Pulitzer winner Stewart to join NYT biz desk
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE James Stewart, the Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist, is joining the New York Times business desk to write a column in the Saturday business section, a source confirmed to Talking Biz News. The move for Stewart, who currently writes for Smart Money magazine and teaches at Columbia University, is expected to be […]
TechCrunch editor: Screw the tech press
Michael Arrington, the editor and founder of TechCrunch, responds Saturday to criticism he’s received from others in the tech media for hid disclosure last week that he’s investing in tech companies. Arrington writes, “Look, I’m still new to this journalism thing. I treat our readers the same way I’d like to be treated. With full […]
Why biz news coverage is important to startup companies
Tom Foremski of ZDNet.com writes about how coverage from the business media is important to startup companies. Foremski writes, “Readers, will quite rightly, value a reporter’s news story much higher than that of an advert or advertorial paid for by the company. An unbiased reporter provides a tremendous amount of credibility and trust. “And in […]
Will Buffett/Sokol kill CEO porn by business media?
Gary Weiss writes for TheStreet.com that the recent scandal involving a Berkshire Hathaway executive purchasing stock of a company that was about to be acquired by Berkshire should dull, if not outright kill, the media’s fawning over CEOs. Weiss writes, “Sure, rich people are inherently fascinating, virtuous and fantastic individuals. Sure, billionaire investors can do […]
Complaints about how executive compensation is covered
Jay Lorsch, a professor at Harvard Business School, is critical of how the business media covers executive compensation, arguing that the stories don’t add much insight to the debate about how executives are paid and whether huge incentives in cash, options, and stock really do motivate them to work harder or smarter. Lorsch writes, “Why […]
Bloomberg View will contribute to other Bloomberg editorial products
Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post interviewed David Shipley, the head of the forthcoming Bloomberg View, an opinion and editorial service being launched by Bloomberg LP. Calderone writes, “Late next month, Bloomberg View will begin publishing editorials online at Bloomberg.com and on the Bloomberg Professional, the organization’s lucrative financial terminal service that helped the company […]
Bloomberg View’s Kinsley’s first column should be on Bloomberg
Jack Shafer of Slate writes that new Bloomberg View columnist Michael Kinsley should write about New York mayor Michael Bloomberg for his first column for the new service. Shafer writes, “As best as I can tell from searching Nexis and the Web, Kinsley has yet to write about Bloomberg, which means the pompous bipartisan is […]
Bloomberg View's Kinsley's first column should be on Bloomberg
Jack Shafer of Slate writes that new Bloomberg View columnist Michael Kinsley should write about New York mayor Michael Bloomberg for his first column for the new service. Shafer writes, “As best as I can tell from searching Nexis and the Web, Kinsley has yet to write about Bloomberg, which means the pompous bipartisan is […]
Trying to predict the next bubble
Yvette Kantrow, executive editor of The Deal magazine, writes Wednesday about how the business media seems to be falling all over itself to predict the next bubble in the wake of criticism that it failed to do enough warning about the current economic crisis. Kantrow writes, “That the media blew it is so ingrained in […]
NYT’s Leonhardt explains Pulitzer-winning column writing
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Last week, David Leonhardt reached the pinnacle of journalism. He won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his weekly columns about the economy in the New York Times business section. Leonhardt had been a finalist the year before. Leonhardt writes “Economic Scene,” a weekly economics column, for The Times business section, […]
