The fight for public records
Tim Arango of the New York Times looks Monday at how some media organizations continue to fight, despite the cost, for government records believed public. Arango writes, “On appeals, The A.P., which last year hired a new in-house lawyer, Karen Kaiser, will send documents, sometimes just a letter, that often resemble full legal briefs to […]
New editor at Florida biz paper
Karen Brune Mathis, a former business columnist at the Florida Times-Union newspaper in Jacksonville, has been named the managing editor of the Financial News & Daily Record, a daily paper in the city. Christian Conte of the Jacksonville Business Journal writes, “Mathis, who retired from the profession in November 2007 to become executive director of […]
New biz editor at Columbian
Julia Anderson, the longtime business editor at the Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Wash., is retiring and is being replaced by Elisa Williams, the paper’s features editor. Editor Lou Brancaccio wrote, “I am very pleased to announce that Features Editor Elisa Williams will take on the responsibilities of business editor as well. “Elisa brings to the […]
Cullen resigns from Reuters
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Terri Cullen, who joined Reuters last month as its wealth management editor, is now gone from the news service, less than a week after the wire was forced to pull one of her stories about a White House tax plan after numerous errors were discovered. A Reuters spokeswoman confirmed her departure, […]
WSJ names new political editor
Wall Street Journal Washington bureau chief John Bussey sent out the following announcement Friday afternoon: “I’m pleased to announce that Aaron Zitner will be joining the Washington bureau as National Politics Editor. Aaron is currently the deputy bureau chief of the merged Tribune Co. Washington bureau (LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and other Tribune publications.) He’ll […]
SF Chronicle names new biz editor
Marcus Chan, the technology editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, has taken on the additional responsibilities of business editor for the paper. He replaces Suzanne Herel, who had been business editor for less than a year and is returning to being an assistant business editor. Herel asked to step down from the position, and the […]
Biz editor leaves South Carolina paper; reporter takes buyout
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Sara Svedberg, the business editor of The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., left the paper and plans to attend law school at the University of South Carolina. Her last day at the paper was Friday. Svedberg has previously been the assistant business editor at the paper, and she is a South […]
New ME named at Md. Daily Record
Robert Terry, an associate editor and Web editor at the Baltimore Business Journal, has been named managing editor of online and special publications at The Daily Record, a competing business newspaper in the market. Tom Linthicum, executive editor of The Daily Record, writes, “Terry, who begins work Monday, will oversee all of The Daily Record’s […]
Motley Fool launches new radio show
The Motley Fool has launched a new one-hour weekly radio show called “Motley Fool Money” that it’s syndicating to commercial stations across the country. The show started on a few stations last weekend with a few more — including KTLK in Los Angeles — jumping on board this weekend. Other markets include Washington, DC, Portland […]
LA Times names Colker new assistant business editor
Los Angeles Times business editor John Corrigan sent out the following announcement to the staff on Monday: “Over the years we’ve relied on David Colker for brightly written takes on everything from Bratz dolls to discount caskets. Today, I’m happy to report that David is being promoted to assistant business editor, effective immediately. “David is […]
