N&O readers mad at dropped stock listings
The (Raleigh) News & Observer intentionally made some of its readers made by dropping its stock listings, noted ombudsman Ted Vaden in his Sunday column. (Fair Disclosure: Vaden is a neighbor of mine.) Vaden wrote that some readers stated that they would drop their subscription or be forced to take another paper. He also quoted […]
Shortsighted Cisco coverage
Marek Fuchs, the Business Press Maven for TheStreet.com, criticizes the recent coverage of Cisco, which named CEO John Chambers to the additional role of chairman of the board. Fuchs notes that in the corporate world recently many companies have been separating the two titles between two different executives. But this wasn’t mentioned in the Cisco […]
TheStreet.com reporter on TV
TheStreet.com markets reporter Rob Lenihan writes on his personal blog about his first time on television and how scary it was. Lenihan wrote, “I’m a reporter for TheStreet.com and I’ve been threatening to do a video commentary for the site for several months. “Part of the problem, aside from cowardice, was the structure of my […]
Where has the labor reporting gone?
The Toronto Star’s Antonia Zerbisias wants to know what has happened to labor reporting, specficially in Canada, in a column, in relation to the recent strike that stranded tens of thousands of commuters in the city. Media columnist Zerbisias wrote, “The media have abandoned labour as an exclusive, and expert, beat. “Because we have no […]
Poor economic reporting in WaPo
This blogger has a valid complaint about some recent economics coverage in the Washington Post. He accurately notes that a story in Tuesday’s paper fails to mention the trade-off between interest rates and employment. He wrote, “In an article titled ‘Fed Chief Raises Inflation Concern’, authors Nell Henderson and Brooke A. Masters fail to mention […]
Why did the Dow Jones fall today?
According to the News Hounds web site, which tracks the Fox News channel, Neil Cavuto doesn’t understand why the stock market fell on Wednesday. It wrote, “Neil Cavuto opened his show today (June 7, 2006) with a shot of the ‘big board’ and ‘news’ that the Dow was down and ‘earlier gains’ were erased by […]
Desert Sun newspaper seeks stock market experts
Here’s a unique way to find business news sources for newspaper stories — advertise for them. That’s what the Desert Sun, the newspaper in Palm Springs, Calif., did in Wednesday’s paper. Here is the notice: “The stock markets have experienced a great deal of volatility in recent months after a 44-month bull run. What’s happening […]
Media showing too much enthusiasm for market merger
Former BusinessWeek reporter Gary Weiss notes on his blog that the media is playing too much footsie in its coverage of the New York Stock Exchange-Euronext merger. Combining stock exchanges will not mean a whole lot for individual investors, argues Weiss, contrary to what has been written by many business journalists. He wrote, “OK. If […]
The challenge for Conde Nast Portfolio
According to Media Life’s Samantha Melamed, new business glossy Conde Nast Portfolio will need to have journalism that will distinguish itself from others in the group. Melamed wrote, “The challenge for the new monthly title will be to present readers the sort of engaging journalism that will separate it from the slew of existing titles, […]
ABC: Low job growth is a good thing
Les Russ on the Watching the Watchers web site is critical of coverage by ABC’s Dan Arnall regarding the low job growth numbers reported Friday. Arnall reported that the low job growth number might cause the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates, and the Treasury Secretary John Snow emphasized that the unemployment rate hasn’t […]
