Discrimination cases against Bloomberg rise
Nearly six dozen women who worked at financial news and data company Bloomberg LP claim they were demoted and discriminated against after they became pregnant, according to a story from Reuters. Leslie Gevirtz reports that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against the company. Gevirtz writes, “Bloomberg LP spokeswoman Judith Czelusniak said […]
Shafer: Abolish WSJ editorial oversight committee
Slate media critic Jack Shafer calls the editorial oversight committee designed to protect The Wall Street Journal from meddling by owner Rupert Murdoch a bunch of “high-paid flunkies” and says it should be abolished. The committee is being criticized for not doing more to protect managing editor Marcus Brauchli, who resigned last week. Shafer writes, […]
WSJ staffers criticized by not being aggressive enough
Nick Denton of Gawker writes Wednesday that Wall Street Journal publisher Robert Thomson — who is now de-facto head of the newsroom as well in lieu of managing editor Marcus Brauchli‘s resignation — reamed out staff writers on Monday for not being aggressive enough. Denton writes, “According to two attendees, Thomson berated the assembled reporters […]
WSJ oversight committee says agreement violated
The committee designed to protect the editorial freedom of The Wall Street Journal from owner News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch believes that the safeguards were violated when it was not notified beforehand of the resignation of managing editor Marcus Brauchli, writes Steve Stecklow of The Journal. Stecklow writes, “The criticism came in a chronology the […]
Murdoch's "Head of Content"
Tim Arango of the New York Times writes Monday about Robert Thomson, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal who is now in charge of remaking the content of the business newspaper under ownership of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Arango writes, “Mr. Thomson said that the News Corporation, which is controlled by Rupert Murdoch […]
Do you have business journalism ethics?
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference kicked off Sunday with the Gary Klott Ethics Symposium, where SABEW members were asked to answer what they would do to certain ethical scenarios. Here are a few: 1. Your business desk covers Ajax Chemicals, one of the biggest and most important companies in the […]
WSJ editorial oversight committee failed in first test
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review writes that the editorial oversight committee designed to protect The Wall Street Journal‘s independence failed by not acting after the forced resignation of managing editor Marcus Brauchli. Starkman, a former Journal reporter, writes, “The fact that Brauchli didn’t object, and in fact is rumored to be handsomely compensated […]
Bercovici: Murdoch cheated WSJ editorial independence
Jeff Bercovici of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Thursday that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch found ways around the editorial independence agreement designed to protect The Wall Street Journal from meddling by forcing managing editor Marcus Brauchli to resign. Bercovici writes, “Then, to top it all off, Thomson and new Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton actually […]
WSJ editorial committee meets to discuss ME resignation
Wall Street Journal reporter Sam Schechner reports that the editorial committee created to ensure independence of the newspaper’s journalism while owned by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is meeting to discuss the expected resignation of managing editor Marcus Brauchli after just 11 months leading the paper. Schechner wrote, “The purpose of the call isn’t clear. While […]
CIO web site now includes ad links in stories
Paul Conley writes on Folio’s web site about the disturbing trend of links being inserted into the editorial content of CIO magazine on its Web site by advertisers without editorial control. Conley writes, “According to what I hear from IDG staffers, the links made their appearance on the CIO site in exactly the same way […]
