was the CNN business news anchor during Black Monday, 19 October 1987...

 in 1982, the show focused on interviews with business leaders. The show became one of CNN's most prominent business programs. Cassidy hosted the show but was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. Eventually, he had to step down and he died 1991 at age 41. The interview series won an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

 in 1992 for host Beverly Schuch's Pinnacle: Special Edition tribute to Cassidy. The show was ultimately canceled in 2003 while Willow Bay

Willow Bay

Willow Bay is an American television correspondent, editor, author, former model, and wife of Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger. She is currently a Senior Editor for the Huffington Post and a special correspondent for Bloomberg Television.-Career:Bay was born Kristine Carlin Bay in New York, New...

was host.

External links

• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DA163EF93AA15756C0A967958260
• http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/pinnacle/203781