Reuters and Forbes to provide TV content for TiVo
Business news wire Reuters and business magazine Forbes have agreed to develop video content for TiVo, according to a news release. The broadband video content from Reuters will include Reuters Showbiz Week, Reuters Technology Week and Reuters Oddly Enough: And Finally show, which is a wrap-up of the week’s most interesting offbeat stories. The content […]
Des Moines biz section's bad luck
The business section of the Des Moines Register ran a story on the front of its Tuesday business section that featured local company Two Rivers Marketing and its founder Tom Dunphy. The only problem, according to an Editor & Publisher story, was that the front page of the paper had a story about a plane […]
SEC filings now searchable using keyword function
Looking for news in SEC filings just got a lot easier, according to an AP story that states that the SEC has rolled out a search function for the thousands of documents that get posted every day in its database. The AP story stated, “The full-text search tool allows users to enter a keyword or […]
CNBC Africa goes live in May 2007, will eventually go public
CNBC Africa will replace CNBC Europe in South Africa, according to this report. In addition, the company, which is 30 percent owned by the government, is planning an initial public offering within the next three years. Dikatso Mametse wrote, “The new channel will blend in local and international economic news and will have bureaus in […]
Many issues with NYT coverage of Morgan Stanley fight
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow noted that The New York Times finally wrote about the battle its parent company is having with Morgan Stanley, but she added that there were many issues with the story that the Times didn’t address for its readers. Kantrow wrote, “The story said that Morgan Stanley Investment Management had sent […]
Weiss: Terry III has been good for BW
Former BusinessWeek reporter Gary Weiss, who now writes a column for Forbes.com called Muckraker, comments on his blog this morning about a New York Times story on his former boss — McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw. NcGraw-Hill is the parent of BusinessWeek. Weiss wrote, “He got a lot of razzing for that from some people at […]
Fine: The money is there for another biz channel
BusinessWeek media writer Jon Fine writes on his blog that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has been bullish about the Fox Business News channel that is expected to launch next year for several years despite the fact that Roger Ailes, the executive who once ran CNBC and would be in charge of the channel, has […]
Coal company gets its lumps for Christmas early
Dan Gainor of the Business & Media Institute critiqued a story in Tuesday’s New York Times about coal company TXU Corp.’s plans to build new power plants in Texas. Gainor argued that the story was biased against coal companies and didn’t give the company much of a chance to respond. Gainor wrote, “The entire piece […]
Comcast agrees to carry new Fox business channel
The New York Times is reporting that the Comcast cable company has agreed to carry the Fox business cable network channel when it begins airing sometime in 2007, but no launch date has been announced yet. Richard Siklos wrote, “Comcast’s roughly 12 million digital subscribers would get the channel as part of their service. Those […]
U.S. media ignore Internet-led coup of British company
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow noted that retail investors have used the Internet to lead what she believes is the first management overthrow of a company, yet no American media have covered the story despite their fascination with shareholder rights. Kantrow wrote, “Indeed, rumors that Hashemi was planning a management buyout became so plentiful on […]
