WSJ makes changes to Page One editors
The following announcement was sent out Wednesday by Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson: “I’m pleased to announce two significant changes on Page One. “Mike Allen will be taking on the new position of Page One Projects Editor. In this role, Mike will work with bureaus to nurture investigations and other longer-term stories for […]
WSJ names design director
Tomaso Capuano was named Wednesday as design director for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones & Co., where he will be responsible for design across the Journal and Dow Jones. His appointment is effective immediately. He was previously the creative director for the recently launched WSJ., The Journal’s new lifestyle glossy magazine. “Tomaso is […]
Seattle paper names new Microsoft reporter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Joe Tartakoff has been named the new Microsoft reporter at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, according to sources at the paper. He’s expected to start on Wednesday. Tartakoff, who worked for the P-I as part of his Hearst fellowship, is leaving the fellowship early to take over the beat. He replaces Todd Bishop, […]
Launching a business news Web site takes lots of work
Aaron Kremer launched RichmondBizSense.com at the beginning of the year, and he’s now reaching more than 1,300 readers a day through his Web site and via an e-mail service. A former intern on the Richmond Times-Dispatch business desk, Kremer attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication […]
SF Chronicle to start new business column next week
The San Francisco Chronicle will launch a new business column called “The Bottom Line” next week that will run Monday through Friday. The writer will be Andrew S. Ross, currently interactive editor at the paper who has also contributed to the paper’s Tech Chronicles blog. “Our goal is to make The Bottom Line must-reading for […]
No cat fight at CNBC
Suzanna Andrews of Vanity Fair interviews CNBC anchors Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett and comes away convinced that the two stars are not feuding, as has been suggested in gossip columns. Andrews writes, “Both of them, though, think the idea of a rivalry between them is particularly absurd, considering the on-air bitchfest among their male […]
Biz Monday editor accepts buyout at Miami Herald
Nancy Dahlberg, the Business Monday editor at the Miami Herald, has accepted a buyout and is leaving the paper after 17 years on the business news desk. No replacement has been named yet. Dahlberg has also been an assistant business editor and Sunday business editor at the paper. Before that, she was an assistant business […]
Fox Business keeps rolling during weekend to cover crisis
Paul Gough of the Hollywood Reporter writes Sunday about how Fox Business Network was live for a good chunk of the weekend to cover breaking news about the Wall Street bailout. Gough writes, “Fox Business Channel carried live at 12:20 a.m. ET Sunday an update by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Congressional leaders on the […]
Future of Business Media conference slated for October
The second annual Future of Business Media conference will be held Oct. 28 in New York, and it’s named Bloomberg News chief content officer Norm Pearlstine as its keynote speaker. The full-day conference will focus on the future of the business and trade media industry, and the changes brought along by consolidation and digital media. […]
Bankrate.com AME dies after surgery
Doug Delp, 63, assistant managing editor of Bankrate.com, the online operation that bills itself as ”the Web’s leading aggregator of financial rate information,” died earlier this week from complications following surgery. “Doug worked with us for the past nine years. He had a fabulous news sense as well as a great sense of humor, and mentored […]
