Assessing CNBC Pro: Two thumbs up
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE I had an opportunity to talk to Ariel Nelson, director of CNBC digital products and strategy, on Tuesday about the new CNBC Pro product that was launched, and take a quick tour to examine its features. First, some background: CNBC reached out to about 1,500 television and CNBC.com users. What it […]
Who wants to write about pork belly futures for a trade magazine in Topeka?
Or, would you like to cover the financial services industry for a Website, until it is bought by another Website and they move all of the writing jobs to Bangalore, India?
TV Week's NewsPro lists most powerful players in TV financial news
The 10 most powerful players in financial news on television were listed in the December issue of TV Week’s NewsPro magazine. Hillary Atkins writes, “CNBC is, of course, the leader in the field, but it has competitors nipping at its heels, and even some surprising competition at times from television’s longest-running newsmagazine program, ’60 Minutes.’” […]
WSJ's secret project to launch end of next month
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Wall Street Journal‘s secret project will launch in six weeks, with a formal announcement of its launch detailing what it will be expected early next year, sources within Dow Jones & Co. said Tuesday. The project is expected to focus its coverage on foreign exchange news and be delivered in a […]
Kedrosky begins blog for Bloomberg
Paul Kedrosky, the technology and finance analyst, venture capitalist and author of the blog Infectious Greed, has officially begun blogging on Bloomberg.com. Kedrosky’s commentary on finance, business, current affairs and science will appear on the blog. In addition, Kedrosky will make appearances on Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg Radio and write for Bloomberg Businessweek. “Paul has […]
Montreal biz editor leaving paper
Bryan Demchinsky, the business editor of the Montreal Gazette who has been at the paper for 28 years, is leaving the business. Demchinsky writes, “But I’m not retiring, I tell them. I’m just changing my office. I’ve given enough at this one and would like try a few other things, some of which almost certainly […]
Reuters to boost U.S. coverage
Reuters is making a push to cover general, entertainment and sports news in the United States in addition to its core international and financial news offerings, reports Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of The Financial Times. Edgecliffe-Johnson writes, “It aims to have staff or freelance reporters in 100 cities across all 50 US states, and to offer an […]
CNBC launching new premium financial news and data product
CNBC will announce Tuesday that it’s launching a new product called CNBC Pro for computers and smartphones that will cost $24.99 a month or $269.99 a year. CNBC Pro will include real-time global market data from more than 100 exchanges worldwide and real-time price and news alerts. The market data will include equities, ETFs, commodities, […]
Where's the coverage of falling house prices?
Dan Froomkin of Nieman Watchdog writes Monday about the lack of coverage about declining home prices. Froomkin writes, “Dean Baker, co-director of the liberal Center for Economic and Policy Research, tells me the story isn’t getting nearly as much coverage as it should — if nothing else because ‘as you see a drop in home […]
The state of freelance business journalism
Freelance business journalists in North America make an average of $25,000 to $30,000 a year, and two out of every five were laid off, according to an informal survey conducted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. More than two-thirds of those who responded said they would not go back to a full-time […]
