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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 “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...
Black Enterprise editor at large inks radio deal
Alfred Edmond Jr., senior vice president and editor at large for Black Enterprise magazine, has signed a deal with American Urban Radio Networks to produce a daily, short form feature titled “Money Matters.” Edmond...
