Thoughts from New York
As mentioned earlier, I took a group of students in my “Business Reporting” class to New York during Spring Break last week and met with people from the business journalism world. Here are some...
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Herb Greenberg and shorts
Don Bauder writes in the San Diego Reader about MarketWatch.com columnist Herb Greenberg and his use of shorts as sources in the wake of the SEC subpoenas against Greenberg and a couple of other...
"Mad Money's" one-year anniversary
Jim Cramer celebrated the one-year anniversary of his CNBC show “Mad Money” in which he screams and prances around the set and tells viewers what stocks to buy and what stocks to sell with...
Harwood joins CNBC as Washington correspondent
The Wall Street Journal writer John Harwood has been named CNBC’s chief Washington correspondent, effective Monday, according to TVWeek.com. “We expect John will use his contacts and his insights to effectively cover major stories...
Yet another Jim Cramer profile
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer was profiled by another newspaper. This time it’s Newsday. Previous profiles this year have been written by the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Dallas Morning News. In Newsday, Cramer talks...
Will anyone read Greenspan's book?
MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman believes that people in New York and Washington will read the book being planned by former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. But he wonders about the rest of the country, noting...
Former "Apprentice" to appear on CNBC
Broadcasting & Cable is reporting that Rebecca Jarvis, who narrowly lost the final round of Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” show back in the fall, has garnered a job as an associate reporter for business...
Review of new CNBC talk show featuring German host
The International Herald Tribune had a review of the new CNBC show featuring German host Sabine Christiansen, below, in the Sunday paper. It concluded that this was part of the business news network’s attempts...
Cramer needs to disclose conflict
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer has been touting a stock that is a large holding of David Rocker, who is also a major investor in the company that Cramer founded — TheStreet.com. At least...
Business journalists with axes to grind
Bill Cara, who writes a blog on the market, has an interesting post about what he sees on CNBC and how that is perceived by Wall Street. Cara writes: “Te whole group on Kudlow...
