Geewax to join NPR from Cox as senior business editor
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Marilyn Geewax, who has covered the national economy from the Cox Newspapers Washington bureau, is joining National Public Radio’s national desk as the new senior business editor on Dec. 15. Cox announced earlier this week that it was shutting its DC bureau. “After 24 years with Cox, it’s weird to be […]
Looking for info on Gannett biz journalists who have lost jobs
The Gannett Co., the largest owner of newspapers in the country, has begun laying off more than 1,500 employees around the country this week. Some of those employees are business reporters and business editors. For example, Cincinnati Enquirer business editor Carolyn Pione is now gone from the paper. I’ve also had unconfirmed rumors of a […]
WSJ runs cover wrap
Nat Ives of Advertising Age reports Thursday that The Wall Street Journal has used an advertiser’s cover wrap today for the first time in its history. Ives writes that the cover wrap is “covering one-third of the front page and all of the back with an ad for Dell. Cover wraps are common among New […]
No gender gap in business journalism
Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman is profiled in the Hudson Reporter, a suburban paper in New Jersey. Here is an excerpt of the interview: So much news coverage, especially business, focuses on New York. Do you feel that this side of the Hudson River gets adequate media attention? It’s so funny. My mother who’s […]
CNBC has record month — again
Business news cable channel CNBC followed up its record numbers in October with another strong performance in November, according to Nielsen data. CNBC’s business bay, which is 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Friday, had its best November ever in total viewers with an average of 390,000. That’s up 36 percent from the average […]
Layoffs on Ohio
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Layoffs at the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cleveland Plain Dealer claimed business journalists on Tuesday. At the Enquirer, assistant managing editor for business Carolyn Pione has lost her job. In an e-mail to her staff on Tuesday, Pione wrote, “Thank you for all you taught me, and for helping me to […]
No easy way to stock exchange
Asiance, a new magazine for Asian American women, profiles CNBC anchor Melissa Lee, who covers banking, hedge funds and private equity, as well as reporting on China. Here is an excerpt from the interview: ASIANCE: What is a typical day like for you? Melissa: On any given day I can really be anywhere; Englewood Cliffs, […]
Broadcasting & Cable names new business editor
Claire Atkinson has been named business editor of trade publication Broadcasting & Cable, according to a story on the publication’s Web site. The story states, “In 2007, Atkinson left Advertising Age to embark on a freelance career, and became a featured and regular contributor to several publications including The New York Times, Conde Nast Portfolio […]
Examining rising food prices
Nancy Barnes, the editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, writes Sunday about the paper’s series on rising food prices, which started today. Barnes writes, “The world’s food markets have never been so interdependent, nor have its trading markets. A development in one part of the world — Chinese consuming more protein — can have consequences for […]
Potential new biz mag in Arizona
David Hatfield of Inside Tucson Business writes Friday that there’s talk of a new business magazine in the area. Hatfield writes, “That’s the idea being floated by Steve Rosenberg, former publisher of Tucson Lifestyle magazine. “Now he’s talking to advertising agencies about a project called BizTucson, subtitled Tucson’s Buziness Magazine. “I tried to reach Rosenberg […]
