And another one joins the Dark Side
Matt Slagle, the national technology and business reporter for the Associated Press, is leaving the wire service to become a public relations manager for Sony Online Entertainment, according to a release. It’s a company he covered. Sony, if you’re unfamiliar with the gaming world, makes the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 systems, as well as […]
Real estate coverage: Negative news, or PR spin?
Eugene Meyer of Real Estate Magazine takes a look Wednesday at whether the business media has been overly negative in covering the real estate market. Meyer wrote, “The lead paragraph on the National Association of Realtors’ Nov. 21 release reported that home sales prices actually rose in most metropolitan markets. The Associated Press lead, however, […]
Charlotte Observer deputy biz editor moves to AP bureau
Mitch Weiss, deputy business editor at The Charlotte Observer and a winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, has been named Associated Press correspondent in Charlotte, according to an AP story. The appointment was announced Wednesday by Sue Price Wilson, bureau chief for North Carolina and South Carolina. The story stated, “Before joining […]
Iowa business editor dies
Mike Augspurger, the business editor of the Burlington Hawk Eye in Iowa, has died at the age of 52, according to an Associated Press story. He died on Monday. The Hawk Eye is the oldest daily newspaper in the state. The AP story stated, “Augspurger joined The Hawk Eye in 1994. After a brief retirement […]
Terrible job in reporting housing data
Seth Jayson from The Motley Fool writes Tuesday that the business media isn’t reporting housing data from the federal government correctly. Jayson wrote, “As usual, the headline mills out there are carrying misleading information, either because they can’t understand the statistics they’re reading, or because they don’t care to report the numbers truthfully. “For instance, […]
AP names new European business editor
David McHugh, bureau chief for the Associated Press in Germany and Poland, will become the AP’s business editor for Europe at the beginning of next year, according to an AP styory. The story stated, “McHugh succeeds Amy Finkelstein, who will become an editor for the business news department in New York after three years in London. “McHugh […]
AP launches Money & Markets for weekend biz sections
The Associated Press is launching AP Money & Markets Extra, a modular, customizable business and markets reporting service geared to weekend editions of business section. Money & Markets Extra brings a personal investment approach to markets information. Newspapers can choose from more than 30 modules that “snap” together to build full or partial pages, or […]
Business is always good at Fox Business Network
Frazier Moore, the television writer for the Associated Press, writes a critique Tuesday of the new Fox Business Network where he notes that its coverage of business is always positive. Moore wrote, “Thank goodness Fox Business is here now to keep spreading the good word. Most media outlets are all too focused on ‘biz-blasting,’ as […]
What biz wires can teach the rest of business journalism
The best business journalists at the Associated Press are those that can be both reporters and editors at the same time, its business editor said Saturday. “Our reporters will be out in the field gathering news and writing stories, but they will also have a desk assignment” later in the week or the next week, said […]
BusinessWeek redesign will ditch most lifestyle coverage
The BusinessWeek magazine redesign, which will be unveiled to subscribers on Friday, will ditch most of the magazine’s lifestyle coverage, writes Seth Sutel of the Associated Press. Sutel wrote that the only lifestyle coverage that will remain is a wine column written by Robert Parker. Sutel wrote, “Some of the changes at BusinessWeek are designed […]
