Barron's editor: Should Yahoo buy Dow Jones?
Eric Savitz, the West Coast editor of Barron’s, which is owned by Dow Jones, suggested on his Tech Trader Daily blog that no one would complain at his shop if Internet company Yahoo should consider making a bid for his parent company. The conversation resulted from Savitz posting an item on the blog by JupiterMedia […]
CNBC finding its inner Gordon Gekko
Johnnie Roberts of Newsweek analyzed the recent moves by business news cable network CNBC to remake itself and found that it is striking a chord with viewers. Roberts wrote, “CNBC has rediscovered its inner Gordon Gekko. With a new team led by president Mark Hoffman, the network unspooled a lineup of dynamic new shows anchored […]
Dow Jones starts new e-mail newspaper for investors
Dow Jones Newswires announced Monday the launch of Tomorrow’s News Today from Capital Markets Report, an end-of-the-day market wrap-up and next day outlook from its editors. The electronic newsletter will be delivered each day to fixed-income, money market and foreign exchange professionals and will include a summary of the day’s market-moving news and give insight […]
The most worthless line ever in business journalism
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs was all beside himself after listening to a National Public Radio “Marketplace” segment on what the election results will mean to the stock market. Fuchs wrote, “It opens with the lead-in from the host, ‘For some on Wall Street, gridlock is not such a bad thing.’ “At that, The Business Press Maven […]
Naming your biz magazine's blog
The Economist ran into an issue when deciding what to name its first blog for its web site, reports the New York Times’ Stuart Elliott. Elliott wrote, “A funny thing happened to The Economist magazine on the way to coining a name for the first blog on its Web site (economist.com). “‘We called our blog […]
Understanding the Business & Media Institute
Dan Gainor, the director of the Business & Media Institute, is a veteran editor with two decades’ experience in print and online media. He has served as an editor at several newspapers including The Washington Times and The Baltimore News-American. Gainor also has extensive experience in online publishing – holding the position of managing editor […]
Fuchs: Retail sales coverage all over the place
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs notes that recent coverage of July retail sales data was all over the place, with some business journalism outlets reporting that sales were affected by the hot weather and others stating the complete opposite. Fuchs wrote, “Let’s start at the beginning of the alphabet with the Associated Press. They told us that […]
Cuban defends investigative biz journalism site
Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks who is the investor behind the new investigative business journalism Web site ShareSleuth.com, defended on his blog today the concept of investing in the stocks that are written about on the site before the articles are published. Cuban wrote, “You may not like that I will trade […]
How to be a good economics reporter
Cal-Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong teamed up with journalism professor Susan Rasky on a quick guide for journalists who talk to economists and want to be in the information — rather than disinformation — business. DeLong and Rasky team taught an economics reporting class this past semester. Among their suggestions, posted on the Nieman Watchdog […]
Loeb finalists named
The finalists for the Loeb Awards, administered by the UCLA Anderson School of Management, were named in a video conference on Monday by dean Judy D. Olian. There is no press release yet, and I did not catch all of the reporter’s names, but I did get all of the names of the newspapers and […]
