Charities and the power of brands
Lance Armstrong’s decision to step down as chairman of his cancer-fighting Livestrong foundation in the wake of doping allegations isn’t just a blow to the man himself; it’s a blow to an organization with a beneficial mission and a powerful brand. From Juliet Macur’s story in the New York Times: “I have had the great […]
Forbes is a disrupter in journalism
Clayton M. Christensen, David Skok and James Allworth write in the latest Nieman Reports about disrupters in journalism, and include Forbes magazine. They write, “Take the example of Forbes magazine. Executives at Forbes understand that you cannot run a news business and produce quality content in the digital era with a cost structure built for […]
Reuters names new sports editor, reaches settlement with old sports editor
Reuters announced internally Wednesday that it has named a new sports editor after reaching an agreement with its former editor, who had filed a grievance against the company after being pulled from overseeing is coverage of the London Olympics. In a message to the staff, deputy editor in chief Paul Ingrassia wrote: I’m pleased to […]
O’Neill named editor of WSJ. magazine
The Wall Street Journal announced Wednesday the appointment of Kristina O’Neill as editor of WSJ. magazine. She replaces Deborah Needleman, who left to run the New York Times luxury lifestyle magazine. Effective Oct. 29, O’Neill will oversee all editorial content of WSJ., the Journal’s luxury lifestyle magazine that appears as part of WSJ Weekend. O’Neill […]
Cox named editor of Reuters Breakingviews
Rob Cox has been appointed editor of Reuters Breakingviews, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Hugo Dixon, who has been editor of Breakingviews since he founded the company in 1999, will become editor-at-large, Reuters News, in which capacity he will write a weekly column. Cox helped establish Breakingviews, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2009, in […]
Citigroup CEO resignation raises questions and concerns
The only constant at Wall Street is that there will be reorganizations. A lot of them, and they’ll happen often. But rarely do they happen in the top operational job and even less often do the announcements come at unexpected times. So, Tuesday’s news that Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit was stepping down sent ripples through […]
Antunes named executive editor of CNBC Digital
Xana Antunes has been named to the newly-created position of executive editor and vice president for CNBC Digital, it was announced Wednesday by Kevin Krim, senior vice president and general manager, CNBC Digital. Antunes was editor of Crain’s New York Business until earlier this year. Starting immediately, Antunes is responsible for setting the editorial direction […]
Dow Jones Newswires’ Lipschutz stair-stepped his way to the top
It is a bit ironic that unlike his counterparts at rivals Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg News, the managing editor of Dow Jones Newswires never worked as a regular reporter or editor at The Wall Street Journal. Neal S. Lipschutz, who since January 2007 has overseen all of the editorial operations of the burgeoning Dow Jones […]
Shifting coverage of government toward a business focus
More journalism needs to cover the federal and state governments as if they were businesses, said Matt Winkler, editor in chief of Bloomberg News, in a speech Tuesday night. Bloomberg’s new service called Bloomberg Government, which launched at the beginning of 2011 set out to “cover the governnment as a business because it is a business,” […]
SABEW Best in Business contest to open Dec. 3
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ 18th annual Best in Business competition opens for entries on Monday, Dec. 3, with two new categories, Small Business and Technology. Also new this year: Innovation, a category that will recognize creative and bold initiatives across all facets of business journalism, from exciting new apps to interesting […]
