Business news sites gained traffic in August, yearly data strong
Five business news sites were among the top 30 sites in terms of traffic gained in August, according to data from TNS Media. BusinessWeek magazine saw a 21 percent gain to 5.7 million viewers from July. Its viewership is now up 52 percent for the past year. Only three other sites saw a bigger increase […]
Sloppy online reporting hurts business journalism
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE I’ve always been a big proponent of online business journalism. Some of the best journalism done today comes from sites like Marketwatch.com, TheStreet.com and others. But there’s nothing that bugs me more than sloppy business reporting online because it tells the reader that there wasn’t as much care taken with the […]
CNET acquisition pays off for CBS
Michael Learmonth of Advertising Age takes a look at the acquisition of CNET by CBS one year later and finds that the deal has worked well for both sides. Learmonth writes, “One of the original hypotheses for the deal — that CBS and CNet shared very little audience overlap and, therefore, wouldn’t cannibalize each other […]
Moneywatch.com launches from CBS
Gavin O’Malley from Online Media Daily writes Tuesday about the new business news site Moneywatch.com that was launched this week by CBS. O’Malley writes, “Targeting professionals, the personal finance site is being featured throughout the CBS broadcast, radio and mobile platforms, while its editorial talent will be featured as regular contributors on CBS News shows, […]
Reload your skills at SABEW's annual conference
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers will hold its annual conference in Denver on April 26 through April 28, and the program has a number of skills sessions for business journalists to help them advance their careers. Those sessions include: “The Power of Twitter and other Social Networking” sites to help build your source network and […]
BNET, Seeking Alpha strike deal to share content
Kira Bindrim of Crain’s New York Business reports Wednesday that business news and information sites BNET and Seeking Alpha have reached an agreement where they will swap content. Bindrim writes, “Under the agreement, Seeking Alpha content, including excerpts from transcripts, will appear on BNET, and BNET news content will be linked on the Seeking Alpha […]
Big plans for CNET
Ronald Grover of BusinessWeek writes about the plans new owner CBS has for online tech news service CNET, which it bought earlier this year. Grover writes, “Rambling through the CNET building, you see twentysomethings who work for Gamespot.com and sleep on cots in their office, or the geeks who crowd the newsroom at CNET. CNET […]
New version of CNET site launching
Sam Schechner and Jessica Vascellaro of The Wall Street Journal write for Thursday’s paper about a new version of the tech news site CNET being launched his week by its new owners, CBS Corp. Schechner and Vascellaro write, “The new CNET.com includes a ‘brand showcase’ feature, allowing advertisers to pay for pages where they can […]
Icahn takes a shot at Wall Street Journal
Stephen Shankland of CNET News writes Friday that activist investor Carl Icahn is upset with The Wall Street Journal for its coverage of his tactics in pressuring companies. Shankland writes, “In taking The Wall Street Journal to task, Icahn argues activist shareholders are a positive force for corporate change and that the media is too […]
In praise of bias in tech reporting
Matt Asay of CNET writes Saturday that he prefers his business and technology reporters disclose their bias when they write. Asay writes, “It’s the commentary that makes ‘news’ interesting, and that commentary is always heavily flavored by bias. “Bias isn’t the problem. Lack of disclosure of the bias is the problem. “This is what makes […]
