When consumers become biz journalists
When consumers become business journalists, especially when they’re reviewing electronic products or new software, it can cause havoc with the tried-and-true strategy of companies giving “exclusive” interviews to certain media outlets. Dana Blankenhorn found this out the hard way. He talked with CEO Ofer Shoshan of Qlusters Inc. in Palo Alto, Calif. last week in […]
Wall Street Journal adds people index
The Wall Street Journal began a people index in today’s newspaper. Like its popular company index, which tells readers what page a company is mentioned on in that day’s newspaper, the people index will tell readers when prominent people are mentioned in stories. The New York Times’ Katherine Seelye covered the change in today’s paper […]
Enron trial coverage begins
Coverage of the Enron trial began to build up this weekend. Expect to be inundated with coverage until the trial ends, and the verdict will likely be front-page news in papers across the world. Here are some of the things that I noticed from coverage this weekend: 1. The Associated Press had a basic story […]
SEC regulation of hedge funds begins Wednesday
On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission will begin regulating hedge funds, those formerly secretive investment vehicles in which the rich and college endowments have used to manage their money. It’s on that date that hedge funds have to register with the SEC. Many already have. Here is part of a Sunday Associated […]
Small California paper cuts stock listings
The Vacaville Reporter, a daily newspaper in California, announced in its Sunday paper that it was cutting its stock listings and making other changes to its business section. It’s asking its readers to look for stock listings online and offering functions such as portfolio tracking on its Web site. “Readers will be able to review […]
Greetings from Asbury Park — with cut stock listings
Somewhere, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band must be playing a sad song. The Asbury Park Press joins the litany of newspapers cutting stock listings. The Press stated in today’s paper: “Beginning this weekend, the Asbury Park Press will no longer publish mutual fund tables on Saturday and will no longer publish stock tables […]
Greenspan will be missed by biz journalists
Alan Greenspan, who has been chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank since 1987, will step down from his position next week and be replaced by Ben Bernanke. He will be missed by business and economics writers, noted Eric Heider in a story in Saturday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Heider wrote: “Media savvy and a frequent guest […]
Criticism of Forbes article on blogging
The blogging world has been abuzz the past few days about a recent Forbes article on, what else, the blogging world. The Forbes article in question is “Tapping into the blogosphere” by Tom Taulli, and it was posted on the magazine’s Web site on Wednesday. PR blog expert B.L. Ochman wrote, “Sometimes, comments to posts […]
The media does a lousy job covering the economy
That’s the conclusion of CBS business correspondent Anthony Mason. Not surprisingly, Mason thinks that CBS has done a pretty good job at covering the economy. Mason made this general statement about media coverage of the economy: “Most Americans find economic news impenetrable and it’s our fault. For a long time, it’s been portrayed as an […]
Covering Davos
A number of business reporters are in Davos, Switzerland this week covering the World Economic Forum. One of the best places to look for coverage is a blog called “Delving into Davos” being written by reporters from the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times, including Mark Landler, Floyd Norris and Andrew Ross Sorkin. […]
