Reuters parent reports higher earnings
Thomson Reuters reported higher second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, during a period when it launched new artificial intelligence features. Kenneth Li of Reuters reports, “The Reuters News division’s organic revenue rose 5% from higher revenue at its agency and professionals business and a contractual price increase from the London Stock Exchange. “Thomson Reuters has launched new AI […]
Dow Jones sees rise in earnings, profit
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 7% and its earnings rose 10%, boosted by more subscribers. Circulation and subscription revenues increased $37 million, or 8%, reflecting a 10% increase in professional information business revenues. Circulation revenues increased 5% compared to the prior year, […]
Reuters names Jourdan its EMEA companies news editor
Adam Jourdan has been named companies news editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Reuters, based in London. He will start his new position on July 28. Jourdan has been south Latin America bureau chief for the past six years, based in Buenos Aires. He previously was chief correspondent for company news in China, […]
UnitedHealthcare sues The Guardian for defamation
UnitedHealthcare is suing The Guardian for defamation over a story related to its billing for nursing home residents, reports Maxwell Tani of Semafor. Tani reports, “In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, UnitedHealthcare said that The Guardian had knowingly published false information, and tried to capitalize on media interest in the killing of its then-CEO last year in New […]
The evolving relationship between tech companies and the media
Camille Bromley of Columbia Journalism Review interviewed Steven Levy of Wired about the evolving relationship between the media and the tech industry. Here is an excerpt: CB: How would you say access to Silicon Valley folks as a whole has changed over the course of your career? SL: I started in the PC era. The first story I […]
Meta attorney calls out tech journalists at trial
Meta lead attorney Mark Hansen criticized tech journalists Om Malik and Kara Swisher at the company’s Federal Trade Commission antitrust trial, reports Lauren Feiner of The Verge. Feiner reports, “During a heated cross-examination of the FTC’s key economic expert, Scott Hemphill, Meta’s lead attorney, Mark Hansen, noted that Hemphill joined Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and former Biden […]
San Antonio Report seeks a biz reporter
The San Antonio Report, a nonprofit news outlet in the country’s seventh-largest city, is seeking a versatile and enterprising reporter to cover the business beat. The San Antonio Report offers competitive pay, full benefits and generous paid time off, and also embraces a collaborative work culture. San Antonio’s business and technology landscape is diverse with […]
Reuters News reports first quarter revenue, earnings drop
Reuters news operation, a division of Thomson Reuters, reported a 7% decline in first quarter revenue to $196 million from $200 million in the same quarter of 2024. EBITDA earnings fell to $39 million in the first three months after the year after earnings totaled $60 million in the same quarter a year ago. The […]
Oregonian’s Kish wins National Headliner Award for biz reporting
Matthew Kish, a business reporter for The Oregonian in Portland, won the National Headliner Award for business news coverage or commentary. Kish won for “The Nike Case.” The judges wrote, “Oregonian reporter Matthew Kish’s investigation of Nike’s allegedly toxic workplace combines strong reporting with a compelling personal profile that brings readers inside one of the […]
NY Times seeks a reporter to cover Apple
The New York Times is looking for a creative and collaborative journalist to cover Apple – the tech giant that is a nation-state unto its own and that is synonymous with smartphones and other consumer electronics, tech services and apps – as the company faces increasing challenges to its power and questions about its future […]
