Changes made to Star-Tribune biz desk
Rene Sanchez, the managing editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Todd Stone, assistant managing editor for business, announced changes to the paper’s business news desk, including placing a business reporter in Washington. The memo, posted by David Brauer on MinnPost.com, reads: We are delighted to announce three steps certain to expand the ambition and […]
WSJ Europe names new editor
The Wall Street Journal Europe has hired the Daily Telegraph‘s Tracy Corrigan to replace Patience Wheatcroft as editor, reports Jason Deans of The Guardian. Deans writes, “Corrigan’s appointment was announced to Wall Street Journal staff today. She is an assistant editor at the Daily Telegraph and writes columns for the business and comment pages. “Wheatcroft […]
Reuters disputes M&A rankings for biz media
Joe Pompeo of Yahoo News reports that Reuters is disputing data from The Wall Street Journal that shows it breaks the most mergers and acquisitions stories in business news. Pompeo writes, “The Cutline reached out to The New York Times, Bloomberg and Reuters to see if each cared to dispute The Journal staffer’s list and/or […]
Paying energy reporters for their opinion
Paul Farhi of The Washington Post writes Friday about how a research firm has been paying reporters who cover the energy industry for their opinions. Farhi writes, “The firm, PFC Opinion Research, is rounding up reporters and editors who cover the energy sector to opine about ‘certain aspects of oil and gas industries,’ as an […]
The 2010 Fox Business Christmas card
Fox Business Network sends out a Christmas card each year. In recent years, it’s taken shots at CNBC and Jim Cramer. Here is this year’s card, which is more low-key: Inside, it reads: (Sung to the tune of “A Holly Jolly Christmas”) Have the Power to Prosper in business When you watch FBN You never […]
Bloomberg Businessweek changes year-end issue
Bloomberg Businessweek has traditionally devoted its year-end double issue to an investment guide, but that’s changed this year under its new ownership and management. It’s a year in review that is very much graphics driven and takes up the entire issue — no technology or finance sections, for example. Advertising-wise, it’s the second largest issue […]
American City Business Journals gives back 5% pay cut from 2009
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE American City Business Journals, the owners of 40 business weekly newspapers across the country, announced internally Thursday that the 5 percent pay cut for employees it made in 2009 will be given back at the beginning of 2011. Journalists and other staffers will receive the 5 percent back as long as […]
WSJ winning the battle of breaking M&A stories
Nick Summers of the New York Observer reports Thursday about some data he received from a Wall Street Journal reporter that shows that The Journal continues to break most of the merger & acquisition stories in the business media. Summers writes, “If accurate, they make a convincing case that despite Mr. Murdoch’s influences, the Journal […]
NYT says goodbye to O'Brien
Here is New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia‘s note to the staff about the departure of Sunday business editor Timothy O’Brien: I am sad to announce that Tim O’Brien is leaving The Times, where he has done a terrific job, most recently as Sunday Business editor and before that as a reporter, to become […]
Huffington Post hires NYT Sunday biz editor
Timothy O’Brien, the Sunday business editor at the New York Times, has been hired by the Huffington Post as its national editor, reports Michael Calderone of Yahoo News. Calderone writes, “He’ll also work with Goodman, the site’s Executive Business Editor, in business coverage and plans to write features and columns. “Co-founder Arianna Huffington, reached by […]
