CNBC piece on China is called "bad"
The Demagogue blog criticized Maria Bartiromo’s reporting on CNBC recently regarding a piece the business cable network ran about China. The blog stated, “Bartiromo had two guests discuss whether Google, Microsoft and other tech companies are wrong to placate China’s thought-control, totalitarian rulers. Both guests spouted the same message that these tech companies sounded during […]
Port reporter is missed in Charleston
This question-and-answer was included in the public editor’s column of the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier this morning: Q: I was wondering what happened to the column about the ports that used to appear in the Monday Business Section. Steve, Mount Pleasant. A: The reporter who wrote that column no longer works here and has […]
Readers upset about Rocky Mountain News stock cuts
Westword reporter Michael Roberts notes that after the Rocky Mountain News cut its stock listings to one page, business editor Rob Reuteman was inundated with calls. Roberts reports: “Few were reassured to learn that the data is still available on the Rocky’s website. “‘I was talking to ninety-year-old guys who’ve been subscribing for 44 years,’ […]
Reuters posts first revenue growth since 2001
Business wire and information company Reuters reported its 2005 earnings this morning, which showed that the company had its first increase in revenue since 2001. The company also said it was expecting revenue growth of about 5 percent in 2006. Net income was also up 28 percent. Still, Reuters stock has dropped about 10 percent […]
Jean Chatzky leaving Money?
In the Feb. 27 edition of the New York Observer, posted online today, writer Gabriel Sherman has a long article about what’s going on within the Time Inc. magazine operations. And near the end of the article, Sherman notes that well-known personal finance journalist Jean Chatzky might be leaving Money magazine. Sherman writes, “At Money […]
SF Chronicle biz section is critiqued
The ChronWatch Writers’ Blog has a critique of the Sunday business section of the San Francisco Chronicle, and it claims that the coverage has gotten “weaker.” Jim Sparkman, a retired Kaiser Aluminum executive writing on the blog, states, “Look at the latest Sunday edition, for example. The Business editor apparently decided that this will be […]
A CEO's nightmare? Fortune cover
That’s the opinion of Nicholas von Hoffman, writing in The Nation about the recent Fortune cover by business reporting legend Carol Loomis on General Motors. Von Hoffman writes, “She has been lapping the field for fifty-one years at the magazine, and when she writes an article predicting the death of what has been the premier […]
Taking Gretchen Morgenson to task on exec comp
New York Times business writer Gretchen Morgenson is one of the best in the business. But that doesn’t prevent the Truth on the Market blog from criticizing her recent article on executive compensation and the proposed new SEC regulations. Geoffrey Manne, who is a law professor at the Lewis & Clark Law School, writes on […]
Criticizing Sunday article in NY Times biz section
NewsBusters, w blog that works to find liberal bias on the media, critiques the article on the front page of the Sunday New York Times business section in a recent post. The article, written by reporter Landon Thomas Jr., is a profile of conspiracy-mongering author John Perkins called “Confessing to the converted.” NewsBusters writes: “A […]
The Economist editor stepping down to write books
The Economist, the London-based business magazine, will have a new editor soon. Editor Bill Emmott has announced that he is stepping down. Here is coverage from Brand Republic: “LONDON – Bill Emmott, editor-in-chief for The Economist, is to step down from the role after 13 years to focus on writing books. Emmott has been with […]
