New business magazine launches in Arkansas
Talk Business Quarterly, a quarterly business magazine, was launched by Roby Brock, a radio and TV business producer, according to a story in the Springdale Morning News. The story stated, “The quarterly magazine features reporting on business and political issues in the Natural State as well as exclusive interviews with established and emerging leaders, community […]
Boulder County Business Report is sold
The Boulder County Business Report is being sold to Brown Publishing Co., a publishing company based in Ohio that other business newspapers, according to a story on the paper’s web site. Terms were not disclosed. The story stated, “The sale includes all of the Business Report’s print, event and online publications, as well as BBI’s […]
Biz media obsessed with rogue trader's college education
Yvette Kantrow of TheDeal.com wants to know why the business media is obsessed with where the Société Générale trader who lost more than $7 billion went to college. Kantrow wrote, “You can hardly pick up a newspaper account of Kerviel’s shenanigans at Société Générale without reading about how Kerviel attended lowly University of Lyon–an ‘average […]
The case of the changing press release is solved
Mike Huckman, who follows the drug industry for CNBC, writes that the Bristol-Myers Squibb earnings press release that he believed Thursday was changed to clear up confusion about its earnings was really just a snafu at PR Newswire. Huckman wrote, “PR Newswire provides a subscription service to companies, including Bristol, called ‘Media Room.’ Essentially PR […]
Dow Jones exploring new ventures
The following announcement was made by Dow Jones & Co. CEO Les Hinton on Friday: “As we seek to accelerate growth in our businesses, I am pleased to announce that we are expanding our commitment to developing new products. Leading this charge will be Ann Sarnoff, president of Dow Jones Ventures, who will strengthen both […]
Fuchs admits he was wrong about Yahoo!/Microsoft stories
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs, who for months has criticized unsourced stories speculating about a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo!, is now eating some crow after a proposed acquisition was announced Friday morning. Fuchs wrote, “But first, just as every dog has its day, so, apparently, does every unsourced takeover rumor. The Business Press Maven, […]
How the business section interacts with readers
The American Press Institute’s “Newspaper Next” project is about to issue an update, and the Newspaper Association of America’s A.S. Berman takes a look in Presstime at some strategies that appear to be working, including the Wichita Eagle’s business section. Berman wrote, “Lisa Fetter, advertising manager for The Wichita Eagle, remembers listening in on a […]
Business journal files to dismiss slander suit
The Springfield Business Journal in Missouri has filed a motion to dismiss a slander lawsuit brought against the paper by a man who advocated that taxation is un-Christian. Jaime Baranyai of the Springfield News-Leader wrote that two men who took the advice and didn’t pay taxes for five years were recently interviewed by the paper. […]
