Chicago Tribune bringing back standalone business section
The Chicago Tribune announced Thursday that it will be bringing back its standalone business section, which had been cut late last year as part of a redesign. It’s the second metro daily to bring back its standalone business section this week. The Orange County Register announced that it would start publishing a standalone section on […]
A sign of the upcoming apocalypse: A biz journalist on Letterman
This is how important business journalism is today: A business journalist has appeared on a late night talk show. CNBC‘s Becky Quick, co-anchor of “Squawk Box,” made her first appearance on CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” on Tuesday. Letterman introduced Quick as an “accomplished journalist and co-anchor of ‘Squawk Box’” and then asked Quick what is […]
Hawaii Business names new editor
Former Honolulu Star-Bulletin news editor Steve Petranik will become Hawaii Business magazine editor later this month, writes Star-Bulletin reporter Erika Engle. Engle writes, “He will remain the 24/7 local news editor at the Honolulu Advertiser through the inauguration and start his new gig the next day. “‘It is a great opportunity for me personally,’ he […]
Some business media won't survive past 2010
Douglas McIntyre, the editor of 24/7 Wall Street, writes on BloggingStocks.com that he believes a number of business media outlets won’t be around this time next year. McIntyre writes, “The economic downturn will not support all of these media. Advertising will disappear. Perhaps more frightening, as people pull money out of the stock market, the […]
Harvard Biz Review names new editor
Harvard Business Review named Adi Ignatius, the deputy managing editor of Time, as its editor-in-chief on Tuesday. according to a Boston Globe story. The story stated, “In a press release, the Review noted that before becoming deputy managing editor, Ignatius served as executive editor of Time and was responsible for the magazine’s business and international […]
Biz journalist Narisetti to join Washington Post as ME?
Russell Adams of The Wall Street Journal writes Tuesday that the next managing editor of the Washington Post could be Raju Narisetti, a well-known business journalist who stepped down last month as the top editor of Mint, a business newspaper in India. Adams points out that Narisetti and Marcus Brauchli, the executive editor at the […]
Longtime Minneapolis biz writer plans to take buyout
David Brauer of the Minnesota Post reports that Minneapolis Star-Tribune business writer Mike Meyers plans to take the paper’s buyout offer and leave. Brauer writes, “A former national economics reporter for the Strib back when the paper had national correspondents, the 59-year-old Meyers says leaving now makes sense because the Strib won’t cover retiree health […]
Zebora to oversee Connecticut business coverage for Hearst
Greenwich Time managing editor Jim Zebora has been named to a new position overseeing regional business coverage for the Hearst Connecticut Newspaper Group, according to a story in Monday’s paper. The story states, “Zebora said the decision to leave Greenwich Time was difficult, but he could not pass up the opportunity to direct business coverage […]
Blacks and minorities need to be sold on business journalism
Blacks and other minorities need to be sold on business and economics reporting in order to increase their numbers in the field, said a prominent black business journalist. “They need to be knocking on the doors, or listing business in their job reviews as a preference down the road,” said Ernie Holsendolph, a former reporter for […]
Former Richmond biz editor retires from paper
Andy Taylor, who was once the business editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, retired from the paper on Wednesday. Taylor had been the paper’s news editor for the past 12 years. Times-Dispatch staff writer David Ress writes, “Known for his dry humor and unusual golf swing, Taylor started out in journalism as a hard-driving reporter, helping […]
