CNN's Velshi criticized for loan modification story
Bank of America is upset with CNN chief business correspondent Ali Velshi, who reported recently about a Philadelphia-area man who received a modified loan that kept him in his house, reports Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal. “Michael McKeever of Goldbeck McCafferty & McKeever, Bank of America’s law firm in the matter, said the […]
A crystal ball in financial reporting?
Jason Linkins of The Huffington Post was one of the journalists in attendance at the “Facing the Fracture” conference at Columbia University that discussed the media’s coverage of the economic meltdown of the past two years, and he reached his own conclusions about what happened. Linkins writes, “Chrystia Freeland is probably right: it’s too much […]
Bloomberg anchor Liu uses Twitter to tell viewers what's coming up
Muriel Vega of Pink magazine interviewed Bloomberg Television anchor Betty Liu about her role as a woman in a male-dominated field and how she juggles work with her personal life. Here is an excerpt: PINK: How do you incorporate technology to connect with your viewers? B.L.: We have joined Twitter and Facebook here at Bloomberg […]
CNBC developing show for Faber
Business news network CNBC is developing a new show for the middle of the day starring longtime reporter David Faber, reports Henry Blodget of The Business Insider. Blodget writes, “The new show could further reduce the time allotted to the existing ‘Power Lunch’ program, which stars Sue Herrera, Dennis Kneale, Michelle Caruso Cabrera, and Tyler […]
NYT names Powell and Rich economics reporters
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia made the following announcement to the staff on Monday afternoon: “Perhaps no single story has been more important in the past couple of years than the economy. Wall Street’s meltdown and resulting ‘Great Recession’ have had profound and sometimes devastating effects on the lives […]
More on the Apple/Newsweek issue
Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post obtained the e-mails from Newsweek tech reporter Dan Lyons that show the concern he had about his predecessor Steve Lyons passing along Apple’s distaste for hiring the Fake Steve Jobs blogger at the weekly magazine. Kurtz writes, “Lyons apologized Tuesday for misstating the sequence of events. The conversations he […]
CNBC's Quick needs a nickname
Bess Levin, the editor of Dealbreaker.com, interviewed CNBC anchor Becky Quick of The New York Observer about her career and the current economic crisis. Here is an excerpt: How do you become Warren Buffet’s favorite journalist? [laughs] I’m not his favorite! Carol Loomis at Fortune is his favorite. I got to be on Warren’s list […]
No shouting on the air for Bloomberg TV's Brennan
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Margaret Brennan is the anchor of “InBusiness with Margaret Brennan,” a daily business program on Bloomberg Television focusing on global markets and the day’s top geopolitical, economic and consumer trends. To do that, she’s traveled the world. In January, Brennan hosted Bloomberg Television’s first live broadcast from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where […]
TheStreet.com responds strongly to libel lawsuit from Generex
Felix Salmon of Reuters likes how TheStreet.com and senior columnist Adam Feuerstein responded to being hit with a $250 million libel lawsuit by Canadian company Generex. Salmon writes, “The story begins on March 19, when Feuerstein wrote a ‘Biotech Stock Mailbag’ column in which he explains why Generex ‘is a total bust.’ Generex wasn’t happy about that, […]
The contradictory iPad coverage
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs comments Tuesday on coverage of Apple’s new iPad, which hasn’t been consistent.
