NYT starts blog on women-owned businesses
Adriana Gardella, the former Fortune small business editor, has started a new blog for the New York Times on businesses owned by women called “She Owns It.” Gardella writes, “Why do these stories seem to slip through the cracks? Julie Kirk, a cashed-out technology entrepreneur and an instructor with a University of Maryland program that […]
Record day for business news sites
The turmoil in the stock market on Thursday afternoon led to record hits and views for many financial news Web sites and mobile applications. CNBC.com had its best ever hour, with 2.6 million pages viewed on the site between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. The site averages 1.1 million page views during that time period. […]
Judge refuses to hear argument to unseal records in iPhone case
A California judge judge refused to hear arguments from a coalition of media lawyers seeking access to details of a search warrant served by a task force that raided a Gizmodo blogger’s home on April 23 in a case involving a missing iPhone prototype from Apple Inc., reports the Los Angeles Times. David Sarno and […]
The law, the iPhone and Gizmodo
Jeff Bercovici of DailyFinance.com writes about whether the police search of a Gizmodo reporter’s house in the wake of it reporting about a lost iPhone prototype was legal. Bercovici writes, “Representatives of Gawker Media, which owns Gizmodo, demanded the immediate return of Chen’s computers on the grounds that their search and seizure was illegal under […]
Gizmodo reporter's computers seized
Jason Chen, the reporter who wrote the stories last week about the prototype iPhone for tech site Gizmodo, had his computers seized by police from his home. Brian Stelter and Nick Bilton of the New York Times write, “Gawker’s chief operating officer, Gaby Darbyshire, said it expected the immediate return of the computers and servers. […]
Apple coverage and the iPhone scoop
Foster Kamer of the Village Voice interviewed Gawker head Nick Denton about sister site Gizmodo’s scoop regarding the new iPhone left at a California bar, and Denton had choice words for business journalists. Here is an excerpt: Absolutely. I mean: is there a bigger scoop in technology journalism? Any decent journalist ought to be willing […]
Business news and blogging
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon received some questions from a college student Tuesday about business journalism and blogging, and posted his answers on his blog. Here is an excerpt: 3) What does business blogging do to the future of mainstream business journalism outlets? Well, in the best-case scenario, it makes them much better. Mainstream business journalists, […]
Bloggers and financial journalism
The New York Financial Writers Association is sponsoring a panel on financial news blogging, its impact and its future, on Tuesday, April 27. The session will be held at 7 p.m. at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in midtown Manhattan. The panelists will include Barry Ritholtz, author, blogger and financial analyst; Jesse Eisinger, senior writer, […]
Apple cancels iPad meeting with business journalists
Paul Boutin of VentureBeat reports that Apple’s PR people have canceled meetings with VentureBeat, Gizmodo and other publications to talk about the new iPad. Boutin writes, “Reporter Amit Agarwal, a regular columnist for the Hindustan Times, created a list of 10 writers who have published hands-on iPad reviews. Agarwal dubbed the group ‘Steve Jobs’ new […]
Easterbrook begins writing column for Reuters.com
Reuters announced Thursday the hiring of distinguished journalist, author and lecturer Gregg Easterbrook as a columnist for Reuters.com. Easterbrook, whose weekly column debuted on Reuters.com today, will write on topics ranging from economics and politics to science and technology. Easterbrook is the author of the bestselling 2010 book “Sonic Boom,” as well as five other […]
