WSJ’s Baker reminds editors to be fair to Trump

Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker reminded editors at the newspaper to be fair to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a recent meeting, writes Joe Pompeo of Politico. Pompeo writes, “During one of The Wall Street Journal’s recent morning news meetings, editor in chief Gerry Baker took a couple minutes to remind editors to […]

Coverage: PayPal founder Thiel funds litigation against Gawker

The media examined Thursday the disclosure that PayPal founder Peter Thiel — who sits on Facebook’s board — is the one funding wrestler Hulk Hogan’s litigation against news site Gawker. Rolfe Winkler and Jeffrey Trachtenberg of The Wall Street Journal gauged reaction in Silicon Valley: Some Silicon Valley insiders were quick to praise Mr. Thiel […]

Life as a female business journalist in the 1960s

Marge Speidel writes on Senior Correspondent about what it was like to cover business stories for the Palo Alto Times in California in the 1960s when Silicon Valley was just beginning. Speidel writes, “Despite being in the minority, I felt well treated by news sources and other reporters, but now and then this situation backfired. […]

Amy Resnick on issues facing women in biz journalism

Amy Resnick is the editor of Pensions & Investments, based in the paper’s New York City office. She joined the Crain’s publication in 2012 as executive editor. A veteran financial journalist, she previously worked as Americas editor at IFR magazine, a Thomson Reuters publication focused on capital formation. Prior to that, she spent 15 years at […]

Huffington wants to find leaker of email about its Uber coverage

Arianna Huffington wants to find the person who leaked an email about a Huffington Post editor who wasn’t interested in a story about Uber shortly before its founder joined the company’s board, writes Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple writes, “Leaking internal documents is unacceptable and doesn’t comport with company values, Huffington argued. Also: […]

Huffington Post killed negative story pitch on Uber

The Huffington Post killed a story pitch about Uber and drowsy drivers earlier this month, shortly before editor in chief Arianna Huffington joined the taxi company’s board, reports Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple writes, “On April 6, reporter Sarah Digiulio sent a note to some colleagues apprising them of this story in the […]

Huffington recuses herself from Uber coverage

Huffington Post editor Arianna Huffington has recused herself from the website’s coverage of taxi service Uber after being named to its board, writes Dave Jamieson, its labor reporter. Jamieson writes, “Huffington said every story related to Uber will be accompanied by a disclosure noting that she’s on the company’s board. According to an email sent out […]

Fed must strengthen policies with media

The Federal Reserve Board should strengthen its controls to safeguard sensitive economic information released early to the media, a government watchdog said in a report Wednesday, reports Kate Davidson of The Wall Street Journal. Davidson writes, “The Fed’s inspector general also warned that some news organizations ‘are advertising and potentially profiting from’ their early access to Fed […]

Toronto biz editor: Companies more aggressive about coverage

Companies are becoming more aggressive in trying to control the coverage that they receive in the media, said Paul Waldie, the business editor at the Globe and Mail in Toronto, in a TedX talk at Queens University. Waldie gave several examples, including a major Canadian retailer who said that it would no longer talk to the […]

Why Trump won’t appear on Cavuto’s show on Fox Business

Brian Flood of The Wrap writes about why Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won’t appear on any Fox Business Network show with Neil Cavuto. Flood writes, “Cavuto doesn’t know what happened but he has had a ‘devil of a tim’ getting to Trump since then. Eventually, the Trump campaign sent an email informing Fox Business that: ‘Neil […]