Personal Journal looking for reporter
Emily Nelson, the editor of the Personal Journal section of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday: Personal Journal is looking for a reporter. This feature-writing position could cover any or all of the following topics including shopping, gadgets, home life and design, fashion, and food. We can […]
Reuters changes how it handles retractions after killing tax column
In the wake of a David Cay Johnston column about News Corp.’s taxes that turned out to be erroneous and was killed, Reuters has changed its policy about retractions and will now keep the content on its website. Steve Myers of Poynter.org writes, “‘The correction/kill policy that is followed at Reuters is long-established by the […]
New Bloomberg TV show to feature tech startups
Rip Empson of TechCrunch reports that a new show on Bloomberg Television called “TechStars” will show the process of how new tech companies go from ideas to operating ventures. Empson writes, “David Tisch, Managing Director of TechStars in NYC and David Cohen, Founder and CEO of TechStars, who are both featured in the show, tell […]
Economist launches tablet version
Lauren Indvik of Mashable reports that The Economist rolled out its tablet version on Tuesday. Indvik writes, “The newsweekly joins Sports Illustrated and Time in its multi-platform subscription offering, which enables readers to access all versions of The Economist, including its print, smartphone, tablet, audio and web editions, for a single rate. (Prices vary by […]
What WSJ readers want, and why they buy
Dow Jones & Co. senior vice president of circulation Lynn Brenner has come up with a metric that estimates what the company’s subscribers are interested in buying when they purchase a subscription to one of its business news publications. Rick Edmonds of The Poynter Institute writes, “Brennen proposes five attributes to measure ‘a consumer’s willingness […]
Foreclosure downturn hurts profits of biz newspaper owner
Minneapolis-based Dolan Co., which owns business newspapers across the country. said on Tuesday that its net income declined 70 percent to nearly $2.6 million, or 9 cents per share in the second quarter, due to a slowdown in its foreclosure processing business. Wendy Lee of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune writes, “Revenues for the Minneapolis-based company declined […]
In praise of librarians helping business journalists
Tim Ferguson, who edits Forbes Asia from New York, writes in praise of his colleague Susan Radlauer, who was recently promoted to director of research services at Forbes. Ferguson writes, “For nearly five years here Sue has been sent chasing many an obscure fact (how many Malaysians have air-conditioning?). Lately she’s helped me find data […]
A blast from the past
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Talking Biz News is operating this week from Syracuse University, where it is perusing the papers of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster, a two-time Pulitzer winner. We’ve run across a curious document in box eight — a clipping from the Charlotte Observer newspaper dated April 19, 1970. The byline […]
Economy dominated news coverage
The economy accounted for 52 percent of the newshole last week, almost all of it driven by the debt debate, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Mark Jurkowitz of the Pew Research Center writes, “This was the second-highest level of economic news recorded since PEJ began regularly monitoring the media […]
Former Dow Jones CEO: WSJ in better hands
Warren Phillips, a former CEO of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, believes that the paper is in better hands now that it is owned by Rupert Murdoch, reports Jeff Bercovici of Forbes.com. Phillips’ comments come in his upcoming book, “Newspaperman: Inside the News Business at the Wall Street Journal.” […]
