Update on SEC subpoenas of biz reporters
The New York Times reported today that in addition to Marketwatch columnist Herb Greenberg, the SEC also subpoenaed Dow Jones Newswire reporter Carol Remond as part of its investigation into the practices of short sellers. However, the subpoenas were then withdrawn. Times reporter Stephen Labaton reported, “But after receiving questions from reporters preparing articles on […]
New graduate school at CUNY
Steve Shepard, who is the dean of the new graduate school of journalism at CUNY and the former editor of BusinessWeek, was profiled in the Feb. 17 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education. The article had these two snippets related to business journalism: 1. “Students pick one of three tracks: health and medicine, business […]
Former BusinessWeek editor new editor of South China Morning Post
Mark Clifford, who was Asia regional editor for BusinessWeek from 1995 to 2003 and a former business editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, is the new editor of the South China Morning Post, effective April 1, according to this morning’s paper. A short announcement in the paper stated, “At the same time, David Armstrong […]
PR person says fight back by posting interviews
Joan Stewart, who writes the Publicity Hound’s blog, posted a comment today about how to fight bias in the media. She pays particular attention to responding in the same manner as Overstock.com President Patrick Byrne did earlier this month to BusinessWeek e-commerce editor Timothy Mullaney. Stewart writes: “If you’re lucky enough to have a tape-recording […]
Son of BusinessWeek chief of correspondents dies tragically
I have known Jim Ellis, the chief of correspondents at BusinessWeek, for more than a decade. When I was at the magazine, he was in the Chicago bureau, but he soon came to New York and was considered the heir apparent to Keith Felcyn, who was the chief of correspondents in the early 1990s. Jim’s […]
Wall Street Journal tidbits from earnings release
Dow Jones released its fourth-quarter earnings today, and disclosed the following pieces of information about the Wall Street Journal: 1. Losses from the Weekend Edition of The Wall Street Journal, launched Sept. 17, were about five cents per share in the fourth quarter. 2. Advertising linage at the U.S. Wall Street Journal, including Weekend Edition, […]
BusinessWeek has decline in advertising
In McGraw-Hill’s earnings release out today, there was this item about advertising in BusinessWeek, its flagship publication: “Advertising pages at BusinessWeek declined 18.8% in the fourth quarter and 12.8% for the year, according to the Publishers Information Bureau. For revenue recognition, there were 50 issues in 2005 compared to 51 in 2004.” That’s not a […]
Former BusinessWeek editor talks about new grad school
Steve Shepard, the former editor of BusinessWeek, has been busy developing a graduate school of journalism at the City University of New York. It’s expected that business journalism education will play a big part in the school. Shepard talked to the New York Sun about his plans. He said, “I felt that it simply wasn’t […]
Biz journalist's relationship with Welch leads to column
John Byrne, who left Fast Company as editor last year to return to BusinessWeek as executive editor, has written books with former General Electric Co. CEO Jack Welch in the past and his journalism has focused on management issues. So it was Welch’s relationship with Byrne, according to this item in Women’s Wear Daily, that […]
Naked shorts using business journalism for hysteria
That’s the opinion of former BusinessWeek investigative reporter Gary Weiss, whose book “Wall Street versus America” is about to come out. He argues in a post on his blog that the anti-naked shorts such as Overstock.com President Patrick Byrne make accusations about the business journalism media to support their theory that naked shorting is bad. […]
