News Corp. starts ad network for financial news sites
Tim Mullaney of Bloomberg writes about the new ad network that News Corp. has started for its financial news sites acquired in the Dow Jones & Co. deal. Mullaney writes, “Worthnet.Fox will sell ads for the international versions of Barron’s Online, the Wall Street Journal Online and Marketwatch.com, as well as sites not owned by […]
Former Smart Money editor to pen Barron's newsletter
Fleming Meeks, the former editor of Smart Money magazine, will be the writer of a new Barron’s newsletter launching online next month. The newsletter will be called Barron’s Daily Stock Alert, and is its first premium newsletter. It’s designed to spotlight undervalued stocks with long-term growth potential and will debut on Thursday, April 3, with an initial subscription […]
Union, Dow Jones at odds about cleaning jobs
Union leaders and officials at Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch, disagree over why 40 laborers who cleaned the company’s offices lost their jobs right after the new year, according to a story by Richard Khavkine of the New Brunswick Home News Tribune. Khavkine wrote, “Union officials, though, […]
TheStreet.com stock falls amid concerns about Cramer contract
Eric Savitz of Barron’s reports that TheStreet.com‘s stock fell in Thursday trading by more than 8 percent after the business news web site reported fourth quarter earnings and held a conference call in which the company disclosed it has not yet reached agreement with co-founder Jim Cramer on a new contract. Savitz wrote, “The company […]
With Wal-Mart the story is overseas
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs writes Wednesday that some media — Barron’s, BusinessWeek and the New York Post — missed the story behind Wal-Mart’s strong earnings, while The Wall Street Journal got it right. Fuchs wrote, “Wal-Mart reported its fourth quarter Tuesday and much of the business media saw fit to lead with a number […]
The feud between Barron's and CNBC
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review writes Friday about the feud between CNBC and Barron’s that resulted after the weekly publication ran a story questioning the effectiveness of “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer‘s stock picks. Since the August 2007 article, few Barron’s journalists have appeared on CNBC after regularly making appearances before the article […]
Former Dow Jones CEO Kann on the future of media
Peter Kann, the former CEO of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, talked with Lee Hudson Teslik from the Council on Foreign Relations about how media properties still remain valuable businesses. Here is an excerpt: The counterpoint to the situation faced by U.S. newspapers is some of the […]
WSJ signs ad deal with Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. will become the new provider of paid search and contextual advertising links on sites run by The Wall Street Journal, the companies announced Tuesday, according to an AP story. The story stated, “Contextual ads appear as text links at the bottom of stories viewed on the Journal’s Web site, WSJ.com, inside a box […]
Biz magazines see drop in revenue, ad pages in 2007
The 17 business magazines that published in 2007 saw a 2.1 percent decline in ad revenue and a 5.7 percent decline in ad pages, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed Wednesday by Talking Biz News. In comparison, the total magazine industry reported a 6.1 percent increase in ad revenue and just […]
Top business journalism events of 2007
Yes, I hate lists, especially lists disguised as business journalism, an all-to-common sight these days. But I think as the years go by and we look back, we’ll see 2007 as a defining year in the world of business journalism because of the dramatic changes that took place. So, here is my list of the […]
