Biz media also on trial with Theranos and Holmes

Sara Ashley O’Brien of CNN Business writes about how the business news media that lauded now-disgraced blood testing company Theranos is also on trial during the case of founder Elizabeth Holmes. O’Brien writes, “In the government’s opening statements, lead prosecutor Robert Leach called attention to Holmes’ role in using the media and positive press coverage to […]

WSJ names Tweh its deputy bureau chief for corporate coverage

Bowdeya Tweh has been named deputy bureau chief for corporate coverage at The Wall Street Journal. He will start his new position next month. “There’s so many fantastic reporters and editors in the tech bureau and I’ve learned so much from them,” he wrote on Twitter. “Looking forward to contributing to another strong coverage team.” Tweh […]

How Insider reporter Taylor broke the Brandy Melville story

Insider fellow Phil Rosen spoke to reporter Kate Taylor about her recent investigation into teen clothing brand Brandy Melville.  Here is an excerpt: Talk about your process for getting sources for this story. How did you go about finding people to trust you? Finding sources and getting them to trust me was a very long, […]

Apple CEO Cook: Staffers who leak memos to reporters don’t belong

Apple CEO Tim Cook sent a memo to company employees stating that those who leak memos and information to reporters “do not belong” at the company, reports Zoe Schiffer of The Verge. Schiffer reports, “Tim Cook sent an email to Apple employees Tuesday evening about an all-hands meeting that leaked to The Verge last week. He […]

Portland Biz Journal seeks footwear and apparel reporter

The Portland Business Journal is seeking a reporter to cover the city’s dynamic footwear and apparel sector, a significant contributor to the regional economy. Oregon is home to Nike, Columbia Sportswear, Adidas North America, Keen, a significant Under Armor outpost and dozens of smaller makers, manufacturers, suppliers, investors and educators that make up the footwear and apparel ecosystem. […]

SABEW announces shortlist for Best in Business Book Award

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced the shortlist for its Best in Business Book Awards, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding business books published between July 31, 2020, and July 31, 2021. Submissions came from publishers such as Penguin Random House-Crown, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, PublicAffairs and Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The overall […]

Qwick Takes: How bad can the chip shortage get?

This week, Talking Biz News Deputy Editor Erica Thompson reached out to Qwoted’s community of experts to inquire about the persistent semiconductor shortage that is forcing companies to curb production and disrupting already vulnerable supply chains. Check out some of the top commentary: Nate Rosier, SVP, Consulting Group Leader at enVista: The current chip shortage […]

What news organizations could have withstood Theranos’ threats?

Timothy Noah of The New Republic writes about the threats that defunct blood testing company Theranos made against The Wall Street Journal and wonders what other news organizations would have withstood such pressue. Noah writes, “How many news organizations in the United States would have been in a financial position even to consider publishing such a […]

A CEO praising a technology reporter

Scot Wingo, the CEO of Get Spiffy in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, writes about longtime technology journalist Allan Maurer for WRAL TechWire. Wingo writes, “Then a couple months later, one of the folks that sat near the door said: ‘Scot that reporter guy is here to see you’?   Huh?  I went to the door […]

Ex-WSJ reporter Carreyrou willing to testify at Theranos trial

Former Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou is on the potential witness list and is willing to testify at the criminal case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, reports Brian Baxter of Bloomberg Law. Baxter reports, “Carreyrou, whose October 2015 report in the Wall Street Journal cast doubts about the efficacy of Theranos’ technology, locked horns with the company’s lawyers at Boies Schiller Flexner. […]