WSJ/Dow Jones to reorganize editorial and focus more on scoops
Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following message to the staff on Thursday: We have journeyed far together over the past few years, having become the best-selling newspaper in the US, created a global digital platform with more than 60 million different readers each month, and revived Newswires with DJFX Trader, […]
Utility refuses to talk to newspaper
Roger Chesley of The Virginian-Pilot reports how the state’s largest utility, Dominion Virginia Power, has been refusing to talk to the paper’s reporters who cover the company. Chesley writes, “I’ve been told, privately, that Dominion has been miffed The Pilot doesn’t report more about ‘PR events,’ such as when Dominion employees volunteer in the community. […]
Consumer Reports editorial director departs amid reorganization
Consumer Reports is undergoing an editorial restructuring that has cost vice president and editorial director Kevin McKean his job, reports TJ Raphael of Folio. Raphael writes, “‘It was a wonderful time at Consumer Reports,’ says McKean. ‘I think for their next chapter, so to speak, it’s actually better that I’m out of there and it’s […]
NYTimes, USA Today and two North Carolina papers win Barlett & Steele Awards
The New York Times, USA Today and a joint project by The Charlotte Observer and The (Raleigh) News & Observer won gold, silver and bronze awards respectively in the sixth annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced Thursday. Named for the renowned investigative […]
Advertising Week! Cats and dogs living together!
It’s Advertising Week 2012! Ok, so no one’s actually jumping out of a chair to run to New York, but Tanzina Vega and Stuart Elliot do have an interesting story in the New York Times about the five-day event. As the world relies more on digital, companies are trying to figure out the best way […]
How news content produced by advertisers is good for business
Forbes chief product officer Lewis Dvorkin writes about the business magazine’s BrandVoice, which allows companies to provide content for its website. Dvorkin writes, “Two years ago, we launched AdVoice, renamed BrandVoice last week, as a way for brands to use the same publishing tools I do to create, curate and distribute their expert content in […]
Gharib to receive Bell Award from NYFWA
Susie Gharib, the New York-based anchor of “Nightly Business Report” on PBS, will receive the Elliott V. Bell Award from the New York Financial Writers’ Association. Named for the first president of the NYFWA, the award honors an individual’s lifetime contributions to the field of financial journalism. Gharib’s weeknight broadcasts from the New York Stock […]
Business media and managing your finances
Radio personality Kojo Nnamdi talks to Knight Kiplinger of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance about the future of business media and personal finance in an age of economic uncertainty. Listen to their conversation here.
Bloomberg ups frequency of Pursuits to quarterly
Nick Batten of MediaWeek reports that Bloomberg is increasing the publishing frequency of its Pursuits magazine from once every six months to quarterly. Batten writes, “The title was launched in March as a biannual magazine, distributed as an extra with its monthly Bloomberg Markets magazine, which is sent out to around 380,000 subscribers to the […]
WSJ launches real-time biz news stream and blog
The Wall Street Journal launched Wednesday Corporate Intelligence, a real-time story stream focused on the most important company news of each business day. Available for Journal digital subscribers by desktop and as a web app saved to smartphones, the stream brings together the expertise of the Journal’s network of business reporters across the globe. Anchoring […]
