Switching to Fox Business from CNBC
Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis talks with Chris Ariens of Mediabistro.com about leaving CNBC to join its rival.
Bloomberg.com launches new politics page
Bloomberg.com announced Monday the launch of a new Politics page featuring top stories, daily video commentary from Bloomberg’s Al Hunt, a state-by-state analysis of campaign spending and a “Political Capital” blog offering data-rich perspectives and insight. Run by Deputy Managing Editor for U.S. Government News, Mark Silva and reported by Bloomberg News’ Washington bureau, the […]
The video effort expands at the WSJ
Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Alan Murray, who also oversees its online efforts, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Monday: I’d like to alert you to an exciting new news effort launching this month. As you know, video is becoming an increasingly important part of our journalism. Our video viewership has […]
Resnick named executive editor of Pensions & Investments
Amy Resnick, who has been working at Reuters for the past 16 months, has been hired to be executive editor of Pensions & Investments, a Crain’s publication. Resnick tells Talking Biz News that she will be in New York after this week. Resnick, the former editor in chief of Bond Buyer, had been hired in 2011 […]
Impact of AdVoice at Forbes still unclear
Jason Del Ray of Advertising Age looks at AdVoice, the initiative launched by Forbes in 2010 to generate revenue from advertisers by selling them space on its website. Del Ray writes, “In the 22 months since launch, 13 advertisers have used AdVoice; seven of them online, according to Meredith Levien, Forbes Media’s chief revenue officer. […]
The New Orleans “daily” punts business coverage
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE On Sunday, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune and its website, NOLA.com, announced the new management team that will oversee the paper and website’s editorial content. There is just one problem — no one was named to oversee business news coverage. It’s a glaring omission and it shows how far business news has […]
Update on TheStreet.com
Later this evening TheStreet.com CEO Elisabeth DeMarse and editor in chief Bill Inman will meet with investors and others at The W Hotel in New York to discuss the financial new website’s latest accomplishments and future aspirations. Talking Biz News asked Inman for an update on what’s happening on the editorial side since he took […]
Boston Globe wins another award for Fishy Business
The Boston Globe has won The Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism for a 2011 series on the mislabeling of fish at area restaurants and supermarkets. Shirley Leung of The Globe writes, “The award, which comes with $5,000 in prize money, recognizes groundbreaking journalism that creatively uses digital tools. The Globe’s ‘Fishy Business’ series […]
Reuters blogs hacked on Friday
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The reasoning behind biz news site Quartz
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Kevin Delaney is the editor of Quartz, a new business news site coming in September from Atlantic Media. It is located in New York, with offices opening soon in Asia and Europe. Delaney came to Atlantic Media from The Wall Street Journal, where he served as managing editor of The Wall […]
