Kudos to New York Times' business section
Joseph Epstein, writing in Commentary magazine, assesses the New York Times and how he reads what some people consider to be the best paper in the country. Epstein is not high on many sections of the paper, but he does have this to say about the business section: “And I always check the business section, […]
Providence Journal cutting stock listings
John Kostrzewa, the business editor of the Providence Journal, announced in his Sunday column that the paper would be cutting stock and mutual fund listings during the week and the weekend to open up more space for local and national business news. The column is available here, but the ProJo website can only be read […]
Reaching business readers
In last Monday’s edition of the Columbis Ledger-Enquirer, a Knight-Ridder paper, the reporters on the features and business desks were given an opportunity to let the readers know more about themselves. Here is an example: “I’m Christopher Boyce, a Chicago transplant working on the Ledger-Enquirer business desk. “One of my grandfather’s favorite sayings goes, ‘Money […]
Labor beat dropped at LA Times
According to this post on Take Back the Times: “Also, we hear that Nancy Cleeland, who shared in a Pulitzer Prize for the series about Wal-Mart, no longer has her labor beat, and the Times will not have a replacement soon, according to Russ Stanton, the section editor. In short, the Times, going back to […]
Zannino's task: I couldn't have said it better
This blogger neatly sums up the job facing incoming Dow Jones’ CEO Richard Zannino better than anything else I’ve read in the past couple of days: “I hope that in his new job as Dow Jones’s chief executive officer, Richard Zannino takes a hard look at The Wall Street Journal’s editorial future. In my mind, […]
Jon Friedman's Hot and Not for 2006
Jon Friedman writes the media column for Marketwatch.com. He’s a former Bloomberg and BusinessWeek reporter. His recent column on what’s In and Out for 2006 includes this: Who’s in: Fox Business Channel Who’s out: CNBC It’s not exactly front-page news any more to say that Fox is moving forward with a plan to create a […]
Medill student afraid of Economics Reporting
Found this interesting post from a Northwestern University student — first name Laura — who starts taking Economics Reporting today: “I am taking an economics reporting class. I’m fairly frightened of reporting with numbers and I’ve heard good things about this class, so I thought it would be challenging and interesting and all that heart-warming […]
Fortune subscriber is upset and won't renew
At least this reader isn’t upset with the editorial content. But the business magazine has just lost a reader. Here is the post: “I received an invoice in the mail today. It wasn’t just any invoice. It was from a magazine I used to really enjoy. However, after receiving it, I decided I’ve had enough […]
Media Bistro's 2006 crystal ball for business news
The Media Bistro web site asked its reads for predictions for the new year for TV busines news. Some of the more outrageous predictions from the crystal ball include Jim Cramer leaving CNBC for Fox’s new business channel and being joined by Maria Bartiromo. One of the more interesting predictions is this: “CNBC programming changes […]
An idea for business sections
Normon Solomon suggests that business sections in 2006 should add a labor page since most of the coverage is devoted to CEOs and companies. Here is the specific suggestion: “Daily newspaper editors: Just about every paper has a ‘Business’ section, where the focus is on CEOs, company managers, profit reports and big-time investors. But a […]
