Dallas Business Journal in tiff with game studio
The Dallas Business Journal and the game studio 3D Realms are apparently in a battle about a story the paper published about the release of a new video game, and it’s got the game sites all in a tizzy. Chris Scott Barr on Slash Gear writes, “The short story is that the Dallas Business Journal […]
Buffett pushes market up story line seems forced
Marek Fuchs of TheStreet.com writes Wednesday that all of the business media coverage of Tuesday’s stock market gains being due to billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s bid to bail out municipal bond insurers seemed a bit forced. Fuchs wrote, “Well, both MBIA and Ambac were down by more than 15% yesterday. So, um, let me try to […]
SABEW to hold conference call on executive pay
A new proxy season is looming, and both journalists and companies are dealing with the SEC’s revised rules for corporate disclosure of how and how much top executives are paid. To help member business reporters get the details and get them right, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers will sponsor a 90-minute conference […]
Next at the WSJ: A weekly culture section?
Irin Carmon of Women’s Wear Daily writes Wednesday that in addition to more sports and political coverage, The Wall Street Journal is examining a weekly culture section. Carmon wrote, “The project is in the very early development stages, and a spokesman for The Journal declined comment Tuesday. “Former House & Garden editor in chief Dominique […]
Some BusinessWeek workers assigned to temp agency
Keith Kelly of The New York Post writes Wednesday about how some BusinessWeek contract writers were assigned to a temporary agency. Kelly wrote, “Last Friday, Executive Editor John Byrne on a conference call told the contract workers they were being reassigned to a contract with Kelly Services. “In the past, they drew their paychecks from […]
Dow Jones
Judges of the 14th annual William R. Clabby Dow Jones Newswires Awards competition today named 12 wire service journalists and three newsletters journalists to share seven awards for their exemplary work during 2007. The news wires winners are: Indochina Bureau Chief Stephen Wright, in his capacity during 2007 as Singapore bureau chief, for his coverage of an […]
The most coveted beat in journalism
Alyssa Krinsky of TVNewser talked Tuesday with CNBC‘s Carl Quintanilla, who is the co-anchor of the business news cable network’s Squawk Box show every morning. Here is an excerpt: 1. TVNewser: As a broadcaster, the three-hour, live Squawk Box, with all of its free-wheeling banter and analysis, is… Quintanilla: .. one of the best gigs […]
Conclusion of 44-year-old California resident: Recession
Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy Editor blog, wonders why an Associated Press story about the nation’s economy has a 44-year-old woman from a small California town being the one to claim that we’re in a recession. Morris wrote, “In an Associated Press story released Sunday with a lead touching on empty homes and for-sale […]
Writer's strike best-covered strike ever because of new media
David Robb, a former labor reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, writes Tuesday how the recently settled writer’s strike in California was covered better than any other labor action because of new media. Robb wrote, “A Google search of ‘writers strike’ turns up 770,000 hits — seven times more hits than ‘steel strike,’ the next highest, […]
Worth magazine sold
Keith Kelly of The New York Post writes Tuesday that Worth magazine has been sold for the second time in four years. Kelly wrote, “Worth magazine has been sold by current owner CurtCo Media to Sandow Media, the Boca Raton, Fla.-based owner of New Beauty Magazine, for an undisclosed price. “CurtCo had taken over the […]
