Fox Biz’s Smith interviews another John Browne
Fox Business Network Sandra Smith interviewed a former British member of parliament named John Browne about whether the country should leave the European Union, but it wasn’t the one that she thought had written a Wall Street Journal column about the decision. The Browne who wrote the Journal opinion piece was the former BP CEO and […]
Environmental group buys WSJ ads criticizing paper’s stance
Paul Farhi of The Washington Post reports about an environmental group that is running a series of ads on The Wall Street Journal editorial page criticizing its view on global warming. Farhi writes, “According to internal documents supplied by the environmental organization, the newspaper is charging the group $36,528 for the Journal-bashing ad while charging $27,309 each […]
CNBC reports NFL commissioner dead after Twitter hacked
CNBC inaccurately reported that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had died after the league’s Twitter account was hacked, reports Dominic Patten of Deadline Hollywood. Patten reports, “At around 12:40 PM ET Tuesday, a graphic appeared at the bottom of CNBC’s screen announcing that the NFL boss had passed away. While the network never cut to a story on Goodell supposedly being […]
How Thiel’s Gawker battle could influence Silicon Valley coverage
Vivek Wadhwa writes for Inc. about how Peter Thiel’s legal battle against Gawker could influence Silicon Valley coverage by other media. Wadhwa writes, “Other than Gawker’s tech website, Valleywag, which was shut down this year, there are few publications in Silicon Valley that will confront its tech moguls and overhyped start-ups. Witness theethical breaches committed by […]
Tech titans push back against news media
David Streitfeld and Mike Isaac of the New York Times write about how tech executives in Silicon Valley are happy that PayPal founder Peter Thiel has funded litigation against Gawker. Streitfeld and Isaac write, “In some ways Silicon Valley’s reaction is not surprising. A journalist’s job, at least in theory, is to ask questions and print the truth, […]
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: […]
