A marketer who promoted clients in Inc., Entrepreneur and Forbes articles
Jon Christian writes for BuzzFeed about how marketer Jayson DeMers wrote hundreds of articles for business news publications such as Inc., Entrepreneur and Forbes that promoted his clients. Christian writes, “But DeMers has built a business, at least in part, by flouting those rules and ethical norms — and taking advantage of the hunger for […]
Execs at Reuters parent defend contract with ICE
Executives at Thomson Reuters, the parent company of the Reuters news service, defended the company’s contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reports Sam Biddle of The Intercept. Biddle writes, “So far, the only response has come from Thomson Reuters Special Services CEO Stephen Rubley, who, in a letter passed on to The Intercept, replied that his parent […]
Reuters parent has $6.8 million contract with ICE
The parent company of the Reuters news agency has a $6.8 million contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, reported Ben Collins and Meghan Sullivan of NBC News. Collins and Sullivan reported, “Thomson Reuters Special Services, a subsidiary of the mass-media firm and news agency Thomson Reuters, signed a $6.8 million contract with ICE in March. The […]
How Theranos’ CEO Holmes influenced a Forbes reporter
Matthew Herper of Forbes writes about how he tried to cover the now-disgraced blood testing company Theranos and was influenced by CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Herper writes, “Although I became increasingly skeptical, there was no doubt Holmes spun me–a little, but enough. I wrote one story talking to two Theranos partners, and it contained some skeptical […]
How Wired magazine lost $100,000 in bitcoin
Louise Matsakis of Wired magazine writes about how the publication garnered about $100,000 in bitcoin in 2013 after receiving a mining device and then promptly destroyed how to retrieve them. Matsakis writes, “Wired’s miner essentially won the Bitcoin math lottery a couple of times, allowing it to generate a little over 12 coins into the […]
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 […]
