NYT tech writer Bilton turns down huge offer from CNET/CBS
New York Times technology reporter Nick Bilton has turned down a $1.5 million offer to join tech news site CNET and its parent company, television network CBS, reports Michael Arrington at Uncrunched. Arrington writes, “BS was looking for Bilton to do regular tv bits on technology, and write heavily for CNET, for an annual salary […]
Ex-CNET editor Ard joins Yahoo
Scott Ard, editor in chief of CNET for the past two years, has been named editor in charge of Yahoo’s news site. Ard will be responsible for programming its homepage — the most visited page on the Internet in the US. Ard starts on Sept. 19 and will oversee editors in a variety of locations, […]
Farber returns as CNET.com editor
Dan Farber, who was editor of technology news site CNET.com in 2008 and 2009, has returned to the top spot after a stint as editor of CBSNews.com, reports Peter Kafka of AllThingsD. Kafka writes, “CNET editor-in-chief Scott Ard will stay on at the company, but will focus on CNET’s reviews, which he had overseen prior […]
Dow Jones Newswires losing two top reporters
Telecom and tech reporter Roger Cheng and media reporter Nat Worden are both leaving Dow Jones Newswires. Cheng has accepted a job with CNET, while Worden is becoming an associate at Clear Harbor Asset Management, an New York-based investment advisory firm. Cheng has worked for Dow Jones for nearly a decade, primarily to help cover […]
Judges unseals search warrant on Gizmodo reporter's home
A San Mateo, Calif., judge has unsealed court records involving the search of the home of the tech reporter for Gizmodo who wrote about the iPhone prototype left in a California bar by an Apple employee. Declan McCullagh of CNET writes, “In a response to a motion from a group of media companies that included […]
Media ask judge to unseal records in iPhone investigation
Media organizations are asking a San Mateo County Superior Court to unseal records in the criminal investigation into a missing iPhone prototype, reports Jessica Guynn of the Los Angeles Times. Guynn writes, “In a legal brief filed with the court, The Times and other news organizations including the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, CNet and Wired.com, […]
Police investigate lost iPhone
Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh of CNET report that California police are investigating how the prototype iPhone lost in a bar ended up in the possession of the tech site Gizmodo. Sandoval and McCullagh write, “CNET has not been able to confirm whether the investigation is targeting Gizmodo.com, its source who reportedly found the iPhone […]
TV journalist accused of leaking documents to CNET reporter
A Los Angeles broadcast journalist has been accused of giving confidential court documents in a case involving pirated video on YouTube to CNET reporter Greg Sandoval. Caroline McCarthy of CNET reports, “Schapiro, an external counsel for YouTube and its parent company Google, ran through a list of telephone calls and e-mails from last fall that […]
Tech coverage ignores major players
CNET blogger Dave Rosenberg reports about a study from ITDatabase of tech coverage in major business media in the past six months that shows that large companies don’t get their fare share of the coverage. Rosenberg writes, “The eight publications surveyed are: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, BusinessWeek, The Economist, […]
BNET names new editors, columnists
BNET, the business Web site of CBS Interactive, announced Thursday it has expanded its editorial staff. BNET editor-in-chief Eric Schurenberg named Paul Sloan, formerly senior writer at Fortune, as executive editor of the site, and Christine Lee, formerly the content manager of Yahoo Small Business, as managing editor. The new columnists and bloggers include well-known […]
