Judge fines bank whistleblowers for talking to media
A federal judge in Atlanta has fined two whistleblowers $1.6 million for speaking confidentially to members of the news media about their fraud suit against the nation’s biggest banks while it was being investigated by the U.S. attorney and was, by law, under seal. Robin MacDonald of the Fulton County Daily Report writes, “The whistleblowers’ […]
CEO: How I got the NYTimes to write about my company
Thomas Goetz, the CEO of Iodine, writes for Inc. magazine about how he got a New York Times tech reporter to write about his company. Goetz writes, “First, I knew the Times would be a hard sell. Our company wouldn’t interest a reporter without a really good story connected to it. In this case, a […]
WSJ seeks pharma reporter in Switzerland
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced reporter to cover Switzerland’s important pharmaceutical industry from Zurich. The Alpine country is home to two of the world’s biggest drug makers, Roche and Novartis, both of which are on the cutting edge of health-care science and active acquirers of smaller companies. We’re looking for a reporter […]
Business North Carolina magazine sold to newspaper
The Pilot, a Southern Pines, N.C., newspaper, will purchase the Charlotte-based Business North Carolina from Red Hand Media, which has owned the monthly magazine since 1998. Charlotte Observer reporter Katherine Peralta writes, “The Pilot announced the transaction over the weekend and said it will close “within days.” Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. “David […]
Knoxville paper seeks assistant business editor
The Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel is seeking an assistant business editor to lead a staff in print, online and breaking news coverage. Business news is a successful franchise topic for the media company, and its properties include six daily business sections, knoxvillebiz.com, a monthly Business Journal and annual directory of local companies and organizations. The […]
BuzzFeed seeks tech reporter in New York
BuzzFeed is looking for a business reporter to join BuzzFeed News in New York, covering the technology industry with a focus on New York City and East Coast tech companies. New York City’s role as a global capital for finance, media and advertising means the city is now home to a distinct set of tech […]
Bloomberg shakes up his newsroom
Ravi Somaiya of The New York Times writes about how Michael Bloomberg has made changes in the newsroom of his company. Somaiya writes, “The media businesses, said a person familiar with their finances, are losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year for Bloomberg L.P., which gets the vast majority of more than $9 billion […]
Dowd named editor of Long Island Business News
Joe Dowd, a longtime business journalist who is currently the Plainview editor for Patch.com, has been named the editor of the Long Island Business News. He replaces Greg Zeller, who left the editor position last year. Dowd has worked as a reporter for the Democrat & Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y., and as an editor for […]
McCormick, former business editor, dies at 64
Lynde McCormick, former business editor of the Rocky Mountain News, has died at the age of 64. Friend John Rebchook of InsideRealEstateNews.com writes, “Lynde left the Rocky in late 1990 to take a job as an anchor for an upstart Christian Science Monitor cable channel based in Boston, where he had his own show, Business […]
South Carolina paper replacing WSJ Sunday with USA Today content
The Beaufort Gazette in South Carolina is replacing the WSJ Sunday content that it has run for content from USA Today. Editor Brian Tolley writes, “We know the Wall Street Journal Sunday Business pages are popular with you. I enjoy them, too. Unfortunately, Dow Jones, the company that owns the Journal, has decided to discontinue […]
