Scripps Howard columnist terminated for taking money from Monsanto
Michael Fumento will no longer write columns for the Scripps Howard News Service after BusinessWeek Online disclosed that he had received $60,000 from agriculture company Monsanto, a topic of nine columns in recent years. Fumento has been very pro-biotechnology in the columns. Fumento denies that he has done anything wrong, and mentions that he criticized […]
Barron's updates its Web site
Barron’s, the weekly business newspaper published by Dow Jones, has revamped its Web site, adding more daily coverage aimed at investors and some other features. The additions include these features: * Inside Scoop — The only daily column that tracks stock purchases and sales by corporate insiders; * Hot Research AM and PM — Market-moving […]
Madison's Capital Times to add Monday business news page
The Capital Times, which is the newspaper in the Wisconsin capital of Madison, announced in the newspaper this morning that it was adding a business page in the Monday paper. The paper said the addition was so that the paper could “provide some of the week’s early news in that area.” Read the entire announcement […]
Apple coverage gone soft?
The topic of whether the coverage of Apple Computers being too soft is not a new one. But Arik Hesseldahl, a writer for BusinessWeek Online, is assessing it again in this piece posted this morning. Hesseldahl notes that on Tuesday, AP issued a one sentence NewsAlert about Apple beginning to ship computers with Intel chips […]
SABEW seeks board members
If you’d like to have a say in how the national organization runs itself, then now is the time to consider running for a spot to be a board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Here is the announcement: Six SABEW board positions open up every year. We also fill the […]
Changing how proxy stories are written in the future
I envision a change in the basic way that executive compensation and proxy stories are written in the future if the proposed SEC rule mentioned in this morning’s USA Today makes its way into an actual regulation. In short, the SEC is considering requiring companies to report a single compensation number for its executives. Here […]
Inc. and Fast Company magazines in red ink in 2005
That’s according to an article posted today on the BusinessWeek site by media writer Jon Fine. Here are some snippets: CEO John “Koten’s memo said profitability in 2006 was unlikely, and goals for this year involve halving 2005’s loss and doing that again in 2007. “‘If we can accomplish that…we should have a good shot […]
Ethics and business-to-business magazines
Here is an entry today from the Editors Weblog at www.editorsweblog.org: American B-to-B editors ‘dissatisfied’ with ethics at their own magazines “Against a splattered backdrop of product placement and increasing pressure from advertisers to blur the lines between advertising and editorial, a survey of high-ranking editors at 157 trade publications reveals “a serious concernâ€? about […]
Chicago Tribune joins list of papers cutting stock listings
Here is the note in this morning’s paper from Jim Kirk, assistant managing editor of business: “Effective Wednesday, Jan. 18, the Chicago Tribune will make several changes in its reporting on investments. “A major change will involve stock listings. The Tribune will continue to publish in the Saturday Business section a complete list of the […]
College student in India who wants to be a business journalist
Her name is Puja Jain, and she is currently studying for her master’s in economics. The Hindu, a daily newspaper in India, profiled her in this morning’s edition. “Keeping her career options in mind, she watches the business channels on television and reads business newspapers and magazines,” reads the article. “I don’t understand things like […]
