BusinessWeek softball team folds
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The BusinessWeek softball team, which won the New York media league championship as recently as 2008, has folded for the current season because layoffs and departures have decimated its ranks. The magazine was acquired by Bloomberg in December. Since then, dozens of staffers have left due to buyouts, layoffs and finding […]
CNBC's Burnett does not mince words
Eric Spitznagel of Vanity Fair has an interview with CNBC anchor Erin Burnett about her opinions of Wall Street and its players where he asks her her opinion of how she is perceived by the public. Here is an excerpt: It’s hard to tell if you’re being unbiased. The Huffington Post claimed that you’re one […]
SABEW to hold training call on health care law
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold a teletraining conference call next week titled, “Now That It’s Passed: Covering the New Health Care Law.” The call will be held on Wednesday, April 7, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time. The call will include a discussion of how the tax credits […]
Editor changes announced on New York Times business desk
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia has made the following announcement: “The makeover of Business Day continues, with several moves involving talented editors: one leaving, one staying (with a new assignment) and one coming. “I am pleased to announce that Vindu Goel, who has been a deputy technology editor, will […]
CNBC's Jarvis joins CBS
Rebecca Jarvis, a former reporter for CNBC, will now cover business and economics for CBS News and be a reader for “The Early Show Saturday Edition.” An announcement posted on the CBS site states, “Jarvis joined CBS News on April 1, 2010, from CNBC, where she reported breaking stock, currency, and commodities market news from […]
ProPublica to help local reporters find struggling homeowners
The following announcement was sent out Thursday by Mike Webb, director of communications of ProPublica.org: “ProPublica is launching a new project where we hope to pair local journalists with struggling homeowners in the loan modification program. We’re doing this because more than 800 homeowners have shared their stories with us about the numerous problems they’ve […]
Easterbrook begins writing column for Reuters.com
Reuters announced Thursday the hiring of distinguished journalist, author and lecturer Gregg Easterbrook as a columnist for Reuters.com. Easterbrook, whose weekly column debuted on Reuters.com today, will write on topics ranging from economics and politics to science and technology. Easterbrook is the author of the bestselling 2010 book “Sonic Boom,” as well as five other […]
Covering the U.S. biz world for an international audience
PRWeek’s Aarti Shah interviewed Francesco Guerrera, the U.S. business and financial editor of the Financial Times, about how he does his job and what stories he covers. Here is an excerpt: What big stories are you focusing on now? Guerrera: The big topic at the moment is obviously the future of the banking industry. I’m […]
Biz journal editor retiring
John Wolcott, the editor of the Snohomish County Business Journal in Washington state, is retiring after 12 years in the position. Wolcott writes, “Without the journal, most of that news would not have been published, since The Herald uses its limited space for a variety of news across all facets of county life. Only the […]
Bloomberg iPad app will be free
Gillian Reagan of The Business Insider interviewed Oke Okaro, the new head of Bloomberg‘s mobile operations, who told her that its iPad application will be free. Here is an excerpt of their conversation: On why he joined Bloomberg: “A few reasons (not in order). First, the opportunity to be a part of helping Bloomberg build […]
