Is the Financial Times in trouble?
The London-based financial newspaper now has a new top editior in Lionel Barber, but it faces increased competition from a variety of sources and slumping readership in its home market, according to an item posted on Media Life. The piece states that Barber’s top job is “repairing the fortunes of the once most august and […]
Spin on hiring a news editor for WSJ online
In the wake of the shakeup in the Dow Jones corporate boardroom, Wall Street Journal Online is looking for a new news editor. Here is how one blogger characterized it: “First the management shakeup, now a call for new blood: experienced but deferential to a fault, and able to squeeze more out of cheaper, greener […]
Earnings season is about to start
Here are some suggestions on how to write earnings stories: It’s important to note that a company can use its earnings releases to put a spin on its performance. Sometimes a company will emphasize strong growth in revenue or sales to mask the fact that it spent a lot of money in the quarter on […]
The pros and cons of companies talking about M&A talks
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an excellent article in today’s newspaper about the pros and cons of a company talking about whether it is involved in negotiations for a merger or acquisition. The paper had a local company that was rumored to be in such a deal. Repeateadly, apparently, the company said it didn’t […]
BusinessWeek, a CEO and the Internet as a medium
How strange is this? Tim Mullaney, the e-business editor at BusinessWeek, sends a detailed and exhaustive list of questions to Scott Blevins, Overstock.com’s director of public relations, via e-mail on Tuesday. The questions are intended for chairman and President Patrick Byrne and other company executives. Byrne responds — I do not know when, but obviously […]
CNN tops CNBC, Bloomberg TV and others in Europe
A survey of financial managers in large companies and senior executives in banks and other businessess finds that they are more likely to watch CNN for business news when traveling in Europe, according to this story. The study found: “In Europe, the international news network reached 72.1% of financial managers in large companies and senior […]
CNBC's Ted David moving to radio
Ted David is becoming senior anchor of CNBC Business Radio. He will start on Feb. 6, according to the memo sent out. Part of the launch team that put CNBC on the air in April 1989, David is currently co-anchor of CNBC’s “Morning Call,” which airs from 10 a.m. to noon Monday-Friday. David interviews top […]
Scripps Howard columnist terminated for taking money from Monsanto
Michael Fumento will no longer write columns for the Scripps Howard News Service after BusinessWeek Online disclosed that he had received $60,000 from agriculture company Monsanto, a topic of nine columns in recent years. Fumento has been very pro-biotechnology in the columns. Fumento denies that he has done anything wrong, and mentions that he criticized […]
ME for business leaving St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Worthington joined the Minnesota newspaper in 1997 from the Dallas Morning News, and at first he was the senior editor over business and technology coverage. He became managing editor for business and news in 2002. The announcement was made in the newspaper today. Worthington made the announcement in the newsroom on Thursday, and his […]
Barron's updates its Web site
Barron’s, the weekly business newspaper published by Dow Jones, has revamped its Web site, adding more daily coverage aimed at investors and some other features. The additions include these features: * Inside Scoop — The only daily column that tracks stock purchases and sales by corporate insiders; * Hot Research AM and PM — Market-moving […]
