Indictment alleges writer paid to promote a bitcoin
A federal indictment alleges that a disgraced lobbyist paid a writer to promote a bitcoin in publications such as Investor’s Business Daily, reports Will Sommer of The Daily Beast. Sommer reports, “Much of the SEC complaint focuses on articles that appeared to have been written by Peter J. Ferrara, a senior fellow at the conservative Heartland Institute. […]
BuzzFeed fires senior tech/business reporter Broderick for plagairism
BuzzFeed News has fired a senior reporter it says plagiarized or misattributed information in at least 11 of his articles, reports J. Clara Chan of The Wrap. Chan reports, “The reporter, Ryan Broderick, was the author of 11 articles linked in a Friday evening note to readers from BuzzFeed News’ editor in chief, Mark Schoofs, who said the articles […]
Bloomberg’s Micklethwait: We will build our equality coverage
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out the following to the editorial and research staff on Monday: In our Town Halls this month we talked about doing more to cover equality. We have done a lot of good stories since then, with contributions from all over the newsroom. But we know we need to focus […]
Bloomberg staffers express concern about slow Floyd coverage
Bloomberg News staffers have expressed concerns in a meeting that the news organization hadn’t been aggressive enough in its coverage of the protests stemming from George Floyd’s killing, reports Khadeeja Safdar, Jeffrey Trachtenberg and Benjamin Mullin of The Wall Street Journal. Safdar, Trachtenberg and Mullin report, “Prior to the recent protests, there had already been […]
Portland tech site Digital Trends faces criticism of racism, hostility
Portland technology news site Digital Trends is facing an outcry from current and former employees over accusations of a hostile workplace, racial insensitivity and a lack of diversity among employees, reports Mike Rogoway of The Oregonian. Rogoway reports, “Concerns center around a 2018 party, described either as a ‘Hip Hop Party’ or a ‘Gin and Juice’ party. […]
When CNET was banned by Google
Elinor Mills of CNET writes about the time that the tech news site was banned by Google. Mills writes, “After I pitched the story to my editor, Jim Kerstetter, I spent a month researching and reporting the ins and outs of Google’s products and policies, trying to understand what data the company collected and how that […]
Local TV stations running Amazon’s PR on workplace safety
Local news stations are running a segment produced by Amazon touting its efforts to keep warehouse employees safe from the coronavirus, reports Annie Palmer of CNBC.com. Palmer reports, “It’s unclear how many television stations ran the segment. At least two stations promoted the segment on Twitter, while other TV reporters on Twitter called out Amazon for sending them […]
How a CNBC reporter created a website to steal her stories
Meg Graham of CNBC.com writes about how she created a fake news website to steal her stories and place them around ads. Graham writes, “I bought a domain through GoDaddy and set up a managed WordPress site, then set up an SSL certificate so I would have a secure website, which would prevent the site from triggering […]
Power struggle at Russia’s leading business newspaper
A power struggle at the top of Russia’s leading business newspaper Vedomosti threatens to stifle one of the last remaining independent voices as censorship and the Kremlin’s own influence steadily widens, reports Thomas Grove of The Wall Street Journal. Grove reports, “The row at Vedomosti, which means the Record, began shortly after the appointment of a new […]
Hollywood Reporter faces questions about ownership interference in coverage
Alex Bhattacharji of Los Angeles Magazine examines The Hollywood Reporter, an industry publication that has drawn criticism for editorial interference by its owners. Bhattacharji writes, “The troubles at THR exposed the reality faced by all media outlets that cover the industry. The publications survive thanks to the ad dollars of the companies they cover; their writers depend on […]
