Bloomberg Government competitor First Street in private beta testing
First Street, a government policy and lobbying service from CQ Press, has entered into private beta testing in advance of its April launch. The service is similar to Bloomberg Government, which launched at the beginning of the year. First Street includes congressional, government and lobbying data. Private beta participants include law/lobbying firms, media organizations, and […]
WSJ.com attracting more female readers
Erik Sass of Media Daily News writes about how The Wall Street Journal‘s website is using specific content to attract more female readers. Sass writes, “One of the biggest changes is more content targeting female readers, although a new online section entitled ‘Journal Women’ has since been quietly scrapped. “And it appears to be paying […]
From business journalism to the foreign service
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Sarah Talalay has traded in her journalism notebook for a passport. The sports business reporter for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel resigned from her job earlier this year to become a foreign service officer with the State Department. This summer, she will begin her first overseas posting in Chennai, India. Talalay was a […]
Palm Beach paper pulls editorial critical of CEO's pay package
Kevin Gale, the editor of the South Florida Business Journal, reports Monday that the Palm Beach Post has pulled an editorial it published on Friday from its website about the compensation package of Office Depot’s departing CEO after the company raised questions about several facts in the editorial. Gale writes, “The editorial generally looked at […]
Palm Beach paper pulls editorial critical of CEO’s pay package
Kevin Gale, the editor of the South Florida Business Journal, reports Monday that the Palm Beach Post has pulled an editorial it published on Friday from its website about the compensation package of Office Depot’s departing CEO after the company raised questions about several facts in the editorial. Gale writes, “The editorial generally looked at […]
Fox Business also claims legal victory
Kathryn Glass of FoxBusiness.com has a story on Monday about the Supreme Court turning down the appeal of the banks, requiring the Federal Reserve to disclose who took loans from the government during the 2008 economic crisis. In addition to Bloomberg L.P., which filed the initial request for the documents, Fox Business Network was also […]
Supreme Court rejects appeal in case involving business media
The Federal Reserve must disclose details of emergency loans it made to banks in 2008 as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by the banking industry to keep the records private after a Bloomberg News reporter requested them using the Freedom of Information Act. Greg Stohr and Bob Ivry of Bloomberg write, “Under […]
Citybizlist.com tackles business news on the Web
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Ed Warfield believes that the future of delivering business news is on the Internet. Warfield is the CEO and founder of Citybizlist.com, which runs 11 sites across the country, primarily in the East. The sites are Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte/Raleigh, Dallas, Houston, New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, South Florida, and Washington, D.C. […]
"Nightly Business Report" owner weighs his options
Michael de la Merced of the New York Times reports that the owner of the “Nightly Business Report” show on PBS stations around the country has hired an advisor to weigh options for the show that he purchased less than a year ago. De la Merced writes, “NBR Worldwide, which is led by the entrepreneur […]
“Nightly Business Report” owner weighs his options
Michael de la Merced of the New York Times reports that the owner of the “Nightly Business Report” show on PBS stations around the country has hired an advisor to weigh options for the show that he purchased less than a year ago. De la Merced writes, “NBR Worldwide, which is led by the entrepreneur […]
