Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today — June 6, 2018

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Trump seeks separate talks with Canada and Mexico over NAFTA, by Paul Wiseman and Darlene Superville

Maker of fearsome animal robots is edging into the light, by Matt O’Brien

Bloomberg

HP says it may cut 5,000 jobs by 2019, more than planned, by Andrew Pollack

U.S. asks OPEC for 1 million barrel a day hike in output, by Jennifer Jacobs, Javier Blas and Grant Smith

Fortune

IHOP is getting a new name. And it doesn’t include “pancakes,” by Monica Rodriguez

America’s veterinarian shortage is bad for humans and animals alike, by Neil C. Olson

Reuters 

Nasdaq ends on record close; S&P edges higher on data, by Sinead Carew

Tesla “quite likely” to meet Model 3 goal; Musk to remain chairman, by Alexandria Sage and Noel Randewich

News about business journalism

Atlanta Biz Chronicle reporter Hensley resigns

Bloomberg News reporter Kaplan is leaving

WSJ names Murray its new editor; Baker to become editor at large

WSJ editor reshuffling process to wrap up this week

Reuters parent names co-chief operating officers

WSJ reporter Mahtani joins Washington Post

Murphy promoted to deputy tech editor at Quartz

Bloomberg Media hires GM, other staffers for TicToc

Fortune email newsletters no longer going to European subscribers

This date in business journalism

2013: Hollywood Reporter hires NY biz reporter

2008: BusinessWeek kills Chicago edition after eight issues

Business journalism birthdays

June 6: Dominic Chu of CNBC

June 6: Robert Frank of CNBC

June 6: Stephen Pounds of Bankrate.com

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

Recent Posts

WSJ union authorizes strike vote

Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees board authorized a strike vote to be conducted by its…

6 hours ago

SoCal News Group seeks an assistant biz editor

The Southern California News Group is seeking an assistant editor to help its jobs and…

6 hours ago

Tech reporter Krietzberg departs TheStreet for new opportunity

Ian Krietzberg, a tech reporter for TheStreet.com, is leaving for a new opportunity. He has…

7 hours ago

The problem with tech journalism

Timothy B. Lee writes in Asterisk magazine about why a lot of technology reporting is…

9 hours ago

WSJ names Douglass its deputy social strategy editor

Megan Douglass has been named deputy social strategy editor at The Wall Street Journal. Douglass previously…

11 hours ago

Business Insider’s Ridley joining The Female Lead

Business Insider's Louise Ridley is joining The Female Lead, the women's empowerment charity founded by Tesco Clubcard entrepreneur Edwina…

12 hours ago