WSJ launches new DC newsletter
The Wall Street Journal launched Tuesday a new daily newsletter and strengthened its coverage of Washington politics, policy and national security. “Capital Journal Daybreak Edition” will provide analysis of and perspective on key news and themes critical to Washington that day. Another new feature is Think Tank, a section on WSJ.com that draws news analysis from outside […]
BofA error causes pull back
Apparently Bank of America Corp. is having some trouble with its books. The bank said today it would cancel its share buyback program after making an error in calculating its capital. Here’s the story from Christina Rexrode, Dan Fitzpatrick and Ryan Tracy in the Wall Street Journal. An apparent communications blunder inside Bank of America Corp forced […]
Greater Wilmington Biz Journal seeks reporter
The Greater Wilmington Business Journal is looking for a business reporter. Founded in 2000, the independent, locally-owned newspaper publishes every other week in print and daily online. The Business Journal breaks news, provides in-depth coverage of important issues to the business community and pens profiles of area entrepreneurs, executives and other community leaders. We are […]
Bostinno seeks tech reporter
Are you obsessed with the Tech and Startup Scene in Boston? Do you want to help foster the growth of the startup community in your city? Do you love the rush of being the first to publish a hot scoop about the latest funding? As a Business Writer, you will maintain and build community by […]
WSJ’s Favole joins communications firm
Jared Favole, who has covered the White House and economic policy stories for The Wall Street Journal for the past four years, has left the newspaper to join Hamilton Place Strategies as a senior director. Favole also initiated and managed a web-tracking program for The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau that helped them break news […]
Advertising on Quartz grew by 400 percent in past year
Jay Lauf, the publisher of the business news site Quartz, writes on Medium about its advertising strategy and provides some data on how it has grown. Lauf writes, “The rich interactivity of the digital media consumption experience combined with the lush image quality that we’re now able to render on any piece of glass gives […]
Business journalist to start radio program
Roben Farzad, a business journalist who has written for Bloomberg BusinessWeek for the past decade, will start a regular radio show on Thursday out of Richmond, Va. The show, called “Full Disclosure,” aims to give listeners a better understanding of business, economics, international affairs and investing through humor, personality and candor. The show will feature major […]
Biz school site to launch new site for undergrad programs
PoetsandQuants.com, a website run by well-known business journalist John Byrne that covers MBA programs, will launch a new website for applicants and students in business undergraduate programs. The new site, PoetsandQuantsforUndergrads.com, will debut this June. It will be the fourth website own and run by C-Change Media, the company founded by the former BusinessWeek executive editor […]
Verity, longtime Businessweek and computer journalist, is dead
John Verity, the former information management editor at BusinessWeek who wrote the acclaimed Nov. 14, 1994, cover story “Doing Business on the Internet,” died this weekend after a long bout with colon cancer. Verity had been writing about computers since 1976, with a special interest in the social and cultural impact of computers and of […]
WSJ’s Baker: We will expand Market Talk
Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Monday: Now that we have completed the integration of the global news operations of Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal, we can focus our attention and efforts on the best ways to maximize the impact of the combined newsroom. The […]
