Can Chris Cuomo bounce back? Questions linger as he enters NewsNation’s prime-time line-up
The next move in Chris Cuomo’s career will test whether he can put behind him the scandal that led to his ouster from CNN and also took down his brother, ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Chris Cuomo, once a mainstay of the CNN lineup and one of its most popular on-air personalities, was fired in […]
How the business media has failed workers and consumers
Talking Biz News is running excerpts this week from “The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall Street and Main Street.” Here is the fifth one. The decline of unions has been slow and steady. After reaching its height in 1955, when one out of every three Americans belonged to a union, unionized […]
The diversity problem in business journalism hurts coverage
Talking Biz News is running excerpts this week from “The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall Street and Main Street.” Here is the fourth one. The US economy—business owners and consumers—has become more diverse across all races and will continue to become more diverse in the next few decades. In 2010 the […]
How chief executive officers are hurting business journalism
Talking Biz News is running excerpts this week from “The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall Street and Main Street.” Here is the third one. After reporter Amir Efrati of tech news site The Information wrote an article about Tesla Incorporated, CEO Elon Musk replied with a tweet: “Can’t believe you’re even […]
The fractured relationship between public relations and business journalism
Talking Biz News is running excerpts from “The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall Street and Main Street.” Here is the second one. When Toronto Globe and Mail retail reporter Marina Strauss began reporting in October 2016 about strategy changes at restaurant chain Tim Hortons, she requested interviews with the company’s chief […]
Informa is acquiring Industry Dive for up to $525 million
Industry Dive, a Washington, D.C.-based business news company, has signed an agreement to be acquired by Informa, a publicly traded events and publishing company, for an enterprise value of $525 million, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “It’s a great outcome for Industry Dive, which has grown its business to over $100 million in annual […]
Research shows that media coverage, even negative, helps businesses and the economy
Talking Biz News is running excerpts this week from “The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall Street and Main Street.” Here is the first one. Professors and researchers across the academic spectrum study relationships and effects. The bulk of the analysis of how business media impacts corporations and the economy has been […]
A TBN exclusive: Excerpts from Chris Roush’s new book “The Future of Business Journalism”
Last week, I flew in from Chicago to the Vested headquarters in Manhattan’s Union Square to attend a very special event: the book launch party for Chris Roush’s “The Future of Business Journalism: Why It Matters for Wall Street and Main Street.” The place was packed. Scribes from the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Insider, […]
Protocol editor in chief Grieve is departing
Tim Grieve, the editor in chief of tech news site Protocol, is leaving the site later this month. “I leave with so much pride in what we’ve built together — and with so much faith in the smart, passionate, caring journalists who will carry it into the future,” he wrote on Twitter. Grieve previously served […]
Former Chicago Tribune EIC McMahon joins StartupNation
Colin McMahon has been appointed chief operating officer at StartupNation, where he will oversee the daily functions and supervise the editorial and product teams while also working with sales and marketing. Recently, McMahon worked as an independent consultant with publishers, newsrooms and startups to develop audiences and build businesses. He was editor in chief and […]
