FT’s digital subs pass print on global basis
The Financial Times‘s results for the first half of 2012 show that more people than ever are paying for its content, with digital subscriptions exceeding daily print circulation for the first time. The FT’s digital readership continues to grow strongly, with FT.com subscriptions up 31 percent year on year to over 300,000 and registered users increasing 29 percent to […]
AP biz reporter leaving for Bankrate.com
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff departure announcement: Chris Kahn has decided to leave AP to take a job as editor of the credit card team at bankrate.com. Chris joined AP as an intern in the Phoenix bureau in 1999. He became a full-time reporter in the Richmond, Va., bureau […]
SABEW’s Best in Business adds two new categories
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual Best in Business contest is adding two new categories — one in covering small business and one in covering technology. Mark Scarp of the SABEW staff writes, “These categories join Personal Finance and Real Estate as categories that recognize excellence in reporting on topics unique to […]
WSJ too close to the Federal Reserve?
On Bloomberg TV on Wednesday morning, former Morgan Stanley Asia non-executive chairman Stephen Roach pointed out the Wall Street Journal‘s uncanny relationship with the Federal Reserve. Roach said that, “[The Fed] has gone about their usual pre-FOMC leak frenzy where they talk to this reporter and that reporter. Jon Hilsenrath is actually the chairman of the […]
Quartz makes four hires
Kevin Delaney, the editor in chief of the new usiness news site being launched later this year by Atlantic Media called Quartz, announced Thursday the hiring of four staffers. S. Mitra Kalita is joining as commentary editor. She will lead the effort to recruit and cultivate agenda-setting writing by leading voices in business, public policy, and […]
SmartMoney.com announces staff
Although Dow Jones & Co. announced last month that it was closing SmartMoney‘s print publication, the website lives on. Raju Narisetti, who is the managing editor of WSJ.com and oversees the online operations of SmartMoney, sent out the following staff announcements on Wednesday: We are delighted to announce the expansion of SmartMoney.com with several additions […]
Bloomberg Pursuits looking to increase its frequency
Erik Maza of Women’s Wear Daily reports that Bloomberg Pursuits magazine is looking to increase its frequency. Maza writes, “The move is surprising. When the title was launched in January, it did not seem clear who would read Pursuits that Bloomberg hadn’t already reached with its other magazines, including Pursuits’ sister monthly title Bloomberg Markets […]
Dobbs of Fox Business continues to beat CNBC’s Kudlow
Vikas Shukla of ValueWalk.com reports that the Lou Dobbs show on Fox Business Network continues to draw more viewers than the competing show hosted by Larry Kudlow on CNBC during the same time slot. Shukla writes, “Right from the beginning of July, CNBC has been losing share to Lou Dobbs Tonight, which surprised everyone by […]
Bloomberg News editor clarifies position on quotes
Susan Goldberg, an executive editor at Bloomberg News, sent the following message to the staff she oversees about allowing sources to change quotes: You no doubt saw the recent New York Times story that said that we and several other news organizations, including the Times and the Post, allow sources to have “quote approval” or […]
FT executive sits on bank board
Ryan Chittum of the Columbia Journalism Review writes that an executive of the Financial Times sits on the board of HSBC. Chittum writes, “Rona Fairhead, who heads the Financial Times Group, the unit of British publishing and education giant Pearson PLC that owns the Financial Times newspaper, sits on the board of HSBC, the banking […]
