No. 1 with a bullet
The CNBC iPad application was released earlier this week and immediately shot up to No. 1 in both the Top Free iPad Apps on the App Store (ahead of Google Books and Friendly for Facebook) and in the Finance Top Free iPad Apps category.
Bowties on Bloomberg Television
In honor of Bloomberg Television’s “Surveillance Midday” host Tom Keene‘s birthday Thursday, Bloomberg economics editor Michael McKee paid homage to Keene’s signature bowties. Keene is a mini-media mogul at Bloomberg, with his radio show “Bloomberg Surveillance,” television show “Surveillance Midday, his blog “EconoChat” on Bloomberg Businessweek.com, his daily e-newsletter “Inside Surveillance” and his podcast product, […]
WSJ snags Choice Hotels account
The Wall Street Journal has been selected by leading lodging franchisor Choice Hotels International as the preferred newspaper to be distributed at more than 3,700 Choice Hotels properties in North America. The Journal will be delivered as a complimentary amenity to hotel guests upon request beginning Jan. 1, 2011. “The Wall Street Journal remains the […]
Bloomberg TV expanding its horizons
David Folkenflik of National Public Radio reports on Bloomberg Television and how it is expanding the reach of Bloomberg’s news operations. Folkenflik reports, “But right now, Bloomberg has so few American viewers that it doesn’t even pay Nielsen Media Research to estimate how many people are actually watching. “Historically, the television channel was simply treated […]
SABEW's Best in Business contest adds new divisions
The annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ Best in Business contest will open Jan. 4 with several new divisions and a new emphasis on non-traditional business news media. The 16th annual competition has been redesigned to recognize recent developments in the coverage of business news while retaining the core elements of the largest […]
Daily Beast's Brown, Diller visits Bloomberg BusinessWeek
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE There was quite a high-powered media get-together Wednesday at the offices of Bloomberg Businessweek. Daily Beast editor Tina Brown and consultant Ciro Scotti — previously the managing editor of Bloomberg Businessweek — paid a visit to the magazine’s editor in chief, Josh Tyrangiel, and Bloomberg L.P. chief content officer Norm Pearlstine. […]
WSJ/Dow Jones looking for forex commentator
Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Deborah Brewster sent out the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday: The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires are looking for a foreign-exchange strategist who can deliver smart, opinionated commentary and analysis quickly for publication. The strategist will formulate views and identify trading opportunities in a range […]
Defending personal finance journalism
CNBC.com senior editor John Carney writes Wednesday in favor of personal finance journalism despite some claims that it is old news or a contrary indicator. Carney writes, “Personal finance journalism is like a magical mirror that reflects back at the reader a slightly smarter and better looking version of himself. “Once we understand this, it’s […]
Behind the scenes in the lockdown room
Hampton Pearson of CNBC talks about what it’s like to be in a lockdown room in Washington when economic data is released. The practice is common for government agencies such as the Department of Labor to provide key economic data to economics reporters in advance of their official release so that they may prepare their […]
What is DealBook anyway?
Nick Summers of The New York Observer writes about Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times and its DealBook section of business news, noting its growing importance at the paper as well as its critics. Summers writes, “DealBook critics often invoke Politico as they attempt to describe how the outlets’ obsession with velocity and […]
