WSJ Europe issues with editorial didn’t surface until recently
The connection between a circulation scandal at the Wall Street Journal Europe and some editorial content in the paper didn’t surface until recent weeks, report Paul Sonne and Bruce Orwell of The Journal. Sonne and Orwell write, “The Dow Jones investigation didn’t identify the problems with the editorial component of the ELP deal that led […]
WSJ Europe scandal involved boosting circulation; whistleblower eliminated
Nick Davies of The Guardian in London reports Wednesday that the scandal at The Wall Street Journal‘s European edition involving boosting its circulation numbers, and that a whistleblower alerted company executives last year before losing their job. Davis reports, “The Guardian found evidence that the Journal had been channelling money through European companies in order […]
WSJ Europe publisher resigns due to perceived conflict
The Wall Street Journal Europe publisher resigned Tuesday over what he called a possible perception of impropriety, reports Edmund Lee at Bloomberg News. Lee writes, “Andrew Langhoff, who ran the newspaper’s business since January 2009, said an agreement between its circulation department and a company called Executive Learning Partnership could be viewed as undermining the […]
Occupy Wall Street coverage shows biz journalists don’t represent people
St. Petersburg Times media critic Eric Deggans writes Monday that the coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement by business journalists shows that they have forgotten how to represent the people instead of big-time business. Deggans writes, “Turns out, there is a list of demands developed by some organizers of the protests, which has been […]
Steve Jobs, Apple and the business press
Howard Kurtz, the host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” had CUNY journalism professor Jeff Jarvis on the show Sunday to talk about how deceased Apple CEO Steve Jobs was able to manipulate the business media. Here is an excerpt: KURTZ: But let me come back to the standards that journalists apply. And I think part of […]
Gizmodo editor apologized to Jobs three weeks ago
Brian Lam, the former editor of the tech news site Gizmodo, writes about how he sent an apology to Steve Jobs three weeks ago for requiring Apple to send a letter to the tech site saying that the stolen iPhone it was reporting about was its property. Lam writes, “I’d walked around justifying how things […]
Forbes leader defends Advoice program
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, defends the magazine’s Advoice program, which gives companies an opportunity to post content on the business magazine’s website. Dvorkin writes, “Now we’re taking dead aim at the disruptive forces before us by reconceptualizing how to fulfill the needs of our readers and advertisers alike. “Our AdVoice program […]
The blurring line between tech press and tech PR
Nitasha Tiku of The New York Observer writes about New York PR maven Brooke Hammerling and how the line between public relations and journalism is blurring in the tech beat. Tiku writes, “In Silicon Valley, where the tech industry has no rival, agencies like Outcast, Spark, LaunchSquad, and Atomic tend to dominate as gatekeepers between […]
Dow Jones names chief compliance officer
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, has named one of its attorneys to the position of chief compliance officer. One of Jason Conti’s first jobs will be to revise the company code of conduct. Samuel Rubenfeld of The Journal writes, “The promotion went into effect Oct. 1, and Conti will report to […]
Reuters columnist who resigned due to ethical concerns now writing for FT
Roy Greenslade of The Guardian in London reports that Neil Collins, who resigned in controversial circumstances from Thomson Reuters in October last year, has returned to the business press by writing for the Financial Times. Greenslade reports, “He started a weekly column on the FT Alphaville site, called Something for the weekend, earlier this month. […]
