Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Zuckerberg’s Holocaust comments put Facebook on the spot, by Barbara Ortutay
Banks weaken, but small-company stocks hold up well, by Marley Jay
Bloomberg
Microsoft sales top estimates as more customers sign up for cloud, by Dina Bass
Hedge fund investors pull money for first time since 2017, by Melissa Karsh
Fortune
EBay’s stock tumbles 10% one day after announcing mass layoffs, by Kevin Kelleher
Disney does right by Star Wars fans, announces “Clone Wars” cartoon will return, by Kevin Kelleher
Reuters
Sinclair “did not fully disclose facts” on Tribune merger: FCC, by David Shepardson
Comcast concedes to Disney in bidding war for Fox assets, by Liana B. Baker and Carl O’Donnell
News about business journalism
Houston Biz Journal hires finance and innovation reporter
Quartz editor: This is a golden age of video journalism
Why a business journal published an entire issue on crime
WSJ hires Business Insider reporter Levy to cover hedge funds
A tech reporter who doesn’t use much tech
This date in business journalism
2013: Ag reporter says goodbye after 37 years
2008: New York Times about to expand business coverage online
Business journalism birthday
July 20: Steve Shepard of CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
