Fox Business pulls out of Saudi Arabia investment conference
Fox Business Network, which had been the lone remaining international media partner participating in this year’s Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia, dropped out of the event on Thursday, reports Hadas Gold and Oliver Darcy of CNN Business. Gold and Darcy report, “Fox anchor Maria Bartiromo, who interviewed bin Salman on stage last year, had been scheduled to appear. […]
Bartiromo appears to be backing away from Saudi conference
Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo appears to be backing away from appearing at a Saudi Arabia investment conference that she spoke at last year in the wake of the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reports Jeremy Barr of The Hollywood Reporter. Barr reports, “But, based on Bartiromo’s comments Tuesday morning, the well-known financial journalist seems to be leaning […]
Sorkin, Economist editor Beddoes back out of Saudi conference
New York Times business columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and The Economist editor in chief Zanny Minton Beddoes will no longer participate in a Saudi Arabia investment conference after the disappearance of a Washington Post journalist, reports Imani Moise and Saeed Azhar of Reuters. Moise and Azhar report, “Economist Editor-In-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes will not participate in the Future Investment Initiative conference in […]
Bloomberg ups percentage of female guest, journalist appearances on TV and in stories
Women represent 34 percent of the total number of Bloomberg journalists interviewed on Bloomberg Television, up from 28 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the company. The short-term goal is to reach 50 percent. In addition, Bloomberg Television’s female external guests now represent 15 percent of those […]
Why the FT didn’t report on a bank run a decade ago
John Authers of The Financial Times writes about why he didn’t report on a bank run that he saw happening 10 years ago during the financial crisis while visiting his Citibank branch, which was full of Wall Street employees worried about their deposits. Authers writes, “I was finding it a little hard to breathe. There […]
Staff of Forbes in Russia in revolt against publisher
Staff at Russia’s edition of Forbes magazine are in open revolt against their publisher over claims of censorship and have appealed to their U.S.-based parent to block the appointment of a new editor-in-chief, reports Max Seddon of the Financial Times. Seddon reports, “Twenty-eight of the magazine’s staff — almost all its editorial workforce — released a […]
A new model of tech journalism is needed
James Ball writes in the Columbia Journalism Review about why technology journalism needs to be overhauled. Ball writes, “Time and again tech reporting gets caught in the hype rather than reality; a super-fast but impractical rail alternative proposed by Elon Musk gets tons of coverage, but it’s difficult to get real rail projects funded. Breathless reporting […]
Why Musk’s claims against a biz reporter make no sense
Felix Salmon of Slate writes that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s complaints about Business Insider reporter Linette Lopez make no sense and aren’t based on factual information. Salmon writes, “Musk’s harassment of Lopez is obsessive and deranged, to the point at which it should worry every shareholder of any company where he serves as CEO. But […]
Business Insider U.S. editor defends reporter on Tesla story
Alyson Shontell, the U.S. editor in chief of Business Insider, took to Twitter on Thursday to defend reporter Linette Lopez, whom Tesla CEO Elon Musk accused of paying a source for information. Shontell wrote, “.@businessinsider does not compensate its sources. It did not do so here and we stand by @lopezlinette’s reporting on Tesla. Our invitation […]
Fox Biz head defends Bartiromo interview with Trump
The head of Fox Business Network defending anchor Maria Bartiromo‘s interview Sunday with President Donald Trump, which has been criticized for not questioning his false statements, reports Eliza Relman of Business Insider. Relman writes, “Brian Jones, the president of Fox Business, defended Bartiromo in a statement to Business Insider. “‘Maria Bartiromo’s wide-ranging interview with President Trump made news […]
