You don't have to understand the IPO to write about it
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes that a lot of the coverage of the Blackstone Group’s initial public offering fails to understand the concept of private capital. Kantrow wrote, “The coverage of Blackstone’s IPO plans, first broken by CNBC on Friday, March 16, demonstrates that despite all the attention lavished on private equity by the […]
Insana speaks on business and biz journalism
CNBC’s Ron Insana spoke earlier this week on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas about business and business journalism, and a number of the students who attended the event have blogged about what he said. This student, for example, wrote, “The one part I could understand and relate to was when he spoke […]
Blodget wonders if Cramer's career is crippled
Disgraced former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget writes that “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer may have hurt his media career by saying on a recent video that he manipulated stocks while he was managing a hedge fund and that investors used business journalists to influence stock prices. Blodget, who has been feuding with Cramer recently, […]
CNBC's Gasparino to be biz journalist in residence at UW
CNBC reporter Charles Gasparino will be a business journalist in residence at the University of Wisconsin later this semester, according to this story. The story, by Dennis Chaptman, stated, “Gasparino provides up-to-the-minute CNBC reports throughout the day as Wall Street trading unfolds. He often breaks news on major issues involving corporate America. “Before joining CNBC, […]
More on Cramer spouting off
USAToday’s Matt Krantz takes a look Friday at “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer talking on a videocast on TheStreet.com about how he manipulated stocks and how business journalists are used by investors. (Note that Cramer back away from many of his statements Thursday.) Krantz wrote, “Cramer didn’t return messages left with CNBC or multiple e-mails […]
CNBC's Goldman burned by source?
CNBC Silicon Valley bureau chief Jim Goldman was likely burned by a source when he reported earlier this week that Motorola was going to purchase Palm, according to Eric Buscemi on BloggingStocks.com. To date, no deal has been announced. Buscemi wrote, “More and more information pointed to Motorola as the likely acquirer. Ed Zander, Motorola’s […]
Cramer backs away from some, but not all, of his statements
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, who earlier this week was criticized for his comments on a videocast on TheStreet.com for saying that he performed unethical stock trading while running his fund and then later making disparaging remarks about business journalists, has backtracked somewhat. In an interview on the Don Imus radio show, he said that […]
Making fun of business news
Jane Wells, a CNBC reporter based in Los Angeles, has a new blog on the CNBC web site called “Funny Business” that has as its goal to make fun of business news. She wrote, “I’m looking for quotes from overly-handled-by-PR-people CEOs, badly written press releases, the ‘good marketing ideas gone bad,’ people with too much money […]
Cramer's comment on Pisani could cause trouble with CNBC
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer‘s dig at fellow CNBC broadcaster Bob Pisani in a video clip could land him in hot water with the business news cable channel, according to the New York Post’s Roddy Boyd. Boyd wrote, “The clip, which had Wall Street tongues wagging earlier this week after Cramer admitted in it to […]
CNBC examining animated show for fall
CNBC is developing an animated series based on the comic strip “CEO Dad,” which could become a half-hour series on the network in the fall, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter. Paul J. Gough and Kimberly Nordyke wrote, “Sources said the network will likely air five one-minute shorts that will be cut from […]
