When a company tries to harass journalists
Vikas Kumar, a senior editor at The Capitol Forum, writes about how a company, Zynex, harassed its staff after it wrote critical stories. Kumar writes, “As we started working to expose Zynex, its CEO thought it would be a good idea to hire private investigators to follow us around and harass us. In an effort […]
How to cover an initial public offering
Longtime business journalist Francine McKenna spoke with Ryan Teague Beckwith of “My First Byline” about covering initial public offerings. Here is an excerpt: What should journalists and investors look for in an S-1? The SEC says investors should look at: • The Prospectus Summary for information about the company’s business, strategy, plans for using the funds raised in […]
Facebook parent fires 20 for leaking information
Meta has fired “roughly 20” employees who leaked “confidential information outside the company,” reports Alex Heath of The Verge. Heath reports, “‘We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our policies to leak internal information, no matter the intent,’ Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold tells The Verge exclusively. ‘We […]
The importance of covering earnings — and ignoring analyst estimates
Business journalist Sara Silver writes for Columbia Journalism Review writes about the connection between Wall Street analysts and reporters covering company earnings. Silver writes, “It’s an assembly line: One person listens to quarterly earnings calls with executives. Another checks news that could affect the company’s customers, suppliers, or competitors. One plugs earnings numbers into a spreadsheet. Only […]
Allstate PR asked to delete execs quotes
Victor Tangermann of Futurism writes about how Allstate public relations representatives pushed it to take down quotes from an executive in The Wall Street Journal about how it was using artificial intelligence in claims emails. Tangermann writes, “To be clear, it’s not out of the ordinary for spokespeople to reach out to journalists to dispute factual […]
Reuters News reports slightly lower revenue
Thomson Reuters, the parent of the Reuters news service, reported fourth quarter operating earnings increased 29% on Thursday and disclosed the performance of the news operation. Reuters News saw fourth quarter revenues of $218 million, a decrease of 1% (decreased 3% organic) from $220 million and included a positive impact from acquisitions. The organic revenue […]
WSJ seeks a corporate editor
The Wall Street Journal seeks an experienced journalist for one of the most important roles at the Journal, Corporate Editor. The job is responsible for the Journal’s coverage of manufacturing, autos, aviation, retail, food, agriculture, and the consumer-focused coverage of Life & Work. The Journal has been leading coverage of business for as long as […]
Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues to keep records from Washington Post
The company that Jeff Bezos founded has gone to court to keep the newspaper he owns from finding out too much about the inner workings of its business, reports Todd Bishop of Geekwire. Bishop reports, “Amazon is suing Washington state to limit the release of public records to The Washington Post from a series of state Department of Labor […]
FT seeks a chief UK business correspondent
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide. At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism […]
O’Dwyer named FT’s deputy companies editor
Michael O’Dwyer has been named the deputy companies editor at The Financial Times. He has been the chief UK business correspondent, writing about the intersection between UK business and politics and about the big issues facing British companies and their boards. He was previously the FT’s accountancy correspondent. Before that he was a reporter at the […]
