Remembering Chris Welles
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman writes Wednesday about Chris Welles, the well-known business journalist who died last week at 72. Friedman writes, “If Chris had had a chance to read this column — or any of the other stories that have appeared since his passing — I suspect that he would have reacted in two […]
When biz journalist's sources get subpoenaed
Felix Salmon of Reuters writes Wednesday about the recent action by the Securities and Exchange Commission to subpoena e-mails between sources Sam Antar and Barry Minkow and business journalists. Salmon writes, “If the SEC were to ask Antar for emails he sent to his lawyer, he could simply refuse, on the grounds that such communications […]
SEC going after e-mails between biz reporters and whistleblowers
Gary Weiss writes on Portfolio.com that the Securities and Exchange Commission wants correspondence between two Dow Jones Newswires reporters and Sam Antar and Barry Minkow, two guys who were once involved in stock frauds but now spend their time trying to expose such shenanigans. Weiss writes, “What gives this little-known story—here’s the only press coverage—a […]
Events and motivations in reporting
CNBC.com managing editor Allen Wastler warns business journalists against linking events with motivations when reporting. Wastler writes, “Case in point: Suggestions that BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward is being pulled out of day-to-day Gulf spill operations as punishment for poor performance before Congress yesterday and in the Gulf situation in general. “These reports trace to […]
Getting front-row White House seat no victory for Bloomberg
Jeff Bercovici of DailyFinance.com writes that if Bloomberg News gets the coveted front-row seat at White House press conferences, it won’t help its coverage. Bercovici writes, “Bloomberg, meanwhile, has remade itself from a narrow provider of financial information into something much more far-reaching, but its public image is still closer to the former. Snagging Thomas’s […]
Fanboy vs. Journalist
Sarah Lacy, a former Businessweek tech reporter who now writes for TechCrunch, writes about the difference between writers who fawn over new companies and their gadgets and journalists who critique them carefully. Lacy writes, “I have no problem championing a business – even an unsexy or unpopular one. When I was at BusinessWeek I was […]
From Dallas to Honolulu
Kevin Bumgarner, who became editor of Pacific Business News earlier this year after being editor of the Dallas Business Journal, writes what’s different between running a weekly business newspaper in Dallas vs. Honolulu. Bumgarner writes, “Gone is my collection of suits — carefully selected to allow me one for every occasion — replaced by an […]
Dealbreaker's Levin is scourge of Wall Street
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman writes Wednesday about Dealbreaker.com editor Bess Levin, who has gained a wide following. Friedman writes, “Levin has a knack for writing irreverent, witty and insightful stuff. But what makes proudly hard-bitten journalists look at her in something approaching awe is her precocious age. Levin is not too far removed from […]
Biz news media coverage from a PR person's perspective
PR person Kyle Flaherty writes what it’s like to get coverage of a client in the national business press. Flaherty writes, “No matter the PR job I had, no matter the company I was representing, there was always one achievement that drove the adrenaline, securing a business press opportunity. Let me be clear that not […]
Investment firms whine about coverage
Barry Ritholtz, who writes the Big Picture blog, has had enough of investment firms complaining about their coverage in the business news media. Ritholtz writes, “Over the weekend, we noted that, according to a recent poll, Goldman Sach’s reputation is worse than even BP’s. Following that, I caught the tail end of a radio interview […]
