Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today – Feb. 8, 2016

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Big companies pull back after rough quarter, by Theo Francis 

Super Bowl ads bring lighter tone, by Suzanne Vranica 

Bloomberg

Chobani rejects PepsiCo’s offer to take stake in yogurt company, by Craig Giammona and Jennifer Kaplan 

VW may report earnings in April, hold investor meeting by June, by Elisabeth Behrmann

The Associated Press

Many see cause for optimism despite slower U.S. job growth, by Josh Boak

Twitter moves to actively seek out terrorist supporters, by Tami Abdollah

Reuters

As big oil shrinks, boards plot different paths out of crisis, by Ron Bousso and Terry Wade

Is Chipotle a riskier place to eat? Hard to know, by Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek

Quartz

Used Berkshire Hathaway annual reports are selling for up to $2,050 on eBay, by Anne Quito

At the richest mall in America, Chinese New Year is as big a deal as Christmas, by Corinne Purtill

News about business journalism:

Chilson returns to Topeka biz desk after 16 years

WSJ’s Zweig talks about covering investments

How Crain’s Chicago got its start

WSJ drops LinkedIn share button

MarketWatch.com sets traffic record in January

News Corp., parent of WSJ, reports lower revenue, profit

This date in business journalism history:

2011: Covering the business of sports

2013: How a banking scandal story was reported

Business journalism birthdays: 

Feb. 8: Katherine Sayre with NOLA.com

Feb. 8: Scott Cohn with CNBC

Take TBN’s 2016 salary survey of business journalists HERE.

Lauren Thomas

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