Why Reuters should exit the financial news business
Felix Salmon, a former Reuters journalist, writes for Recode that Reuters should exit the financial news business now that it has sold its terminal operation. Salmon writes, ” Blackstone’s billions should be able to give Reuters the ability to reach billions of emerging news consumers directly, and to be able to compete with broadcasters (CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, […]
Thottam joins NY Times op-ed page to write about business and economics
Jyoti Thottam has been hired by the New York Times op-ed page to write about business and economics. In a note to the staff, editorial page editor James Bennet writes: Jyoti spent most of her diverse career at Time, first as a business and technology reporter covering Enron’s collapse and Google’s rise, and later as […]
Reed resigns as Chicago Tribune biz columnist
Robert Reed has resigned as the Chicago Tribune business columnist, reports Robert Feder. Feder writes, “The veteran Chicago journalist and former editor of Crain’s Chicago Business said he’s not sure what he’ll do next, but felt the time was right to move on. His resignation is effective March 2. “‘It’s been a great ride,’ Reed said Tuesday. […]
WSJ hires Mead to write opinion column
Walter Russell Mead will become a columnist for the Wall Street Journal opinion pages, writing the weekly Global View column on foreign affairs. He will start on Feb. 6. “Walter is a highly regarded journalist and historian of American foreign policy with a unique voice at a time of new and growing challenges to global order,” said Journal editorial page […]
Bloomberg to combine Gadfly, View into one site
Bloomberg plans to combine its Bloomberg Gadfly and Bloomberg View operations into one site called Bloomberg Opinion, according to tweets from executive editor Tim O’Brien. Hey Alex. No wings trimmed. We’re just consolidating all of our commentary into one site. Gadfly writers and View writers will become Bloomberg Opinion columnists. The WSJ published its piece without […]
Tampa Bay Times seeks business columnist
Want to be a crucial watchdog for the Tampa Bay Times, a key conduit to the bay area business community and an important public voice in the region, all wrapped up into one job? With the retirement of Bob Trigaux, a rare opportunity has opened up to become the next business columnist for Florida’s largest […]
When a business columnist took on real estate
Jon Talton, who writes a business column for the Seattle Times, writes about his time writing a business column for The Arizona Republic from 2000 to 2007 and how it ended due to his alienating real estate executives in the Phoenix area. Talton writes, “Could I have found a way to stay? “It’s a question […]
Trump friction caused WSJ editorial board exodus
Sam Tanenhaus of Esquire writes about how friction at The Wall Street Journal editorial board over Donald Trump has caused five staff members to leave. Tanenhaus writes, “Much has been written about friction between the Journal’s down-the-middle, just-the-facts news reporters and its highly ideological editorial department. But the more significant story — an obsession for the Never […]
The future of the WSJ editorial page
David Warsh of Economic Principals examines the recent history of The Wall Street Journal editorial page and offers up a successor to current editor Paul Gigot. Warsh writes, “Those who write the editorials seldom display signs of having gotten wise to themselves. I’ve read those pages every day for nearly fifty years, and, with the […]
What biz reporters can do that computers will never be able to
Business journalist Max Frumes, the founder of Quant Media, explores the efforts of the three big players in business journalism — Bloomberg, Dow Jones and Reuters — in terms of using computers to produce content and concludes that reporters still provide a necessary function. Frumes writes, “The work that it takes to regularly generate scoops […]
