Talking Biz News Today – Oct. 20, 2015

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

China’s better-than-expected GDP prompts skepticism from economists, by Mark Magnier

Oprah Winfrey takes 10% stake in Weight Watchers, by Lisa Beilfuss and Sara Germano 

Quartz

Amazon is suing more than a thousand fake reviewers for dishing out unearned stars, by Svati Kirsten Narula

Square has poached Yahoo executive Jackie Reses to lead its lending division, by Ian Kar

Bloomberg

Four reason’s McDonald’s all-day breakfast is a headache for franchisees, by Leslie Patton

Fantasy sports sites got squeezed this weekend, by Joshua Brustein

The New York Times

Shares of Weight Watchers jump as Oprah Winfrey takes a stake, by Leslie Picker 

When gas becomes cheaper, Americans buy more expensive gas, by Binyamin Appelbaum

Reuters

Fed’s Williams sees rate rises appropriate in ‘near future,’ by Ann Saphir

Oil down 3 percent, tumbling gasoline adds to China, Iran worries, by Barani Krishnan

News about business journalism:

Texas paper introduces new Monday business section

Bloomberg shuffles tech news beat

Quartz debuts new kind of video advertising

AP’s Ferrara joins Bankrate.com as chief content officer

Banjo, Nisen leave Quartz for Bloomberg

WSJ revamps Greater New York section

BizTimes Milwaukee plans redesign

Orlando Sentinel brings back Sunday business section

This date in business journalism history:

2007: What biz wires can teach the rest of business journalism

2008: Cramer ignores his skeptics

Business journalism birthdays:

Oct. 20: Dan Barkin with The News & Observer

Oct. 20: Mike Forsythe with The New York Times

Oct. 20: Tom Herman

Oct. 20: Walden Siew