How Bloomberg News gets earnings releases early
Henry Blodget of The Business Insider writes about how Bloomberg News is able to get company earnings releases before its competitors. Blodget writes, “It turns out that some companies don’t want to wait until the 4PM market close to post their earnings online, perhaps because they’re worried they’ll forget. So what they do is post […]
Dick Youngblood retires again
Dick Youngblood, the former business editor and business columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, retired from the paper in 1998 but kept writing a small business column. His last column appeared Tuesday, as he’s retiring yet again. The paper lauded him, noting, “Youngblood, 74, started at the Minneapolis Tribune as the newspaper’s North Dakota correspondent […]
CNBC pulls franchise documentary from rotation
Josh Kosman of the New York Post reports Tuesday that CNBC has pulled a documentary about franchising from its rotation — after it has already aired — after complaints from Cold Stone Creamery. Kosman writes, “Lawyer Robert Zarco, who represents the Cold Stone franchisees, said the program unfairly put the big chill on their businesses […]
Incredible appetite for financial journalism will drive DealBook
Jeffrey Cane, the managing editor of DealBook at the New York Times, talked to Andy Plesser of Beet.TV about the changes being made to the blog and section of the site.
The difference between CNBC and Fox Business
Benzinga talked to Fox Business Network‘s Charles Gasparino about his switch from CNBC and what makes the two business news networks different. Here is an excerpt: What made you make the switch from CNBC to Fox Business? Charlie Gasparino: The people at Fox Business, I knew them. I respected them. They’re straight shooters. I guess […]
Covering tech via podcasts
John Kalish of The New York Times profiles TWIT, a California-based site run by Leo Laporte that covers the tech industry via free podcasts. Kalish writes, “Nerdy, yes. Silly, no. TWIT gets its name from Mr. Laporte’s flagship podcast, ‘This Week in Tech,’ which is downloaded by a quarter of a million people each week. […]
Strong ad revenue growth for business news channels
CNBC, Bloomberg Television and Fox Business Network are each projected to post even higher double-digit gains in ad revenue this year, according to SNL Kagan. Claire Atkinson of the New York Post writes, “Bloomberg TV, whose subscriber base has been somewhat steady, is expected to ring up $80 million in ad sales, a 19-percent gain […]
"All the Devils are Here" and business journalism
Vanity Fair writer Bethany McLean and New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera, the authors of the new book “All the Devils are Here” about the financial crisis, have a number of interesting acknowledgements related to business journalism at the end of their book. They write, “We owe a particular debt to reporters who wrote […]
Forbes editor leaving for PR
Melanie Wells, a Forbes Media executive editor who covered marketing and advertising, is leaving the magazine to become a managing director and chief content officer of a public relations firm. Wells will join DiGennaro Communications on Jan. 10. She is taking a few weeks off before starting her new job, where she will be responsible […]
Strong coverage of Sears deal
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs likes the coverage in The New York Times about the Sears deal with Kmart, five years later.
