Mention Quartz on Twitter, and its newsroom lights up
Zach Seward of the Quartz staff writes that a light bulb in the newsroom of the new financial news site will light up any time it is mentioned on Twitter. Seward writes, “To slake my obsession and distract myself from work, I recently set up a lightbulb in our office that toggles on and off […]
Arizona law firm invests in real estate weekly
An Arizona law called the Rose Law Group LC has invested in the Business Real Estate Weekly of Arizona, reports Kristina Hansen of the Phoenix Business Journal. Hansen writes, “For the law firm, the greatest benefit and most noticeable outcome of the partnership will be unveiled this Friday when the weekly print publication moves forward […]
Edmonton paper names new biz editor
Dan Barnes, a former sports columnist and currently an editorial writer for the Edmonton Journal, has been named business editor of the Canadian paper. The announcement was made Wednesday by the paper’s editor, Lucinda Chodan, on Twitter. Barnes has covered sports in Alberta for over 25 years, including the past decade as a columnist with […]
Dallas paper hires biz columnist from Fort Worth
Dallas Morning News business editor Dennis Fulton sent out the following staff announcement on Wednesday: I’m excited to announce a strong addition to the Business staff. Starting later this month, Mitchell Schnurman will join us as Business columnist. He’ll write two or three columns per week, and blog regularly on the BizBeat blog. Mitch knows […]
Bloomberg vs. WSJ in loan coverage
Hal Morris, writing on his GrumpyEditor.com site, notes that Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal had different interpretations of a Federal Reserve report on lending. Morris writes, “Bloomberg News, in pointing out ‘banks are lending the most since the recession ended in June, 2009,’ said yesterday the latest Federal Reserve quarterly loan officer survey […]
Bloomberg Businessweek hires new tech editor
Bloomberg Businessweek has hired Doug Cantor as its tech editor, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “He replaces Barrett Sheridan, who left to pursue a fellowship at the Columbia Journalism School. He joins the magazine from Popular Science, where he was a senior editor. He also previously worked as an editor at Esquire. […]
How to fix CNBC
Jeffrey Miller of iStockAnalyst.com writes about improving CNBC‘s ratings given its recent performance where fewer viewers are watching its shows. Miller writes, “NBC faced a tipping point several years ago. They lost sight of the fact that most people are investors. They are long the market. That is their natural audience. CNBC hosts do not […]
NC paper names new biz reporter
Dick Barron, who has been a business journalist at the Greensboro News & Record before becoming assistant city editor, is returning to the business news beat as a reporter. Jeff Gauger of the paper writes, “Barron has worked at the News & Record for 14 years in multiple roles, most recently as an assistant city […]
Wharton program for biz journalists accepting applications
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists announced Tuesday that up to 10 journalists may receive scholarships that include free domestic round trip air travel and tuition to the renowned program’s flagship program Oct. 21-24 on the University of Pennsylvania’s Philadelphia campus. Journalists from Western U.S. media markets are especially encouraged to apply. Besides airfare, the […]
The Bloomberg terminal: Whatever you want, you can get it
Wag magazine’s Georgette Gouveia profiles Bloomberg Television anchor Adam Johnson in the latest issue. Here is an excerpt: Johnson anchored Bloomberg TV’s special coverage of the S&P U.S. debt downgrade and special live coverage of the European credit crisis. Last year, he went to China for a five-part series on the second-largest economy. His big […]
