The FT is riding high

David Carr of the New York Times talked Monday with John Ridding, the chief executive of the Financial Times, about how the business newspaper has avoided many of the issues plaguing other dailies. Carr writes, “Mr. Ridding was particularly bullish on the advertising opportunities created by having a strong relationship with the end user. If […]

How the Web has changed business news

Media analyst Ken Doctor has published an excerpt from his new book, Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get, on PaidContent.org about the current evolution taking place in business journalism. Here is an excerpt: “We also see lots of niches within the business niche—as we do in all niches. Business-to-business, tech, […]

Betty Liu is getting out tonight

Steve Krakauer of Mediaite interviewed Bloomberg TV anchor Betty Liu about her media habits and her job. Among print newspapers, Liu readers the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Here is an excerpt: 3. What’s the biggest story the media missed in 2009? I think in this economic crisis, so […]

BW editor on the importance of aggressiveness

Jennifer Comiteau of Adweek interviewed new BusinessWeek editor Josh Tyrangiel about his likes and dislikes and his career. Here is an excerpt: What’s the future of digital? Only growing. People want to stay in the conversation constantly, but they also want fixity—they want to stop, open a magazine and tune out the world. What’s the […]

TV journalist accused of leaking documents to CNET reporter

A Los Angeles broadcast journalist has been accused of giving confidential court documents in a case involving pirated video on YouTube to CNET reporter Greg Sandoval. Caroline McCarthy of CNET reports, “Schapiro, an external counsel for YouTube and its parent company Google, ran through a list of telephone calls and e-mails from last fall that […]

Woman pleads guilty to breaking into business editor's home

A 24-year-old woman has pled guilty to breaking into the home of Hartford Courant business editor Dan Haar, while two juveniles with her are being handled by juvenile court. Christine Dempsey of the Courant writes, “Romero had a pocket knife on her at the time, Judge David Gold said. “When Courant business editor Dan Haar […]

Business journalism will survive

University of Nebraska journalism professor Joe Weber, a former chief of correspondents at BusinessWeek, writes that business journalism, despite its current struggles, will survive but may take on new forms to do so. Weber writes, “For fans of long-form business journalism, the question is whether the format can survive only if it has a Big […]

Florida real estate flipping story wins IRE award

A Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigation into real estate flipping in Florida has won an award from the Investigative Reporters and Editors. The award was in the newspaper category for papers with circulation between 100,000 and 250,000. The judges stated, “In this well-crafted series, Michael Braga, Matthew Doig and Chris Davis, of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, exposed how […]

Reuters teams up with legendary investigative journalist Bergman

Reuters latest investigative story got some help from one of the most famous investigative journalists of all time. Award-winning investigative journalist Lowell Bergman, whose investigation of the tobacco industry for “60 Minutes” was chronicled in the 1999 Academy Award nominated feature film ‘The Insider,’ teamed up with Reuters enterprise editor Jim Impoco to edit a […]