Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Labor Day deals boost September auto sales, by Anne Steele and Jeff Bennett
New United Continental boss starts tenure with apology, by Susan Carey
Quartz
Soon Amazon won’t let you buy an Apple TV or Google Chromecast, by Adam Epstein
Not everyone’s on board with Jack Dorsey as Twitter’s permanent CEO, by Alice Truong
Bloomberg
Why America’s oil output refuses to collapse, by Dan Murtaugh and David Wethe
We just got the perfect snapshot of the global economy, by Joe Weisenthal
The Street
Under Armour turns to 73-year-old sports icon to sponsor new line, by Brian Sozzi
Wayback Burgers may be the next burger chain to go public, by Rhonda Schaffler
Reuters
VW says emission scandal investigations to take months, by Andreas Cremer
Fed’s Williams repeats call for rate hike ‘sometime’ in 2015, by Ann Saphir
News about business journalism:
Greenwood named editor of Houston Business Journal
Bloomberg Media CEO not sold on delivery platforms
Quartz sets traffic record in September
Tyrangiel was tireless, played instrumental role in growing Bloomberg audience
Pollock named editor of Bloomberg Businessweek
Tyrangiel leaving Bloomberg, Businessweek
This date in business journalism history:
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2008: Business journalism is not ending, it’s just changing
Business journalism birthdays:
Oct. 2: Susan Heavey with Reuters
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