Biz reporter sues businessman, alleges he stole magazine idea

A former Star-Ledger business reporter is suing a New Jersey real estate investor, claiming he stole his idea for a magazine devoted to covering Newark’s downtown. Thomas Zambito writes, “In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court Tuesday, Philip Read says Paul Profeta took his idea for a magazine called ‘The Downtowner’ and turned it […]

Coverage: Columbia Journalism reviews Rolling Stone UVA story

The Columbia Journalism School published its report on the breakdown of Rolling Stone’s story about an alleged rape at the University of Virginia. Its findings call into question decisions made by everyone at the organization and it details ways it could have prevented the story’s publication. Rolling Stone published the report by Sheila Coronel, Steve […]

Frankie Flack: Enough with the April Fools’ releases

I have a tradition today. I take the day off as a “floating holiday.” I remove the battery from my cell phone. I shut down my wi-fi. And then I settle into my den and watch all three Godfathers, back to back. That’s because I’m in the information business, and for those of us in […]

Entrepreneur editor: Prank us on April Fools’ and you’re banned

“Earned” media should be earned. And coming up with something asinine on April Fools’ doesn’t cut it. Wednesday is the day of fake press releases. Companies spend a depressingly large amount of time finding a cute way to get attention for their clients by writing prank releases, in the hope that A) we business journalists […]

Economist cover on Latinos is criticized

Jessica Torres of Media Matters for America writes Monday about the latest cover of The Economist, which features peppers and has a story about the rise of Latinos. Torres writes, “A March 14 Economist article titled ‘How to fire up America’ featured the cover image, which plays into offensive and antiquated stereotypes about Latinos. Later […]

Shades of certainty in Quartz story

Craig Silverman writes for the Poynter Institute about a story posted on the Quartz business news site using shades of gray in a story by Adam Epstein to distinguish facts it’s certain of, facts it thinks are correct, and facts that it doesn’t know. Silverman writes, “Along with the key, Epstein also listed all of the […]

Bloomberg TV apologizes for photoshopped Clinton promo

Bloomberg Television apologized after releasing a promo image for Bloomberg’s coverage of Hillary Clinton’s afternoon news conference that was photoshopped, reports Mark Joyella of TVNewser. Joyella writes, “After users on Twitter and elsewhere questioned the image, the network responded:       “Bloomberg pushed out the promo graphic early Tuesday, using it in social media […]

Review concludes Canadian biz journalist did no wrong

The CBC says business reporter Amanda Lang abided by journalistic standards during her involvement in a 2013 story concerning the Royal Bank of Canada. A Canadian Press story states, “CBC News Editor-in-Chief Jennifer McGuire sent a memo to staff on Thursday with the results of a review into Lang’s involvement in the story on RBC’s […]

Native ad to appear on next Forbes cover

A native ad for Fidelity will appear on the cover of the latest issue of Forbes, which hits newsstands on Monday, reports Michael Sebastian of Advertising AGe. Sebastian writes, “The Fidelity ad on Forbes’ cover teases an infographic about retirement, which is the editorial theme of the issue. Fidelity paid for the two-page infographic to […]

Facebook presses dislike button on IBTimes article

An International Business Times story about Facebook’s practices on what posts its users see has been downplayed on Facebook itself after a group tried to share the story with its members. Christopher Zara of the International Business Times writes, “When one such group, the Global Healthy Living Foundation, shared the IBTimes article on its Facebook […]