How Theranos misled a Fortune reporter
Roger Parloff, a Fortune reporter who wrote a June 2014 cover story on Theranos and founder Elizabeth Holmes, writes Thursday about how the company misled him on the number of blood tests it was performing without a syringe. Parloff writes, “As much as I’d like to say that Holmes lied to me, I don’t think […]
FT admits reporting mistake on European interest rates
The Financial Times erroneously reported that Europe’s central bankers had decided to hold interest rates steady rather than cut them as expected. A New York Post article states, “The London-based paper compounded the error by tweeting the incorrect story at 7:38 a.m. (‘ECB leaves rates unchanged in shock decision’) just minutes before the European Central […]
When an ex-Ford exec closed speech to the media
Chuck Jaffe of Marketwatch.com writes about what happened when former Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally closed a speech to the mainstream media. Jaffe writes, “I’m sure critics will say I’m simply upset at being excluded from a speech. “Nothing could be further from the truth. While I am a former president of the Society of […]
Bank to sponsor Talking Points column in Boston Globe biz section
Massachusetts-based bank Rockland Trust Co. has struck a deal with the Boston Globe where it is publishing sponsored content in the newspaper and also sponsoring a column in the business section. Rockland Trust-sponsored content will include information on how to successfully run and grow businesses, and how to overcome the challenges that arise as they expand. […]
Surowiecki discusses failures of self-regulation
The financial sector has a fundamental problem: It can’t self-regulate. That was the thesis posed by The New Yorker’s financial columnist James Surowiecki during a talk at UNC-Chapel Hill Tuesday. Surowiecki, a UNC alumnus, traveled to Chapel Hill from his home in Brooklyn to take part in a lecture series presented by UNC’s Parr Center […]
FT’s new owners promise editorial independence
A trip to Japan to meet the Financial Times’ new owners has persuaded the broadsheet’s editor that they won’t interfere in editorial matters, according to an email seen by Politico. Alex Spence of Politico writes, “Lionel Barber, in a note to former employees, sought to reassure the FT ‘alums’ that there’s no need to worry about […]
Frankie Flack: Don’t publish the email address of my CEO
I had a beer not too long ago with the guy who runs our local youth soccer league. It didn’t take long before he was moaning about all the nitpicky crap he had to deal with: opponents that looked too big, tryouts that were too political, fields that were too distant, refs that were too […]
Female tech journalists and the abuse they receive
Katherine Adams of The Guardian writes about how the abuse endured by female technology reporters. Adams writes, “But of the female technology journalists who replied to the survey, 62% said they had experienced sexist abuse, compared with 50% of female journalists who reported similar attacks to the Women’s Media Foundation. What comes across in the […]
Fortune publishes profile of fictional character
Shareen Pathak of Digiday writes about how Fortune has published a profile of Lex Luthor Jr., the fictional son of the fictional supervillain (and the arch-nemesis of Superman), who will appear in next year’s “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Pathak writes, “The profile, which is a flattering look at Alexander Joseph Luthor, Jr., a […]
Don’t expect sponsors of NY Times biz content
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan explored Monday the newspaper’s plans to find new sources of revenue, including finding sponsors for content. Sullivan writes, “Some years ago, when the Philadelphia Inquirer agreed to have Citizens Bank sponsor a business column, outlined in the bank’s signature green color and carrying the company logo, the writer Barbara Ehrenreich […]
