ME, deputy ME named at Dow Jones Newswires
Dow Jones Newswires Gabriella Stern, senior editor for global news coverage, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: “I’m pleased to let you know that Nick Elliott will become Dow Jones Newswires managing editor for private markets and newsletters, effective April 1. Nick will report to me and will serve as the group’s main liaison […]
Bloomberg names head of consumer mobile
Bloomberg L.P. announced Wednesday that it has hired an ESPN executive to oversee its entry into the consumer mobile news business. Oke Okaro will become global head of mobile for the Bloomberg Multimedia group and oversee all aspects of Bloomberg’s consumer-facing mobile business including the development of new mobile products. He will report to Bloomberg […]
University of Nevada-Reno seeks business journalism chair
The Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada-Reno has posted the following job: “The Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno seeks an outstanding journalist to design and lead a new program in business journalism. The bar has been set high by our friend and late colleague, David Morrow. “Our […]
Dow Jones: No iPad access until we test
Eric Savitz, who blogs about tech for Barrons.com, has posted an internal Dow Jones & Co. policy related to the upcoming iPad and how it will interact with its networks. The memo reads: Apple will make the iPad available on April 3rd, 2010. We understand the commercial importance of this product as it presents another […]
Cramer's CNBC audience continues to decline
The number of viewers tuning into CNBC‘s “Mad Money” hosted by Jim Cramer has continued to decline, according to the Zero Hedge blog. Zero Hedge writes, “What should be more troubling for the Mad Money Maestro is that the latest Mad Money Nielsen numbers just came in. And they stink: March was the weakest month […]
ACBJ names editorial director
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE American City Business Journals, the Charlotte-based company that operates 40 weekly business newspapers, has hired a former business journalist to be its editorial director/content development and strategy, a new position. Mark Pawlosky has been working for more than a decade in online editorial positions, spending nearly 12 years at Microsoft, where […]
Former BW.com editor Byrne to launch Huffington Post for biz news
E.B. Boyd of WebNewser reports that former BusinessWeek.com editor John Byrne is working on launching a Huffington Post-like Web site that will contain “business, finance, and economics” news. Byrne discussed his new venture at a panel in San Francisco on Tuesday. Boyd reports, “‘The business category [online] is less developed than general news, gossip, entertainment, […]
The 20 best financial blogs
Michael B. Sauter, Ashley C. Allen and Douglas A. McIntyre of 24/7 Wall St. have picked the 20 best financial blogs on the Web today. Here are some of their picks: 1) Dealbreaker dealbreaker.com. The New York Post of Wall St. media blogs, Dealbreaker provides an insider’s perspective with a wink and a nod. In this tabloid, you are […]
Former ACBJ head Shaw named to N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame
Ray Shaw, the former chairman of American City Business Journals, which operates 40 business weekly newspapers throughout the country, has been named to the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame, according to a story in the Charlotte Business Journal. The story states, “The N.C. Halls of Fame, based in the UNC School of Journalism and […]
NYT biz reporter Tweets what she really thinks about Toyota
New York Times business reporter Hiroko Tabuchi issued a number of interesting, and opinionated, Tweets about Toyota on Monday after attending one of its news conferences. The Toyota recall and quality problems are on her beat. The nytpicker site that tracks the Times found the Tweets refreshing, but in violation of the company’s social media […]
