Rubin: Blame the biz media
Former Treasury secretary Robert Rubin blamed the business media for the current economic issues in the United States in a talk at an Aspen, Colo.-based ideas conference. Sarah McBride of Reuters writes, “Rubin still believes the media could do more to explain issues, particularly when it comes to the fiscal crisis. “‘There’s been a massive […]
Florida biz columnist resigns to become mayor’s PR director
The business columnist at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla., has resigned to become the communications director of the mayor-elect of the city. Abel Harding, a blogger and a former bank executive in the Jacksonville area, was named a business columnist for the Florida Times-Union in October 2009. He wrote weekly columns and a daily […]
Planet Money story on economic development agencies failed
Edward Schumacher-Matos, the new ombudsman at NPR, writes about a recent “Planet Money” story on economic development agencies that didn’t have the facts to support its conclusions. Schumacher-Matos writes, “A central example is seen when Davidson said: ‘This is what drove me crazy about this conference, actually about the whole profession of economic development. They […]
Pearlstein’s column to change
Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein, who is leaving the paper’s full-time employment to teach at George Mason University, writes about how his future column for the Post will be different than his current. Pearlstein writes, “This is my last weekday column for The Post and nearly my last as a Post employee. After more […]
The war between PR and biz journalists
MG Siegler of TechCrunch has a post about how public relations people, particularly those at Facebook, try to discount stories where the angle is not what they wanted by trying to get other business journalists to write a different story. Siegler writes, “There’s currently something going on in the outskirts of the tech world that’s […]
The value of financial journalism to traders
Tom Groenfeldt of Forbes.com writes Thursday about the value of financial journalism to the markets after listening to Joe Lanza, the president of Dow Jones Financial Markets, speak at the SIFMA securities industry conference about the work of its 100 journalists. Groenfeldt writes, “Some news, such as unemployment figures and the consumer price index, is […]
Financial Times launches new commentary section
The Financial Times has launched a new commentary section called the A-List that will feature high-profile columnists such as former Treasury secretary Larry Summers. The launch comes less than a month after Bloomberg LP launched its commentary section called Bloomberg View. An item on the FT’s website states, “Starting on Monday June 13, the FT […]
Chicago Trib media columnist to begin writing general column
Phil Rosenthal, who has written a media column for the Chicago Tribune business section, will now write a more general-interest business column. Associate managing editor for business Michael Lev wrote in an e-mail to the staff: Phil is nationally recognized for his writing talent, wit and ability to analyze media trends. Those skills will serve […]
How Google tries to manipulate the biz media
Ben Jacklet of Oregon Business magazine writes Thursday about how Google’s PR team has tried to get free publicity from the business media for its new Groupon-like venture. Jacklet writes, “The problem with Google is, for all of its laudable ideals about open access to information, the company is exceedingly closed with its own information. […]
How Wall Street uses the business press
David Korten of Common Dreams has an interesting take on how the business news media is manipulated by Wall Street. Korten writes, “Ever hear a business reporter on the evening business news say, ‘Today, investors drive up the price of commodities to create a hundred billion in new value,’ or some such? Sounds great, almost […]
