What would WSJ disclosure be with Murdoch as owner?

Slate.com media critic Jack Shafer wonders Wednesday how long the disclosure would be in The Wall Street Journal if News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is successful in purchasing its parent company, Dow Jones & Co. Shafer notes that the Journal currently uses a disclosure sentence that mentions that Dow Jones owns Barron’s, Marketwatch, Factiva and […]

Fox Biz Network to launch Oct. 15

Fox Business Network will launch on Oct. 15, 2007, according to an announcement Wednesday by Neil Cavuto, Fox News senior vice president and managing editor of business news. The network currently has 30 million subscribers under contract after securing distribution agreements with major cable operators in top markets around the country, including New York, where it […]

Why a Dow Jones purchase may not pay off for News Corp.

Eric Savitz of Barron’s writes on his Tech Trader Daily blog that Bear Stearns analyst Spencer Wang has crunched some numbers and concluded that a News Corp. purchase of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, may not work financially for the acquirer. Savitz wrote, “Next, he looks at […]

A look at how the Journal, and other newspapers, cover themselves

Michelle Tsai of Slate.com takes a look at how newspapers cover themselves or their parent companies — often the job of someone in business news — when they become news and concludes that none of them do a good job. Exhibit A is The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of News Corp.’s $5 billion offer to […]

Still no winner in CNBC contest

Tim Catts of BusinessWeek.com notes that business news cable network CNBC‘s self-imposed July 8 deadline for naming a winner in its stock picking contest came and went without a winner being named. Catts wrote, “It’s unclear exactly how CNBC will decide on a winner. The channel could run the entire contest again from scratch, or […]

Debating Burnett vs. Bartiromo

Conde Nast Portfolio’s Claire Atkinson has a story on the magazine’s web site that assesses CNBC‘s rising star in Erin Burnett vs. the entrenched star in Maria Bartiromo. Atkinson wrote, “Whether Burnett will eclipse Bartiromo is yet to be seen. But it’s hard to argue Burnett’s considerable bona fides. A former mergers and acquisitions investment-banking […]

Winners and losers in WSJ purchase by Murdoch

Stephen Foley of The Independent newspaper in London has his list of winners and losers once News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch completes his apparent purchase of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal. They include: Bloomberg, Reuters/Thomson: Thanks to the ‘Journal’ and the upcoming Fox Business Channel, News Corp is likely […]

Bartiromo to start new show named "Money Honey"

Hamptons magazine has a Q&A with CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo in its latest issue in which she talks about business journalism and her career. Here are some excerpts of the interview with Lesley Bryce: H: What are the challenges facing financial journalists today? The field must have experienced significant changes in the 14 years since you […]

CNBC viewers up during the day, but not primetime

TVNewser’s Brian Stelter reports that CNBC‘s viewership for the second quarter of the year shows increases during the day for the 25-54 demographic, but not for the primetime shows such as “Mad Money” and “Fast Money.” Stelter wrote, “‘All CNBC programs from 6am-6pm increased in A25-54 audience over 2Q06. Business Day programs with the largest […]

How Dow Jones will help the new Fox Business Channel

Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman calls News Corp.’s $5 billion offer to acquire Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, almost a done deal now that the two sides have agreed to editorial safeguards preventing CEO Rupert Murdoch from meddling in the journalism at the paper. So, Friedman says, it’s time […]