Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today – Jan. 26, 2016

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

American Apparel’s chapter 11 plan approved, by Lillian Rizzo

Deficiencies found at Theranos lab, by John Carreyrou, Christopher Weaver and Michael Siconolfi

Bloomberg

BlackRock says clients are shifting away from stocks, by Katherine Chiglinsky and Lily Katz

Wal-Mart: It came, it conquered, now it’s packing up and leaving, by Shannon Pettypiece 

The Associated Press

A month after raising rates, Fed faces darker global economy, by Martin Crutsinger 

Apple’s iPhone success may be reaching its peak, by Brandon Bailey 

Reuters

Sprint cuts 2,500 jobs, mostly in call centers: report

Top Twitter executives to leave company, CEO Dorsey tweets, by Yasmeen Abutaleb

Quartz

Japan’s slumping trade numbers show the long reach of China’s slowdown, by Melvin Backman

The Egg McMuffin has officially saved McDonald’s, by Alison Griswold

News about business journalism:

OC Register names new business editor

Bartiromo: I wanted to get away from stock market focus

Michael Lewis: Business journalism sucks

Charlotte Business Journal real estate reporter headed to PR

How Bloomberg News would cover a Bloomberg presidential run

Two Pittsburgh biz journalists start newspaper with buyout money

WSJ tech editor for Europe leaves paper for PR

This date in business journalism history:

2013: Business journalism and plagiarism

2015: CEO: How I got the NYTimes to write about my company

Business journalism birthdays: 

Jan. 26: Christina Rexrode with The Wall Street Journal

Jan. 26: John Carney with The Wall Street Journal

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

Lauren Thomas

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