Major business news announced Friday
The following major business news story was posted on the website Insider Media on Friday morning: A major East Midlands company has today made an acquisition of an unnamed company for an undisclosed sum. One of the advisers on the deal, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: “This is a cracking deal and […]
Peoria paper names new biz editor
Steve Tarter has been named the business editor of the Peoria Journal Star in Illinois, replacing Paul Gordon, who accepted a buyout offer. A story on the paper’s site states, “Tarter joined the Journal Star in 1998 and has been a business beat writer the entire period. “Before joining the Journal Star, Tarter, a 1972 […]
Biz news source Citybizlist.com touts its growth
Citybizlist.com, a business news site that operates in 11 cities across the country, now has more than 200,000 unique visitors to its site, a 50 percent growth in the past 60 days, the company said Thursday. A story on its site states, “‘Citybizlist has become the local destination site for C-level executives and for B2B […]
The changing life of a business journalist
University of Nebraska journalism professor Joe Weber writes about Lynde McCormick, the former business editor of the Christian Science Monitor who also worked for CNBC in Hong Kong before finding a second career. Weber writes, “An adventurer, he landed a job with CNBC in Hong Kong, a spot he loved. When CNBC pulled the plug […]
Periodismo económico in Spain: Better or worse than the United States?
After spending a week in Spain teaching, reading and watching business journalism (periodismo económico), here are some thoughts: 1. Business journalism watchers in Spain believe that some of the country’s largest and most well-known companies get a pass from the Spanish business media for fear of antagonizing them. For example, it is the belief of […]
Tapping into the information gold rush
Keach Hagey of Politico.com writes about Bloomberg Government, the new service launched earlier this year by Bloomberg L.P. that covers the intersection between business and government. Hagey writes, “That this is happening in the wake of the financial crisis is no accident. Wall Street’s meltdown wiped out whole companies that had been loyal subscribers to […]
Alabama, Mississippi papers start biz magazine
The Mobile Press-Register and Mississippi Press Newspapers have started a business magazine called Gulf Coast Business. Press-Register publisher Ricky Mathews writes, “Gulf Coast Business embraces the reality of those connections in our two states, and we are determined to showcase the potential they offer our businesses and communities. “Our goal is to focus on the […]
A biz reporter with a financial incentive in his work
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bill Freehling, a business reporter at the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star in Virginia, is part of a business journalism experiment. Last month, Freehling began producing a daily business news e-mail that goes out to people who sign up. Such e-mails are common among business news operations, but what makes Freehling’s situation different […]
Colorado, Wyoming business papers sold
A company formed by the publishers of two Colorado business newspapers have acquired the papers and some other publications for an undisclosed price, according to a Boulder County Business Report story. The story states, “The publications include the Boulder County Business Report, based in Boulder; the Northern Colorado Business Report, based in Fort Collins; and […]
The “hot news” doctrine and business journalism
The Economist‘s science and technology blog Babbage writes about the legal doctrine of “hot news” in the wake of recent litigation against theflyonthewall.com, a financial news site. The blogger J.B. writes, “Its business was republishing share tips made by investment banks. The banks sued, and in the summer of 2010 they won. A court ruled […]
