The article is real and accurate. Whether the site is actually CNBC is an unknown. I'm leaning towards real because the site uses NBC trademarks and has for the past two years. I don't know how they could get away with that for very long.
I would err on the side of caution and say no... it’s not real. YMMV.
Doing a whois on cnbc.com returns the expected results... NBCUniversal Media...
Whois on cnbcusa.com is all obfuscated
https://www.whois.com/whois/cnbc.com
https://www.whois.com/whois/cnbcusa.com
$ whois cnbc.com
Domain Name: CNBC.COM
Registry Domain ID: 513711_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Updated Date: 2023-08-28T10:23:45Z
Creation Date: 1997-09-30T04:00:00Z
...
Domain Name: cnbc.com
Registry Domain ID: 513711_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Updated Date: 2023-08-28T10:23:45+0000
Creation Date: 1997-09-30T04:00:00+0000
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2025-09-29T00:00:00+0000
...
Registrant Name: Domain Administrator
Registrant Organization: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Registrant Street: 904 Sylvan Avenue,
Registrant City: Englewood Cliffs
Registrant State/Province: nj
Registrant Postal Code: 07632
...
Registrant Email: domain.admin@nbcuni.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Domain Administrator
Admin Organization: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
...
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Domain Administrator
Tech Organization: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
...
Tech Email: domain.admin@nbcuni.com
cnbcusa.com is all hidden:
$ whois cnbcusa.com
Domain Name: CNBCUSA.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2541255394_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2023-06-04T05:37:17Z
Creation Date: 2020-06-23T21:44:52Z
...
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Redacted for Privacy
Registrant Organization: Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf
Registrant Street: Kalkofnsvegur 2
Registrant City: Reykjavik
Registrant State/Province: Capital Region
Registrant Postal Code: 101
Registrant Country: IS
Registrant Phone: +354.4212434
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: 57317ef48ca447c1a928b2c69376313c.protect@withheldforprivacy.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Redacted for Privacy
Admin Organization: Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf
Admin Street: Kalkofnsvegur 2
Admin City: Reykjavik
Admin State/Province: Capital Region
Admin Postal Code: 101
Admin Country: IS
Admin Phone: +354.4212434
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: 57317ef48ca447c1a928b2c69376313c.protect@withheldforprivacy.com
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Redacted for Privacy
Tech Organization: Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf
Tech Street: Kalkofnsvegur 2
Tech City: Reykjavik
Tech State/Province: Capital Region
Tech Postal Code: 101
Tech Country: IS
Tech Phone: +354.4212434
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
That’s the rub. Two things happen if CNBC sues: (1) it draws unwanted attention & (2) opens discovery.