Personal finance web site FiLife closer to reality
The joint venture between The Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones & Co. and IAC/InterActive Corp. aimed at developing a personal finance web site for younger readers by the end of the year is getting closer to reality. Ron Lieber, the former Journal columnist who is managing editor of the operation, which was announced back […]
CNBC has best August in five years
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business writes Wednesday that business news cable network CNBC has had its best August in terms of ratings in the past five years. Flamm wrote, “CNBC’s business day, which runs from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., averaged 87,000 viewers in the channel’s target audience of adults 25 to 54 […]
Update on fired Cincinnati biz reporter
CityBeat, the alternative newspaper in Cincinnati, writes about fired Cincinnati Enquirer business writer Jim McNair in its Wednesday edition. He is talking to an attorney and no longer speaking to the media as a result. Lew Moores wrote, “McNair’s letter of termination, he confirmed, said, ‘In light of recent complaints, our confidence that you could […]
M&A magazine launched with Dow Jones help
A Dallas-based company that advises small- and medium-sized businesses said Wednesday that it has launched a quarterly mergers & acquisitions magazine geared to executives in those companies with the help of Dow Jones & Co. The magazine will be called Generational Wealth Advisor, and it will be a free quarterly magazine with the help of […]
Differing coverage of the Acer-Gateway deal
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs writes Wednesday that the coverage of Acer’s proposed acquisition of Gateway was all over the map, from references to former Chinese leaders to former CEOs of other computer makers. But The Wall Street Journal, wrote Fuchs, got it right. Fuchs wrote, “They don’t indulge themselves with some lead that traces back 60 […]
New hires at Fast Company
Fast Company magazine announced Wednesday that Thomas Foster will join the magazine as articles editor and Jeff Chu will join the staff as a senior editor.  Both will begin on Sept. 4 and will report to Fast Company’s editor and managing director Robert Safian. Foster was most recently the editor of Men’s Journal, where he […]
Cat fight at CNBC
Richard Johnson at the New York Post writes Wednesday that the other CNBC female anchors are upset at the amount of attention bestowed upon Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett. Johnson wrote, “A source says reporters including sexy blonde Melissa Francis, who covers energy, have complained to CNBC suits that while they get zip, Bartiromo and […]
WSJ to rename weekend section
The Wall Street Journal will rechristen Pursuits, its Saturday leisure section, as Weekend Journal, the same name as the Friday section, writes Geraldine Fabrikant of the New York Times. Fabrikant wrote, “The change would mean the newspaper will put out a Weekend Journal section on both Friday and Saturday and a Personal Journal section on […]
Dow Jones deal clears hurdle
Dow Jones & Co., the owner of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch, announced Tuesday evening that its acquisition by News Corp. has cleared a major regulatory hurdle. Its release stated, “Dow Jones & Company and News Corporation announced today that the Premerger Notification Office of the Federal Trade Commission granted early termination on […]
Yahoo! Finance in trouble
Douglas McIntyre writes on the 24/7 Wall Street site that the Yahoo! Finance web site appears to be in trouble. McIntyre wrote, “Yahoo! Finance has lost a lot of its key people recently. Some have gone to Conde Nast Portfolio, and others to Dow Jones. Peggy White, the unit’s general manager, made a mysterious departure […]
