Where was Pedro?
Pedro da Costa, a Wall Street Journal reporter who covers the Federal Reserve and economics stories, was noticeably absent from Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen’s press conference on Wednesday after attending them for the past several years. Da Costa posted on Twitter Wednesday afternoon that he wasn’t attending despite asking frequent questions at past news conferences […]
Government agency asked for Bloomberg reporter’s employment contract
Jim Snyder and Danielle Ivory of Bloomberg News examine how federal government agencies have failed to comply with requests to provide details and expenses of travel, going as far as to threaten reporters who have asked for the information. Snyder and Ivory write, “One Bloomberg reporter filed a 2012 request for information on gifts to […]
Percent of women covering biz/economics news rises
The percent of women journalists covering business and economics beats rose in 2014 and now slightly outpaces the entire field of journalism, according to data from the Women’s Media Center. Female reporters comprise 38 percent of journalists covering business and economics stories, up from 36 percent in 2013, according to the Status of Women in […]
Musk article just a basic business strategy story
Brian Thevenot, the deputy business editor of the Los Angeles Times, defended the newspaper’s article about Elon Musk and his companies taking government subsidiaries as good journalism. Musk criticized the article. Ritesh Anan of Benzinga writes, “‘Well, I didn’t hear any criticisms on the facts in the story,’ Thevenot said. ‘I heard a lot of […]
Why Re/code no longer is like other tech news sites
Paul Carr of Pando Daily writes about tech news site Re/code’s sale to Vox Media and what it means for founders Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. Carr writes, “We can argue — and I do, obviously — that having investors in common with companies you cover, or even having investors you cover, is a conflict […]
When Merrill Lynch tried to bribe Charles Gasparino
Fox Business Network senior correspondent Charles Gasparino spoke with Playboy magazine’s Rob Tannenbaum about his career. Here is an excerpt: It’s cruel that the people who most need financial advice can’t get it. That’s changed over the past 30 years, right? Yes. I broke a story when I was a reporter at The Wall Street […]
Bloomberg’s Halperin apologizes to presidential candidate
Bloomberg Politics co-host Mark Halperin apologized to Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday for a recent interview in which he asked the Texas Republican to demonstrate his Cuban heritage by answering cultural questions and speaking in Spanish, reports Dylan Byers of Politico. Byers writes, “‘We wanted to talk with Senator Cruz about his outreach to Latino […]
Yahoo sues ex-employee for giving information to reporter
Yahoo Inc. sued a former employee over claims she “brazenly” divulged confidential information about the company to a reporter who was writing a book about Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer’s leadership. Joel Rosenblatt and Brian Womack of Bloomberg News report, “Yahoo claims that Cecile Lal, a former senior director of product management, broke a confidentiality […]
Illinois governor refuses to take questions at SABEW
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner refused to take questions on Saturday after speaking to a room full of business journalists at the annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference in Chicago. “I was shocked when the governor refused to take questions, and as far as I know in the history of SABEW, no guest […]
BuzzFeed removed articles after advertiser complaints
BuzzFeed on Saturday disclosed that it had found three instances when complaints from business-side employees who worked with advertisers resulted in the deletion of articles, reports Steven Perlberg of The Wall Street Journal. Perlberg writes, “The three advertiser-related deletions, which involved Unilever-owned Axe, Microsoft and Pepsi, were ‘pulled after an editor fielded a complaint from […]
