Inc. magazine opens networking site for small biz owners
Advertising Age’s Nat Ives writes Thursday that business magazine Inc. has opened a social networking site for small business owners. Ives wrote, “While the site shares a lot of DNA with Inc. magazine’s editorial mission, it also includes enough openness that it could become something much more than a sidekick to Inc. and Inc.com; the […]
Another paper sells sponsorship to biz column
The Spokane Spokesman-Review announced Thursday that a local financial institution will sponsor a column in its business section. It joins the Philadelphia Inquirer, which announced earlier this year that a bank there would sponsor a business news column. An item on the Daily Briefing blog run by the newspaper stated, “Melodie Little‘s “Here’s The Dirt” […]
Economist puts entire archives online
The Economist magazine plans to put 160 years worth of its articles online, writes Stephen Brook of The Guardian newspaper. Brook wrote, “‘The Economist Historical Archive is more than a database — it is a remarkable record of the most significant world events over the past 160 years through the unbiased, probing eyes of the […]
BusinessWeek.com names new tech columnist
BusinessWeek.com named Sarah Lacy as technology columnist, according to a release on Tuesday. She will be contributing two monthly columns on technology and culture called “Valley Girl.” Based in San Francisco, Lacy has been a business reporter for the past 10 years, covering startups and venture capital in Silicon Valley. Most recently she was a reporter […]
Plusses and minuses to writing, blogging as biz reporter
Being a business journalist today means spending more time on the job to write stories for the newspaper as well as items for a blog, said Greg Ip, senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal, on Monday. “My priority is still getting the news and getting it right,” said Ip to students and faculty […]
Fox gets down to business
Chris Ariens of TV Newser reports on the first minute of the Fox Business Network for historical perspective. Ariens wrote, “‘Good morning this is the new Fox Business Network, and I’m Nicole Petallides and good morning I’m Jenna Lee.’ “And with that Rupert Murdoch‘s dream of an American business channel for people on Main Street, […]
"Fox Business Network" will be used on air
The Inside Cable News blog reports that, contrary to what Conde Nast Portfolio’s Jeff Bercovici posted earlier Friday, Fox Business Network will use its full name on the air. ICN wrote, “ICN has been tipped off to a number of FBN items this week like timeslots, talent pairings, and program names but has held off […]
Consumer Reports' new competition: U.S. News & World Report
Richard Perez-Pena of The New York Times writes Monday about how U.S. News & World Report wants to compete with Consumer Reports in providing consumers rankings about products and services. Perez-Pena wrote, “The first step in that strategy went public Friday on a magazine Web site (usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks) and today on newsstands — rankings, reviews and […]
Happy hour comes to business journalism
The TVNewser blog is reporting that both CNBC and Fox Business Network are working on after-market shows called “Happy Hour.” Chris Ariens wrote, “Today on FNC’s Your World, Neil Cavuto talked about the timing: ‘You’ll be amazed what you can pick up at a bar, lots of gossip, lots of good stuff, and if our […]
Debt made him leave the Wall Street Journal
Dave Kansas writes on the FiLife personal finance web site about how he left The Wall Street Journal to go to TheStreet.com back in 1996 to make good on a promise — to pay off his college debt by the time he was 30. Kansas, who returned to the Journal but is now running the […]
