How much was former Home Depot CEO really paid?
That’s the question that Dominic Jones wants answered, and he noted on his IR Web Report blog that he can’t get a straight answer from the business journalists who covered the ouster of Bob...
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Fake press release issued
Bloomberg reported that a fake press release was issued for an Atlanta-based company. Business journalists should care about such issues because they often rely on press releases as the basis for stories. James Gunsales...
Study at Dow Jones evaluating news gathering
A Bloomberg story that was based on interviews with Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger and publisher Gordon Crovitz noted that there is currently an internal study being led to determine how to...
Bloomberg columnist has kind words for Cramer
Bloomberg News columnist Susan Antilla writes admiringly about “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer because he admits the mistakes he’s made on his show in his new book. Antilla wrote, “Jim Cramer, the host of...
South China Morning Post biz editor forced to resign
Stuart Jackson, the South China Morning Post business editor, was forced to resign, and the move was seen as a rebuke of the paper’s editor, former BusinessWeek editor Mark Clifford. Jackson was also an...
CNBC.com: A Bloomberg for everyday people
Variety’s Michael Learmonth takes a look at the launch of CNBC.com and what it will mean for the cable channel’s journalists, as well as its strategy. Learmonth wrote, “Until last summer its Web activities...
Assessing the Black Friday coverage
The coverage of today’s retail shopping story was all across the map — literally. In Arizona, the story was about shoppers eschewing the mall for the great outdoors, while in Maine, the story was...
WSJ to unveil slimmer version next month
The Wall Street Journal plans to unveil its revamped, slimmer design at a Dec. 4 event, according to a Bloomberg story. The changes will allow it to offer more color and photography. The Bloomberg...
Russian court overturns acquittal in murder of Forbes journalist
A new trial will be held in the murder of Paul Klebnikov, the editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, after the country’s Supreme Court overturned an earlier acquittal verdict, a wire service...
Mills leaves Bloomberg and returns to Baruch
Josh Mills, a SABEW board member who joined Bloomberg News this summer to start up its reporting of the world of education and how it intersects the business world, has left the wire service...
