Dow Jones to use software to combine print and online
Dow Jones & Co. has signed a deal with Eidos Media to use its Methode software for the print and online editions of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch. A story from Newspapers & Technology stated, “The implementation will serve reporters, editors and designers at newsrooms in the United States, Europe and Asia, all […]
Engaging readers is the key
John Byrne, editor of BusinessWeek.com, writes in the latest issue of MediaWeek how the business media will be successful if they can engage readers to be part of the conversation. Byrne writes, “Tracking the effectiveness of a reader engagement initiative requires new metrics. At BusinessWeek, we’re measuring this by counting up our outputs to the […]
From opera singer to business news
Jennifer Feals of the Portsmith Herald in New Hampshire profiles New Hampshire native Trish Regan, who hosts “The Call” on CNBC, the show that had the highest number of viewers in the past month. Feals writes, “As a singer, she became fluent in Italian and Spanish and learned to speak German, languages she continues to […]
Thomson Reuters journalists get closer to strike
Katie Allen of The Guardian newspaper in London reports that journalists at Thomson Reuters are closer to striking to protest planned job cuts at the merged operations. Allen writes, “At today’s meeting, staff passed a resolution that will be put to management on Monday: ‘This chapel is prepared to take industrial action in the event […]
FT's Lex column losing battle with WSJ
Conde Nast Portfolio‘s Felix Salmon writes that the Financial Times‘ Lex column is losing a battle with The Wall Street Journal‘s Heard on the Street column and needs to become free on the Internet. Salmon writes, “In the UK, where the FT holds much the same position within the financial classes as the WSJ does […]
Virginia paper to cut stock listings
The Newport News Daily Press will cut its stock and mutual fund listings during the week, among other changes, according to its publisher. Publisher Digby Solomon wrote, “Today we launch a few additional changes. Our Sunday Business section becomes Your Money, and focuses entirely on personal finance with news, tips, investing advice and the weekly […]
Jacksonville readers upset at cut stock listings; paper cuts Monday biz section
Wayne Ezell, the reader representative at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla., writes Sunday that the reaction to the paper’s decision to cut printed stock and mutual fund listings was surprising. Ezell also reports that the paper’s First Business section on Mondays will be eliminated and the content put in the Sunday business section. Ezell […]
From stockbroker to business journalist
Sarah Shemkus of the Cape Cod Times writes Sunday about Pam Krueger, the host of “MoneyTrack,” which is shown on more ehan 150 PBS stations around the country. Shemkus writes, “In 2005, she and co-host Jack Gallagher — himself a part-time resident of Harwich Port — launched MoneyTrack. Krueger envisioned the program as a source […]
Texas business paper is sold to Brown Publishing
Ohio-based Brown Publishing, which has been purchasing weekly business newspapers around the country in the past year, has bought Inside Collin County Business, a business newspaper in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The paper was started in 1994 by the former publisher of the Dallas Business Journal. AÂ brief in the Dallas Morning News stated, “Brown Publishing […]
WSJ owns the Lehman Brothers story
The Deal executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes about how The Wall Street Journal has been out ahead of all of the other business media, particularly The New York Times business section, in covering the Lehman Brothers story. Kantrow writes, “In a page A1 scoop on June 3, the WSJ broke the news that the investment […]
