Four stories on Wired.com were plagiarized
RetractionWatch.com reports that four stories that have appeared on Wired.com since the beginning of year contained plagiarized material. Ivan Oransky of RetractionWatch reports, “It was the start of an episode that would lead to the dismissal of a WIRED reporter, and the addition of warning notes to four of the publication’s stories. “When Rogers got […]
USA Today tech columnist gets hacked during flight
Steven Petrow, who writes a column for USA Today on technology, writes about how he was hacked during a recent flight while working on a column about why the FBI wants Apple to hack into a phone. Petrow writes, “That’s what my privacy-busting stranger had read. Back to my conversation: “‘That’s how I know you’re […]
Austin Biz Journal’s 30 and under list draws criticism
The Austin Business Journal’s recent list of the top business people in the Texas city under the age of 30 has drawn criticism for lacking diversity, reports Tony Cantu of Patch. Cantu writes, “The two diversity advocates, Mando Rayo and Monica Williams, told Patch the list is no aberration but illustrative of historical neglect of minority business […]
How Bloomberg has covered Bloomberg, so far
Tom Kludt and Brian Stelter of CNNMoney.com write about Bloomberg’s coverage of its owner Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential run. Kludt and Stelter write, “When The New York Times reported last month that the former mayor was mulling a presidential run, Bloomberg Politics ran one story about the news that day: an aggregated, bullet point summation. […]
Bloomberg grapples with covering Bloomberg
Bloomberg Politics is struggling with how to cover owner Michael Bloomberg, who was interviewed by the Financial Times on Monday and disclosed he is interested in running for president, writes Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple writes, “Any news related to Michael Bloomberg puts Bloomberg News/Bloomberg Politics in a bind. As the Huffington Post’s Michael […]
How a biz reporter got fired for signing a non-compete clause
Casey Sullivan of Bloomberg BNA interviewed Stephanie Russell-Kraft, a 28-year-old journalist who Thomson Reuters fired within weeks after hiring her in September, learning she had signed a non-compete agreement in 2013 with her former employer, the legal news site Law360. Here is an excerpt of what Russell-Kraft said: I applied to a job at Reuters over the summer, […]
Kiely: Why I quit Bloomberg News
Kathy Kiely, who resigned this week from Bloomberg News after she decided that the news organization couldn’t adequately cover a presidential run by its owner, writes about her decision for the Washington Post. Kiely writes, “When you are talking about an individual bankroller with a known set of personal preferences, business interests and political agenda, […]
Bloomberg editor quits over concerns about covering Bloomberg
Kathy Kiely, the Washington news director for Bloomberg News, resigned Wednesday over concerns the company could not adequately cover owner Michael Bloomberg’s considerations about whether to run for president as an independent candidate, reports Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post. Calderone writes, “‘I did not feel we could cover the Bloomberg trial balloon in the […]
How Bloomberg News would cover a Boomberg presidential run
Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post writes about how Bloomberg News might cover a presidential run by its owner Michael Bloomberg. Calderone writes, “A White House run — or perhaps even the time needed to consider one — would again pull Bloomberg out of the newsroom, which is now grappling with how to cover his […]
Judge denies Bloomberg’s request to stay order on sources
A U.S. judge denied on Tuesday a request by Bloomberg LP to stay an order requiring more than 100 people to disclose information they shared with its reporters about a bankrupt mining company, which Bloomberg said inhibits its free speech rights. Tom Hals of Reuters writes, “U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi in Wilmington, Delaware curtly […]
