A capacity crowd does us proud: Recapping our first TBN Talks event in NYC

On March 2, the Talking Biz News community came together for our first in-person event: TBN Talks, hosted by Vested LLC in New York. TBN founder Chris Roush was joined by special guest Peter Coy, Opinion writer for The New York Times, for a conversation on building an engaged newsletter audience. Coy, who writes a leading […]

NY Times hires Carreyrou for investigative biz team

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Thursday: All– We are thrilled to announce that John Carreyrou has joined bizday as an investigative reporter. For many of you, John needs no introduction. During a two-decade career at the Wall Street Journal in New York, Paris and Brussels, he covered everything from corporate scandals to […]

Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc steps down

The following excerpt was sent out from tbivision.com: Nancy Dubuc has stepped down as CEO at Vice Media Group, following a five-year tenure. Vice, which is currently looking for a buyer, joined the youth-skewing company in 2018 following a two decade-long stint at A+E Networks, where she rose to become CEO. Her arrival at Vice […]

Media Movers: Journalism entrepreneur S. Mitra Kalita

S. Mitra Kalita — or Mitra, as she’s known — is a force: I know because I used to work with her. She lights up the room when she walks in and quickly charms everyone. I watched with envy as she made front page bylines seem so effortless. (I can assure you that a major […]

Qwoted 100: Kathryn Boudreau (rhymes with pro) of Spread Great Ideas

With a bachelor’s degree in political science and government, and full fluency in Spanish, Kathryn Boudreau brings a fascinating background to her work in PR — which this Providence College grad does from her home base of Bogota, Columbia. As part of our ongoing Qwoted 100 series, Boudreau subscribes to the idea that consistency makes […]

Johnson named contributing columnist for WaPo Opinions

The Washington Post has released this dispatch: Washington Post Editorial Page Editor David Shipley announced today that Theodore R. Johnson is joining the Opinion section as a contributing columnist. Johnson is a retired U.S. Navy commander and author of “When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America.” He is […]

New York Times wins three Polk Awards

The New York Times has been honored with three Polk Awards, including two for its Ukraine war coverage, and another reporting on private schools for New York’s Hasidic Jews, the paper announced Monday. Per the Times: Long Island University, which has run journalism awards since 1949, announced winners in 15 categories chosen from 515 submissions. A special […]

Fox’s Bartiromo gave air time to key GOP conspiracy theorist

David Folkenflik of NPR has described how Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo aired fraudulent claims about election fraud from pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell. Folkenflik writes, “By Nov. 8, Fox Business Network senior vice president Gary Schreier was warning the channel’s president, Lauren Petterson, that Bartiromo ‘has GOP conspiracy theorists in her ear and they use her […]

From Buffalo News to … no news? That’s bad news

As if Buffalo hasn’t suffered enough over the years with its routine blizzards and four consecutive Super Bowl losses, now comes this media news from Jim Heaney of the InvestigativePost: The downward spiral at The Buffalo News appears to be gaining speed. Last week I reported the departure of four veteran reporters and editors and the pending […]