MarketWatch.com editor bans photos of traders on stock market floor
Jeremy Olshan, the editor of Marketwatch.com, has banned photos of traders on the stock market floor from the financial news website, noting that they’re no longer a true reflection of how the market works. Olshan writes, “The Big Board is now little more than a Big Tent for a phony media circus of photo-ops and […]
Company complains reporter only uses 5 percent of its responses
Privately held Koch Industries is contesting the accuracy of a Rolling Stone article about its pollution record, but the journalist who wrote the article is standing by its content, reports Daniel McCoy of the Wichita Business Journal. McCoy writes, “Koch’s take going in was that the article would be slanted, which the company concluded turned […]
TheStreet.com seeks retraction from Washington Post
On Sept. 27, the Washington Post published a column attacking the integrity of TheStreet’s biotech coverage and reporter, Adam Feuerstein. TheStreet has requested a retraction. Below is our letter to the Post’s editor: To the editor, In Northwest Biotherapeutics Stock Woes Highlight the Harm of Short Sales, Steven Pearlstein insinuates that one of TheStreet’s veteran […]
LA Times biz columnist defends TheStreet reporter
Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik comes to the defense Tuesday of TheStreet.com reporter Adam Feuerstein, who was accused during the weekend by Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein of colluding with short sellers to bring down a biotech stock. Hiltzik writes, “Pearlstein also states that the posts ‘curiously have also coincided with the […]
TheStreet.com reporter accused of colluding with shorts
Steven Pearlstein, a Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist for The Washington Post, writes about TheStreet.com biotech reporter Adam Feuerstein and what he believes is overly negative coverage about a biotech company. Pearlstein writes, “Or consider Feuerstein’s posts in May and June concerning a presentation by Northwest Bio’s chief executive, Linda Powers, at the big annual cancer […]
Frankie Flack: Hey journalists, you blur the lines too
Man, I feel for the guys to Status Labs, the PR firm that got outed earlier this month for trying to buy their way onto CNBC. Now, I’m not going to defend the practice of buying coverage. That’s not PR, and the news consumer gets screwed over pretty badly when she can’t tell whether her […]
Forbes terminates online contributor
Forbes magazine has sacked a contributor over an online column arguing that drunk party girls were the “gravest threats” to the livelihood of fraternities,Philip Caulfield of the New York Daily News write. Caulfield writes, “The column by contributor and MIT-grad Bill Frezza titled ‘Drunk Female Guests Are the Gravest Threat To Fraternities,’ hit the web at […]
TheStreet adding sponsored content to website
TheStreet Inc. announced Wednesday the introduction of BrandView, a sponsored content section for advertising partners that was developed with Polar’s MediaVoice, a native advertising platform. BrandView will give companies the opportunity to reach TheStreet’s audience by presenting their content on the homepage, article pages and index pages. TheStreet has an established set of tiered options […]
Judge lifts order banning publication of company info
An Alabama judge ruled this morning that the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser and USA Today can publish details — contained in a public record submitted to the state government — detailing the age and condition of gas pipes. John Kelly of USA Today writes, “Judge Robert Vance, ruling this morning after hearing arguments from Alabama Gas […]
How corporations are bypassing journalists
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of The Financial Times writes about how corporations such as Chevron are using different tactics to get their messages out to the public and to bypass journalists. Edgecliffe-Johnson writes, “The pressures on news outlets to become multimedia, interactive, 24-hour engagement machines mean editors have become increasingly receptive to what PRs are pitching. A […]
