Dow Jones, operator of WSJ, Barron’s reports strong third quarter
Dow Jones & Co., the operator of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reported a 16 percent increase in third quarter revenue and a 7 percent increase in third quarter earnings on Thursday. Dow Jones is owned by News Corp., which reported its overall earnings. Its revenue rose to $487 million in the third […]
NY Times’ Pulitzer winner Gettleman takes on new role
The New York Times has tapped Jeffrey Gettleman as a global correspondent, based in London. Gettleman has been writing for the Times for nearly 20 years, initially based in Atlanta. He has also covered Iraq, East Africa, South Asia, and most recently Ukraine. Gettleman got his first job covering police and courts at The St. […]
G/O Media acquires biz news site Quartz
G/O Media, the owner of websites that once were part of Gawker Media, has acquired the business news site Quartz for an undisclosed amount, reports Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson of the New York Times. Mullin and Robertson report, “Zach Seward, a co-founder and the chief executive of Quartz, will stay on at the company […]
Seib retiring after 45 years at Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following on Monday: Dear All: After one of the most storied journalistic runs of the modern (or any) era, our own Jerry Seib has decided to retire from The Wall Street Journal. Jerry may be a Washington Nationals fan, but he has been the Journal’s Cal […]
FT hits 1 million digital subscribers
The Financial Times now has 1 million paying digital subscribers, an all-time high, the publisher disclosed Tuesday. It reached 1 million total subscribers, including print customers, in 2019. More than half of FT subscribers are based outside the UK, illustrating the publication’s global reach. In recent years the FT has invested in expanding its readership […]
Bloomberg editorial now has 100 million total consumers, says deputy editor in chief
Bloomberg’s editorial content now has 100 million readers, listeners and viewers across the globe, deputy editor in chief Reto Gregori said in a town hall meeting on Tuesday. That includes the more than 360,000 web subscribers that Bloomberg ended the year with, as well as from Apple News, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others. “Which is pretty cool, […]
AP senior economics reporter Crutsinger is retiring
Martin Crutsinger, who has been covering the Federal Reserve for the Associated Press since 1984, is retiring. He covered 13 Treasury secretaries and five Federal Reserve chairs. Crutsinger graduated from the University of Texas in August 1971 with a degree in government. His first journalism job was at the Jacksonville Journal in Florida. He began […]
WSJ is launching a products and services initiative in ’22
Dow Jones & Co. CEO and Wall Street Journa publisher Almar Latour sent out the following on Thursday: Colleagues, I’m excited to share that we will launch a WSJ commerce initiative aimed at providing our users with trustworthy advice when they’re buying products and services. With informed reviews and well researched recommendations, we will help our […]
Perlroth’s book on cyberweapons wins FT/McKinsey Book of the Year
“This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race” by former New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth has won the Financial Times/McKinsey & Co. Business Book of the Year award. Perlroth, who covered cybersecurity at The Times, wrote an “intricately detailed, deeply sourced and reported history of the origins and growth of […]
CNBC’s Wapner discusses “Halftime Report” and markets coverage
CNBC’s “Fast Money Halftime Report,” hosted by Scott Wapner, has been celebrating its 10th anniversary with an all-star line-up to talk markets and investing ideas. Some of the special guests were Carl Icahn, Jim Chanos, Nelson Peltz, David Tepper, Brad Gerstner, and Jeffrey Gundlach. “Fast Money Halftime Report,” airs Monday through Friday at noon. Wapner […]
