Ex-Marketwatch columnist Friedman has new job
Jon Friedman, the media columnist for Marketwatch.com who was among the layoffs earlier this year, has found a new job. Friedman tells Talking Biz News that he has created and launched the Media Matrix blog for Indiewire.com. “This blog will be an informative, provocative and (I hope) irreverent look at the blessed media establishment,” said […]
WSJ starts MoneyBeat blog
The Wall Street Journal announced Tuesday the launch of MoneyBeat, a new blog dedicated to global finance, markets, and mergers and acquisitions. Drawing from the Journal’s global pool of reporting, MoneyBeat explains, critiques and analyzes trends and news stories in finance, markets and deal-making. The new blog brings together six of the Journal’s most widely […]
Bloggers and the economy
The annual Economics Bloggers Forum, held Friday, brings together leading economists and bloggers to share perspectives on the business of blogging and the most pressing topic of the day — the economy. The Kauffman Foundation is holding the forum to stimulate new ideas, new thinking, and new policies that support the entrepreneurship and innovation that is critical […]
Tech site ZDNet is cutting bloggers
Business technology news site ZDNet has cut five bloggers from its staff in the past few weeks as it continues to realign its organization into a global one, reports Sean Ludwig of VentureBeat.com Ludwig writes, “ZDNet has a long history of writing about the technology industry, and CNET acquired it for $1.6 billion in July […]
AllThingsD considers split from News Corp.
AllThingsD, the widely read technology blog run by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, has begun discussions with owner News Corp about extending or ending their partnership, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. Peter Lauria and Nadia Damouni write, “According to these sources, AllThingsD’s contract with News Corp expires at the end of the year. […]
AOL confirms acquisition of tech site gdgt
Alexia Tsotsis and Ingrid Lunden of TechCrunch report that AOL has acquired tech news site gdgt for an undisclosed amount. Tsotsis and Lunden write, “Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but we have heard that the deal was in the high seven figures, and that there was another — higher — offer […]
AOL negotiated to buy tech news site gdgt
AOL is negotiating to acquire the tech news and review site gdgt, reports Colleen Taylor of TechCrunch. Taylor writes, “Sources tell me that a deal appears to be nearing closure in a matter of days. “I’ve reached out both to gdgt and to executives at AOL for confirmation or comment, but have not yet received […]
A blogger who reviews his company’s products
Jordan Crook of TechCrunch writes Monday about how a Nokia blogger, Adam Fraser, has reviewed the new Nokia phone and only had nice things to say about the product. Crook writes, “He just so happens to be a ‘Writer and Reporter at Nokia Conversations Blog,’ who ‘has owned more Nokia handsets than he can count’ […]
Changes coming to Tennessean biz coverage
Lance Williams, the business editor of The Tennessean in Nashville, writes about changes to the paper’s business coverage. Williams writes, “Look for a host of improvements to our daily and Sunday business sections, as well as our online business coverage. “All these new features will be rolling out over time.The first is the launch of […]
MSN Money launches Money Now site
MSN Money has launched a new site called MoneyNOW that covers the latest financial news. The announcement states, “Today, the first MSN channel is launching NOW content, moneyNOW. moneyNOW is MSN Money’s new destination for smart, original and entertaining takes on the latest business and investing topics that are buzzing on the web. “Wondering how much […]
