WSJ.com breaks out small biz content
In an expansion of The Wall Street Journal Online’s small business content, StartupJournal.com has been incorporated into a new, free small business section on WSJ.com called Entrepreneur. StartupJournal.com, launched in 1999, offered small-business owners and entrepreneurs guidance to help them survive and grow in a competitive business environment. “Entrepreneur reflects the depth and extent of The […]
Personal finance web site FiLife closer to reality
The joint venture between The Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones & Co. and IAC/InterActive Corp. aimed at developing a personal finance web site for younger readers by the end of the year is getting closer to reality. Ron Lieber, the former Journal columnist who is managing editor of the operation, which was announced back […]
Yahoo! Finance in trouble
Douglas McIntyre writes on the 24/7 Wall Street site that the Yahoo! Finance web site appears to be in trouble. McIntyre wrote, “Yahoo! Finance has lost a lot of its key people recently. Some have gone to Conde Nast Portfolio, and others to Dow Jones. Peggy White, the unit’s general manager, made a mysterious departure […]
MinnPost.com hires business journalists
MinnPost.com, the non-profit newspaper being started in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area later this year by former Minneapolis Star Tribune publisher Joel Kramer, has a number of well-known business journalists on its staff. According to a roster posted on the web site, the business desk will include: Dave Beal, a former business editor and columnist for […]
PC Magazine expanding with new ventures
Lauren Bell of DMNews writes that PC Magazine launched three new online offerings last week in a bid to increase its presence in covering technology. Bell wrote, “Mobile.pcmag.com, developed in partnership with mDog, is the first mobile site offered by the tech-heavy network. It is a cell-phone ready incarnation of PCMag.com – the main page […]
The problem with CNBC.com's redesign
Henry Blodget writes on Silicon Alley Insider that the redesign of the CNBC web site has one major flaw. Blodget wrote, “Smaller print, fewer massive Jim Cramer photos, lots of promotion of TV shows (see prior post), and an automated news ticker. An improvement, we guess, but not an earth-shattering one (via Lost Remote). “What […]
Seeking Alpha unveils redesign
Mick Weinstein, the editor of the Seeking Alphia market news web site, wrote Monday about its new design. Weinstein wrote, “We’ve evolved to provide more comprehensive daily market news, while using the internet’s unique resources and tools to broaden the investor’s information horizon in a manner no other financial site can match. “Our new design […]
Portfolio criticism is thinly veiled jealousy
Matthew Wurtzel of The Deal writes Friday that all of the criticism levied at new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is just coming from jealous competitors — something The Deal faced as well. Wurtzel wrote, “However, the hazing — if you will — of Portfolio is commonplace in business journalism. After all, Portfolio is not […]
And Weiss responds to Cuban
Forbes.com columnist Gary Weiss responded on his blog last night to comments made by billionaire Mark Cuban about why he criticizes the business journalism on ShareSleuth.com, which Cuban funds. Weiss wrote, “Ah, gee, shucks. He goes on to say that he’s ‘more than covered my costs with trade ideas brought to me by Chris’–which in […]
Cuban: Murdoch got a bargain
Billionaire Mark Cuban, known in the business journalism world as the backer of the ShareSleuth.com web site, tells Lloyd Grove of Portfolio that he believes that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch got a bargain when he agreed to purchase Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, for $5 billion. In a […]
