Ritholtz book to be published by John Wiley
Barry Ritholtz‘s book “Bailout Nation,” which McGraw-Hill apparently shunned because it criticized subsidiary Standard & Poor’s, will now be published by John Wiley & Sons, reports Leon Neyfakh of the New York Observer. Neyfakh writes, “Mr. Ritholtz has said that McGraw Hill canceled Bailout Nation out of a desire to protect the reputation of the […]
Remembering the good times on the Rocky biz desk
Lisa Greim, who covered business for the Rocky Mountain News from 1993 to 1994 and again from 1996 to 2000, remembers the fun that occurred on its business desk. Greim writes, “That’s my old boss Joe Rassenfoss, who is not a jerk, in the photo on the News’ home page, standing next to Mark Brown, […]
Worth lays off New York staff
Worth magazine has cut its New York-based staff by 45 percent because of a sharp decline in advertising by financial firms, according to a Reuters story. Daniel Bases writes, “Parent company Sandow Media plans to relaunch the magazine with the same focus on wealth management and luxury toys, but base its operations almost entirely in […]
Goodbye, good friends
Michael Booth of the Denver Post writes Friday about the closing of the Rocky Mountain News, and he interviews some reporters on the paper’s business desk about what it means. Booth writes, “John Rebchook, who has covered real estate for the Rocky’s business section since 1983, arrived at work about 6:45 a.m. Thursday with a […]
Corrigan named LA Times biz editor
John Corrigan, deputy business editor of the Los Angeles Times, has been named the paper’s business editor, replacing Sallie Hofmeister, who is going to oversee paper’s arts and entertainment coverage. A memo from editor Russ Stanton stated, “John Corrigan, deputy business editor for the past two years, is being promoted to business editor, effective immediately. […]
Rocky Mountain News to close; biz journalists lose jobs
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The Rocky Mountain News, one of the two daily newspapers in Denver, announced Thursday that it will publish its last issue on Friday. Virtually all of the business news desk will be out of a job after that. Among those losing their jobs are business editor Rob Reuteman and finance editor […]
Trader Monthly parent files Ch. 7
Reuters is reporting that Doubledown Media, the parent of Trader Monthly, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy court protection. Reuters writes, “The closely-held company, which also published Cigar Report, Corporate Leader, Dealmaker and Private Air, on Wednesday filed for protection from creditors with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Manhattan. “Doubledown has between $10 million and […]
LA Times biz editor to take over arts and entertainment coverage
Sallie Hofmeister, the business editor at the Los Angeles Times for the past nine months, is leaving that post to become assistant managing editor of arts and entertainment, according to an announcement Wednesday. Hofmeister will oversee more than 50 reporters, editors and producers from the paper’s entertainment and business desks, as well as latimes.com, in […]
New biz editor at New York Post
Everett “Jay” Sherman has been named the business editor at the New York Post, replacing Sean Gannon, who has left the paper. Sherman joins the paper as deputy business editor in late 2006 from Pensions & Investments, where he covered trading and asset services. Sherman joined P&Is’ New York office in June from TelevisionWeek, where he was […]
Deseret News business editor demoted
Deseret News business editor Julianne Basinger has been demoted to the copy desk because she failed to adhere to the Mormon-based coverage strategy of its publisher, writes Glen Warchol of the Salt Lake Tribune. An assistant managing editor for news was also demoted. As a result, some reporters have withheld their bylines in the paper. In […]
