Why Inc. began allowing contributors to write for its website
Former Inc. magazine editor in chief James Ledbetter writes for The Observer about the contributor model that allowed Heather Morgan, charged earlier this week with stealing billions in bitcoin, to write for the magazine’s website. Ledbetter left Inc. in 2019. He writes, “We weren’t considering this step primarily for editorial reasons. Rather, we recognized in 2014 that […]
J&J tried to get federal judge to block a Reuters story
Johnson & Johnson tried to get a U.S. judge to block Reuters from publishing a story based on what it said were confidential company documents, report Maria Chutchian and Tom Hals of Reuters. Chutchian and Hals report, “‘The First Amendment is not a license to knowingly violate the law,’ said the company in a filing late Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy […]
Reuters botches article on ivermectin and omicron
A Japanese company did not find that ivermectin was “effective” against the omicron variant in a clinical trial, as Reuters originally reported on Monday, reports Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple writes, “Reuters says it hustled to set the record straight: ‘The original Reuters story misstated that ivermectin was ‘effective’ against Omicron in Phase III clinical […]
Washington Post reprimands biz editor for tweet
The Washington Post reprimanded its business editor for a tweet last week that questioned the reporting of another publication, reports Benjamin Mullin and Alexandra Bruell of The Wall Street Journal. Mullin and Bruell report, “Lori Montgomery, who is the Post’s business editor, tweeted last week that the column, which referenced allegations that Mr. Roethlisberger had […]
SEC claims exec paid for articles in Seeking Alpha, TheStreet, Crain’s New York to boost stock
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against the chief operating officer of a taxi medallion company claiming he paid for positive articles in places such as SeekingAlpha.com, TheStreet.com and Crain’s New York to boost its stock price, reports Theo Wayt of the New York Post. Wayt writes, “Andrew Murstein, the 57-year-old president and chief operating […]
The Fortune cover that may lead to a guilty verdict
Parl Farhi of the Washington Post writes about the 2014 Fortune cover story by Roger Parloff about Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes that may lead a jury to convict her. Farhi writes, “Nevertheless, the Fortune article vaulted Holmes to celebrity status. Journalists trekked to Theranos’s headquarters in Palo Alto, producing a flood of equally awed and flawed stories. Forbes, […]
Forbes EIC Lane, reporter testify before Trump grand jury
Forbes chief content officer Randall Lane writes about why he and one of the magazine’s reporters testified before a grand jury probing former President Donald Trump and why it fought the subpoena. Lane writes, “After months of objections, on Wednesday, the judge overseeing this grand jury process ordered us to testify, but limited the scope to simply […]
Holmes claims she got to review WSJ op-ed
Theranos arranged an article with The Wall Street Journal at the advice of its public relations advisors to establish itself separately from Walgreens, reports Erin Griffith of The New York Times. Griffith writes that Theranos CEO Elizabeth Homes “went to Joe Rago, a member of The Journal’s editorial board, because he had connections with members of […]
Thomson Reuters backs out of military pledge after concerns
Thomson Reuters signed and then backed out of a pledge to support the British armed forces after its journalists feared it could endanger colleagues working abroad, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Talbott writes, “The pledge required Thomson Reuters to promote the fact it is an ‘armed forces-friendly organisation’ to clients and the wider public, support […]
How Elizabeth Holmes soured the media on Silicon Valley
Erin Griffith and Erin Woo of The New York Times write about how the downfall of Theranos Inc. and CEO Elizabeth Holmes has soured business journalists on Silicon Valley. Griffith and Woo write, “The discovery that Ms. Holmes, the tech industry’s most celebrated female entrepreneur, was misdirecting the world about her company marked a turning point in the […]
