New view of company data on SEC web site
The Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a Web site on Friday that lets investors launch charts and graphs to probe the financial data of a select group of companies that have signed on to the agency’s interactive data push, according to a Reuters story. The story stated, “The SEC’s new Financial Explorer site, reached via […]
How Tech Ticker is different than other business media
Patrick Phillips of I Want Media talks with Sarah Lacy, the BusinessWeek.com columnist and co-host of Yahoo’s new “Tech Ticker” video show online about its business coverage. Here is an excerpt: IWM: Does “Tech Ticker” compete with television business news like, say, CNBC and Fox Business Network? Yes and no. We only cover tech, and […]
The feud between Barron's and CNBC
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review writes Friday about the feud between CNBC and Barron’s that resulted after the weekly publication ran a story questioning the effectiveness of “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer‘s stock picks. Since the August 2007 article, few Barron’s journalists have appeared on CNBC after regularly making appearances before the article […]
Inside Cable News packs it in
Inside Cable News, which had chronicled what was going on at CNBC and Fox Business Network, among others, has ceased operations. A statement on the site said, “I always knew the day would come when I’d have to pull the plug on ICN. Eventually its demands on my time would interfere enough with my schedule […]
Hewlett-Packard settles case of spying on business journalists
Hewlett-Packard n Thursday announced a settlement with Business Week and New York Times reporters on whom the computer maker spied during a hunt for a boardroom leak, according to an AFP story. AFP wrote, “‘The matter has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties, and we’re pleased to put this matter behind us,’ […]
Flack: Murdoch smarter than Zell because WSJ is unique asset
Jack Flack, who writes about business and spin for the Conde Nast Portfolio web site, writes Thursday that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, who bought The Wall Street Journal last year, is smarter than Sam Zell, who bought the Tribune Co., because of what they each purchased. Flack wrote, “The Los Angeles Times has been […]
Former LA Times biz editor Stanton named paper's editor
Russ Stanton, the former business editor of the Los Angeles Times, has been named the editor of the paper. A story on the paper’s web site by Thomas Mulligan stated, “A 10-year veteran of The Times, Stanton moved early last year from business editor to the newly created post of innovation editor. In that job, he […]
CJR unveils new online biz column
The Columbia Journalism Review announced Thursday its newest feature, “The Opening Bell,” a daily online column that reviews, analyzes and critiques the latest highlights of the day’s business news. Written by former Wall Street Journal reporter Ryan Chittum, “The Opening Bell” will serve as a sophisticated guide to the daily business-news blizzard, flagging both the […]
Washington Post to add personal finance items in Sunday paper
The Washington Post business section is launching several new weekly personal finance features this weekend, writes personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary. Singletary wrote, “You can follow the investment chatter from Wall Street in the Market Buzz column, written by Sunday Business editor Steven E. Levingston. “For investors looking ahead, economics reporter Neil Irwin will write briefly […]
Why a business journalism class rocks
A business journalism student at Baruch College in New York writes on his blog about his first experience with the Bloomberg terminal. He wrote, “We had to be at Bloomberg News at 8:45 AM (I.E. I had to get up at 6 AM) for my Business Journalism class, that was the part that sucked. “The […]
