Michigan business journal launches updated website
The Grand Rapids Business Journal in Michigan has relaunched its website. John Zwarensteyn, the publisher, writes, “It is now up and delivering timely and pertinent business news with all of our trusted accuracy and analysis. I am proud of our new capabilities to produce original content and real-time news, updated throughout the day. “This addition […]
Nobel Prizes: Looking at the coverage
For some reason, the awarding of Nobel Prizes this year has captured my attention. The awarding of the prize for economics (not one of the original endowed by Alfred Nobel) to Americans Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley for their work on markets brought up interesting topics about efficiencies, especially when money isn’t involved. The New […]
The nasty bias in business journalism
Liz Ryan writes for The Huffington Post about what she calls the nasty bias in business journalism — the lack of coverage about the people who work at companies. Ryan writes, “People move the numbers. People build the products and have the ahas and design the supply chains. Without human mojo and pixie dust, we’ve […]
Marketplace’s Moore moving to Guardian to expand U.S. biz coverage
Heidi N. Moore, former New York bureau chief and Wall Street correspondent for Marketplace, has been hired by the Guardianto be its U.S. finance and economics editor. The announcement was made by the Guardian’s U.S. editor-in-chief Janine Gibson. Moore brings more than 13 years of experience in financial reporting and commentary to lead the Guardian’s […]
FT names two new reporters to tech, media, telecoms team
The Financial Times revealed a new line-up to its technology, media and telecoms editorial team in London with two new appointments. Robert Cookson assumes the position of digital media correspondent as of Monday and Bede McCarthy will cover technology. Cookson has relocated to the UK, after spending three years in Hong Kong as Asia markets […]
Tyrangiel named Ad Age editor of the year
Josh Tyrangiel, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, has been named Advertising Age’s editor of the year. Simon Dumenco writes, “Mr. Tyrangiel had been the respected deputy managing editor at Time, which made him a reasonably obvious candidate; on the other hand, he doubled as the magazine’s music critic and his resume included stints at Vibe, […]
Different takes on the same message
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a pointed message to emerging markets economies in a speech to the International Monetary Fund in Japan this weekend. It was especially interesting to see how various news outlets decided to cover his remarks. From the Wall Street Journal: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke encouraged policy makers in developing economies to […]
Biz journalist running for public utilities board
Julia Anderson, the former business editor of The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., is running for a position on the Clark County Public Utilities Board. A profile in The Columbian on Sunday states, “Ultimately, she would make a career in journalism, landing at The Columbian in late 1983. Not long after, she was appointed as the […]
Business news in the Pacific Northwest focuses on consumer and enterprise
Scott Nelson is the business editor at The (Portland) Oregonian, being named to that slot in July 2011. He oversees a staff of 11. He had served as deputy business editor, breaking news editor, online enterprise editor and Portland editor since joining The Oregonian in 2003. He has taken a newsier approach to coverage, building on […]
CNBC web viewers flat in September, mobile is up
Business news site CNBC.com was visited by 6.6 million unique users in September, according to data from comScore Media Metrix. The site stayed flat year-over-year when compared to September 2011. However, CNBC’s iPad app recorded 405,000 unique visitors in September, a 9 percent increase year-over-year, according to Omniture. CNBC’s iPhone application posted its second best […]
