Atlanta paper losing another business columnist
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Thomas Oliver, who took over writing the Atlanta Journal-Constitution business section column last year when longtime columnist Maria Saporta took a buyout offer and left the paper, is now leaving himself. Oliver is on a list of those who will take the voluntary separation package distributed Monday by Atlanta Constitution editor […]
Richmond business news Web site now making money
RichmondBizSense.com, a business news Web site for the Richmond, Va., area, is now making money after nearly two years in operation, writes founder Aaron Kremer. Kremer writes, “After almost exactly two years as a business and 13 months of publishing business news online, we have more revenue than expenses. It’s not by much, and none […]
Miami business editor says goodbye
Lisa Gibbs, the Miami Herald business editor, says goodbye to the paper’s business section readers on Monday as she returns to Money magazine, where she worked before joining the Herald. Gibbs writes, “I feel like most of my time here has been spent on two H-words: hurricanes and housing. When I walked into the Herald […]
The disappearing CEO story
Rita Trucher of the Toronto Star writes Friday about a story on Manulife Financial CEO Dominic D’Alessandro that disappeared from the latest issue of Financial Post Magazine. Trucher writes, “The story –- titled ‘Bang for the Buck. Dominic D’Alessandro’s options and reputation at risk’ –- is listed in the index of the April 2009 edition. […]
SF Chronicle gets new business editor
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Alan Saracevic, the business editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, has moved over to the paper’s sports desk to be the sports editor, Saracevic confirms. He is replaced as business editor by deputy business editor Suzanne Herel. He replaces Glenn Schwarz, who took the paper’s buyout offer. (See item below.) Saracevic […]
SF Chronicle losing biz reporters to buyout offer
Chris Rauber of the San Francisco Business Times reports Thursday that the San Francisco Chronicle business desk is losing at least two business reporters to the paper’s recent buyout offer. They are business and labor reporter George Raine and biotechnology reporter Bernadette Tansey. In an e-mail. Raine says his last day at the paper was […]
Weidner to write for WSJ.com
MarketWatch columnist David Weidner is bringing his Wall Street-focused “Writing on the Wall†column to The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com on a weekly basis. Weidner will pen a column every Thursday for WSJ.com, beginning today with a look at the mythologizing of analyst Meredith Whitney. In addition to his regular columns on MarketWatch, […]
Advice for PR and small business on dealing with business reporters
Richard Bammer, a business reporter for the Vacaville Reporter in California, writes Thursday offering advice to public relations professionals and small business owners on how to deal with business journalists. Here are some of his suggestions: * Give us lead time. When you e-mail a press release, don’t necessarily expect immediate action. Decisions about the […]
Tallahassee paper stops printing Business Matters
The Tallahassee Democrat announced that it will stop printing its business publication Business Matters and make it an online magazine. A story in the paper states, “The new site, www.Tallahassee.com/BusinessMatters, provides local business news, advertising and other information as well as offering business networking opportunities, said Patrick Dorsey, president and publisher of the Tallahassee Democrat. […]
Fresno paper folds business desk into metro as biz editor departs
The Fresno Bee has folded its business news desk into its metro operations with the departure last month of business editor Mike Nemeth. Jeff Rich, assistant managing editor of news at the paper, says that the paper has assigned an assistant city editor, Jeff Bils, as the line editor for the four reporters formerly on the […]
