Recode’s Swisher “interviewed” fictional character on podcast
Recode’s Kara Swisher interviewed Russ Hanneman, the fictional technology investor from HBO’s comedy “Silicon Valley,” on a recent Recode Decode podcast, reports Brian Steinberg of Variety. Steinberg writes, “Vox Media, like many other media outlets, has long run commercials in its podcasts. In recent months, however, it has tried to bust old models, like having the podcaster offer a personal endorsement […]
Dow Jones Newswires breaks embargo, causes stock price drop
Dow Jones Newswires prematurely published headlines on Activision Blizzard Inc.’s quarterly earnings ahead of a Thursday afternoon embargo, including an incorrect revenue figure that the company blamed for a significant drop in its stock price. Austen Hufford of The Wall Street Journal reports, “Activision shares fell as much as 6% after the headline error but later […]
Why biz stories should include bad news
Sylvia Stead, the public editor of The Globe and Mail in Toronto, writes in response to readers who complained about coverage of a cannabis company that included information from a short seller. Stead writes, “What riled them most was that The Globe covered a report posted initially on an investing forum site that raised red […]
Goodyear asked judge to call reporter and ask him not to publish documents
Goodyear Tire & Rubber asked an Arizona judge to call a reporter for auto news site Jalopnik and intone that the reporter should, in the words of Goodyear’s attorney, “do the right thing” and not publish documents related to tire failure. Ryan Felton of Jalopnik writes, “The judge denied Goodyear’s request, never made that call and […]
WSJ’s Lublin talks about obstacles in her 47-year career
Joann S. Lublin, management news editor at The Wall Street Journal, is retiring next month after 47 years. In this video, she talks about obstacles she had to overcome in her career, such as a boss giving her a kiss when she left her first journalism job. “I became even more determined to prove myself […]
WSJ reporters complain about attempts to take graphic offline
A group of Wall Street Journal reporters sent out the following email on Thursday: Colleagues, This week a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal attempted to take a graphic offline because the facts it contained were not politically palatable. When that failed, it was “de-surfaced,” or in other terms, taken off the front page […]
Coverage: Facebook loses $40 billion in market value
Social media company Facebook Inc. saw $40 billion in market capitalization wiped away on Monday after it was disclosed that the company allowed Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that helped the Trump campaign, to access data on users without their express permission and hold that data for years despite saying that it had destroyed those records. Mark DeCambre and Emily […]
WSJ fires video editor over sexual misconduct
The Wall Street Journal’s top video editor, Chris Moran, has been fired for sexual misconduct allegations following an internal review, reports Amber Athey and Joe Simonson of The Daily Caller. Athey and Simonson report, “‘Dow Jones takes allegations of misconduct very seriously,’ the spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily Caller News Foundation. ‘Following an internal review, Chris […]
Bloomberg to start training female executives for media appearances
Laura Zelenko, Bloomberg’s senior executive editor for diversity, talent, standards and training, posted a blog Tuesday outlining how the news organization plans to “raise women’s voices” in its coverage including a new pilot program to train more women for media appearances. Zelenko writes: The push for more women’s voices has involved drawing up lists that […]
New Bloomberg rule: At least one woman on panels
Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait announced a new policy on outside speaking engagements for Bloomberg journalists as an expansion of the newsroom’s efforts to promote gender equality and diversity. The new policy requires that at least one woman be on a panel in order for Bloomberg journalists to participate. That woman could be the […]
