Bloomberg News story plagiarized by New York Times?
Slate.com media critic Jack Shafer writes about the similarities in wording and entire sentences between a Bloomberg News story and one that was published in the New York Times with the byline of staff writer Alexei Barrionuevo. Shafer wrote, “A second case of plagiarism by Barrionuevo has come to my attention. On July 15, 2005, Bloomberg […]
Fortune can't decide about Steve Jobs
Erick Schonfeld writes on TechCrunch about the Steve Jobs profile in the latest issue of Fortune magazine and wonders what it says about the publication’s journalism. Schonfeld wrote, “Once again, Steve Jobs is on the cover of Fortune magazine. He is there because Apple is the most admired company in America. No, wait. He is […]
WSJ's new book policy upsets reporters
John Koblin of The New York Observer writes Monday that The Wall Street Journal has a new book policy for its reporters where the paper will take a cut of the book’s proceeds if it is based on reporting while at The Journal. Koblin wrote, “It’s never spelled out explicitly in the memo, but word […]
Business journalism ethics question
A business journalist that I know contacted me this morning with the following scenario. He wanted to know if what happened was an ethical problem for his publication. I have deleted the names of the company and the publication involved. Here is the journalist’s explanation: “The handful of people working on the story were funneling […]
Dow Jones property decides not to run book review critical of Murdoch
Donald Greenlees of the International Herald Tribune writes Thursday about how the editor of The Far Eastern Economic Review, which was acquired by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch last year as part of Dow Jones & Co., has decided not to run a book review critical of Murdoch. Greenlees wrote, “But in one of the […]
Responding to critics of real estate coverage
Melanie Sill, the editor of the Sacramento Bee, writes Sunday about the paper’s coverage of the slumping real estate market, which has drawn numerous complaints. Sill wrote, “Our reporting shouldn’t be overly gloomy, of course, but we shouldn’t tilt news coverage to try to be ‘positive,’ as some critics suggest. “Business editor Cathie Anderson’s staff […]
Business journalists partly to blame for recession talk
Rich Karlgaard, the publisher of Forbes magazine, writes in the latest issue that business media incompetence and fear is one of the reasons behind all of the talk about the grim outlook on the economy. Karlgaard wrote, “Want to know the truth about business journalists? Most of us are failed sportswriters. There are exceptions, and […]
Movie producer slams LATimes biz story
A movie producer is claiming that a California publicist is behind a “hatchet job” on him by two Los Angeles Times business reporters, according to a New York Post story. The parties are producer Ryan Kavanaugh and well-known PR person Michael Sitrick. The Post’s Paula Froelich wrote, “In ‘Hollywood’s Hedged Bets,’ published in the LA Times […]
The feud between Barron's and CNBC
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review writes Friday about the feud between CNBC and Barron’s that resulted after the weekly publication ran a story questioning the effectiveness of “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer‘s stock picks. Since the August 2007 article, few Barron’s journalists have appeared on CNBC after regularly making appearances before the article […]
Hewlett-Packard settles case of spying on business journalists
Hewlett-Packard n Thursday announced a settlement with Business Week and New York Times reporters on whom the computer maker spied during a hunt for a boardroom leak, according to an AFP story. AFP wrote, “‘The matter has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties, and we’re pleased to put this matter behind us,’ […]
