Wall Street Journal looking for new advertising agency
Andrew McMains of Adweek writes that there are five advertising agencies vying to produce the next ad campaign for The Wall Street Journal. McMains writes, “Sources identified the shops as Publicis Groupe’s Publicis in New York, Interpublic Group units Deutsch in New York and Mullen in Wenham, Mass., and independents mcgarrybowen in New York and […]
If you think you've got problems….
Consider plight of the business news staff of the Miami Herald on Friday. Its hard work on Thursday went for naught with some subscribers. The paper ran this announcement on Saturday: “Because of a delivery problem, some subscribers did not get a Business section in Friday’s newspaper. All of Friday’s Business articles can be found […]
How business news can be important to readers
Clifford Cumber, the business editor of the Frederick News-Post in Maryland and a board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, writes Saturday about how business remains extremely relevant to his readers despite efforts by large metro newspapers to cut its business content. Cumber writes, “In April, at the conference, I’d only […]
Atlanta paper names new biz editor, new biz columnist
Andre Jackson, an editorial writer who was the business editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, will become the new editor overseeing business coverage at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, according to an internal announcement Friday obtained by Talking Biz News. In addition, longtime journalist Tom Oliver, who covered Coca-Cola for the paper in the 1980s and then […]
Latest BusinessWeek done in conjunction with readers
The latest issue of BusinessWeek magazine, on the newsstands on Friday, was done in collaboration with its readers. Editor Stephen Adler wrote, “It’s the first issue created in collaboration with our readers. In surveys and blogs on BusinessWeek.com, in responses on LinkedIn, and in a poll conducted with YouGov and the Washington firm RT Strategies, […]
No clear winner for Portfolio magazine cover designs
Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily writes Friday that conceptual covers and covers with CEOs on them seem to perform equally well for business glossy Conde Nast Portfolio. Smith writes, “Sources close to Portfolio estimated that both the February issue with a condiment-packed burger on the cover and the July one with Starbucks founder Howard […]
Interim removed from Virginian-Pilot biz editor's title
Chris Dinsmore, who became the interim business editor of the Virginian-Pilot last month when business editor Bill Choyke was named head of the paper’s community news operations, has now been named full-time business editor. Dinsmore has been a part of the business news team from 15 years, joining The Pilot in 1993 as the retail […]
The differences — and similarities — between reporting and column writing
Beth Kassab is the business section columnist at the Orlando Sentinel. She took over the column just more than a year ago after the untimely death of her colleague Susan Strother Clarke. Before that, Kassab had been a business reporter at the Sentinel for seven years. She is an Orlando native and University of Florida […]
Tax Foundation: AP story on corporate taxes lacks understanding
The Tax Foundation has put out a news release noting some errors related to understanding corporate income tax in an Associated Press story. The Tax Foundation states, “An AP article today on the GAO’s new report on corporate tax liabilities contains a serious error that undermines the story’s thesis. “The AP reported that, according to […]
Staffs cut at two Florida business desks
The business news desks at two of Florida’s best newspapers — the St. Petersburg Times and the Palm Beach Post — are seeing their staffs sliced due to buyouts and other moves. At the Times, business writer Tom Zucco, whose main assignment is writing about insurance, is taking the buyout offer. (Talking Biz News previously […]
