Reuteman: H-P broke the rules
Rocky Mountain News business editor Rob Reuteman wrote in his Saturday column that computer company Hewlett-Packard broke the rules when it obtained phone records of business journalists that cover the company an in attempt to find out which board member was leaking information. Reuteman emphasized that business journalists don’t use the same tactics. He wrote, […]
Investigating boardroom leaks to biz reporters
The New York Times and other media outlets are reporting today about an SEC filing by Hewlett-Packard in which the computer maker disclosed that it had investigated its board members to determine who was leaking information to business journalists. Former CEO Carly Fiorina was apparently upset with articles quoting board members who weren’t happy with […]
This spot for sale in Allentown
The Allentown Morning Call joins the growing list of newspapers that will begin selling advertising on the front page of its business and real estate sections, according to a story in Tuesday’s paper. Other newspapers that have made similar decisions include the New York Times, the Boston Globe and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Wall Street […]
USA Today story on minimum wage ignores background of subject
A USA Today story in Tuesday’s paper written by Stephanie Armour about a family struggling to make ends meet on Florida’s minimum wage fails to include details about the person that would put the story into a different perspective, argues Business & Media Institute’s Ken Shepherd. Shepherd wrote, “Armour began her day-after-Labor Day Money section […]
FT considers page for small company news
The Financial Times is considering setting aside a page within the business newspaper for companies whose news otherwise wouldn’t make it into print, according to a story in the Guardian. Reporters Richard Wray and Stephen Brook wrote, “The announcements would be the corporate equivalent of the ‘tombstone’ adverts in the FT, already widely used by […]
Globe coverage soft on board member Kilts
Boston Herald business columnist Brett Arends wonders whether competitor Boston Globe went soft on James Kilts’ compensation because he’s now on the board of parent company The New York Times Co. Arends notes that it was the Globe that went as far as to hire a compensation consultant to assess Kilts’ pay when he was […]
Is anyone else bothered by this solicitation?
The e-mail below is one that I received from a public relations person at General Motors today, asking me to send student journalists to an event that the company will be holding in Las Vegas next month. Maybe I’m just a bit jaded, but I have a problem with this solicitation. It seems what young […]
NYPost: WSJ front-page ads to begin next week
The Wall Street Journal will begin running ads on the front page of the newspaper starting next week, according to a story by New York Post reporter Holly Sanders. Sanders wrote, “The Journal approached its biggest and most important advertisers after deciding to charge top dollar for the premium space in the financial daily. “Advertisers, […]
Not-so-friendly biz competition in Seattle area
Joe Kennedy, the publisher of Eastside Business, noted on his Web site that he recently received a subscription request from an administrative assistant at American City Business Journals, the parent company of competitor Puget Sound Business Journal and 40 other weekly business papers around the country. Kennedy wrote that he turned down the subscription offer […]
ShareSleuth's Carey has more resources
Chris Carey, the investigative business journalist who is doing the reporting and the writing at the ShareSleuth.com Web site funded by billionaire Mark Cuban, said he has more resources to do investigative stories than when he was a business reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. MediaShift’s Mark Glaser wrote, “Carey can now stretch out, take […]
