NYT's Sorkin answers critics
New York Times business reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, who covers mergers and acquisitions and oversees Dealbook, spoke to Donya Blaze of FishbowlNY about his business journalism work and responds to some criticism.
CNBC hires two new reporters
Business news channel CNBC announced Tuesday that Kayla Tausche and Margaret Popper will join the network. Tausche will be a general assignment reporter covering corporate finance and deals, and Popper will be a senior producer helping oversee the network’s banking and finance coverage. Both will contribute to CNBC.com. “Covering banking and corporate finance is at the heart of what CNBC does best,” […]
Baltimore biz columnist threatened by company
Baltimore Sun business columnist Jay Hancock writes Tuesday about how he called the vice president of global marketing at Abbott Laboratories after e-mails the executive sent with a threat to Hancock were subpoenaed by the Senate Finance Committee and published Monday in a report. “Don’t you have connections in Baltimore?????” Pacitti e-mailed a subordinate regarding […]
Lisovicz names visiting Reynolds professor
Susan Lisovicz, who was CNN’s Wall Street reporter until earlier this year, has been named the Reynolds Visiting Professor in Business Journalism for the spring 2011 semester at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Lisovicz is the former president of the New York Financial Writers Association. In more […]
CNBC launches iPad app
Business news channel CNBC announced Tuesday that has rolled out an iPad application. The app provides live, real-time stock quotes before, during and after market hours, directly from both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Additionally, the app offers breaking news alerts and access to top CNBC video clips. The app also allows users […]
Yahoo Finance to launch online biz show in 2011
Andy Plesser of Beet.TV interviewed Erin McPhearson, vice president and head of originals and video programming at Yahoo, about a new business news show that will be launched on the site in 2011.
Bloomberg TV adds weekend show
Bloomberg Television will be airing a program on the weekends called “Monocle on Bloomberg,” according to a company spokeswoman. The show debuts Dec. 18 at noon EST in the U.S. It will be a one-hour program focusing on global affairs, business, politics and design. The show will be hosted by Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé and […]
Bloomberg also looking for additional NYC space
Theresa Agovino of Crain’s New York Business reports that Bloomberg L.P. is also scouring midtown New York for an additional 300,000 square feet. Agovino writes, “Bloomberg LP is looking to expand its midtown presence by a third as it scours the market for an additional 300,000 square feet near its headquarters on East 59th Street […]
Bloomberg to build new European HQ in London
Bloomberg L.P. announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with Legal and General for the purchase of the Walbrook Square site to build a new European headquarters located in the heart of the City of London. The agreement means Bloomberg L.P. will construct two new buildings, one that will contain in excess of 500,000 […]
More changes coming to Forbes
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about some additional changes occurring at the business magazine. Dvorkin writes, “In fact, beginning in the middle of January, Forbes (remember, we happen to be engaged in all three mediums) will release re-architected channel pages that are a blend of ‘Splash and Stream.’ What does that […]
