The BofA story that just won't die
TheDeal.com Executive Editor Yvette Kantrow notes that a recent BusinessWeek story on how Bank of America wants to build an investment banking business sounds awfully familiar. Last year, CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo posed the same question to BofA CEO Ken Lewis. In 2003, both AFX and Reuters wrote the story. In 1999, it was American Banker […]
The future of mass communication?
Ken Yarmosh has an interesting comment on the future of blogging and the Internet on the TCS Daily this morning, and he gives a plug to the BusinessWeek blog written by Steve Baker and Heater Green. Yarmoush writes, “More and more traditional print publications are getting their writers to blog. Essentially, these writer/bloggers act as […]
James Stewart is in demand
James Stewart, the former Wall Street Journal reporter whose “DisneyWar” book is one of the three Loeb finalists this year in the book category, is apparently being wooed by the new Conde Nast business magazine, and was recently courted by BusinessWeek editor Stephen Adler, according to the New York Post’s Keith Kelly. Kelly writes, “Joanne […]
Fast Company getting some help
MarketWatch media columnist Jon Friedman, continuing his weekly look at the business magazine industry, says that Fast Company magazine has overcome the loss of its top editor, John Byrne, who many feel left it abruptly last year to return to BusinessWeek. New editor Mark Vamos, who incidently worked with Byrne at BusinessWeek, has kept things […]
BusinessWeek announces new DC bureau chief
BusinessWeek announced Thursday that it has named Eva M. Rodriguez its new Washington bureau chief. In her new position, she will lead a team of correspondents who cover politics and policy matters for the global business media organization. Most recently, Rodriguez edited and supervised a team of political and legal reporters in the Washington bureau […]
Q&A with new SABEW president Dave Kansas
Earlier today, I conducted an e-mail Q&A with new Society of American Business Editors and Writers President Dave Kansas. Dave is editor of the The Wall Street Journal’s Money & Investing section. He oversees coverage of Wall Street, banking, markets, investing and personal finance. He also manages the day-to-day operations of the section. In addition, […]
Friedman: Fortune proves biz journalism is not dull
MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman spent some time assessing Fortune magazine, and he argues that the publication, despite some turmoil, has shown how exciting business journalism can be. Friedman writes, “Pooley is so proud of the issue that he can’t resist the urge to kick sand in his foe’s face. ‘BusinessWeek didn’t reach a conclusion about where […]
A down year for business journalism
In case you didn’t notice, business magazines were shut out of the awards handed out last night at the National Magazine Awards dinner in New York. The big winners included Time and ESPN The Magazine. See the winners here. These are the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. When I used to work at BusinessWeek, if […]
Changes to Loeb Award judges
The G. and R. Loeb Foundation and UCLA Anderson School of Management announced on Monday changes to the final judging panel of the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Named as new final judges are: Stephen J. Adler, editor-in-chief, BusinessWeek; Amanda Bennett, editor and vice president, The Philadelphia Inquirer; Jane Berentson, managing […]
Forbes is in the image of brash editor Baldwin
MarketWatch columnist Jon Friedman interveiwed Forbes editor William Baldwin earlier this week and found him to be brash. One example: Baldwin immediately admitted that he didn’t read Friedman’s column on the media. Friedman wrote that the business magazine is produced in the same image as Baldwin, full of competitive energy and wanting to beat others […]
