Petallides on covering the market
Neo magazine’s Dimitri C. Michalakis interviewed Fox Business Network‘s Nicole Petallides on what it’s like to cover Wall Street in the latest issue. Michalakis writes, “Before joining FOX, Petallides was an anchor for Bloomberg Television reporting from the Stock Exchange, and before Bloomberg, she was an assistant producer for CNBC, where she produced daily floor […]
NYT's Sorkin and his importance
Gabriel Sherman profiles New York Times mergers and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin in the latest issue of New York magazine. Sherman writes, “To write about the game, you have to know the game. Sorkin has a deep and highly particularized knowledge of the deal-making landscape, a pressurized beat populated by PR advisers, bankers, lawyers, […]
CNBC's Gasparino tells sources where they can go
Moe Tkacik of New York magazine interviewed CNBC’s Charles Gasparino about covering Wall Street and his new book, “The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System,” and the discussion came around to Gasparino’s relationship with sources. Here is an excerpt: The tone of your book is […]
Hedge fund operator equates biz journalism with "gossip tabloid"
Spencer Ante of BusinessWeek has an interesting story where hedge fund manager John Paulson calling his biography, written by respected Wall Street Journal writer Gregory Zuckerman, nothing more than a “gossip tabloid.” Ante writes, “Although the book is based on extensive interviews with Paulson, Paulson is releasing a statement that disses the book, calling it […]
Fighting the SEC pays off — for all business journalists
Lost in the release Friday of reams of documents related to the Securities and Exchange Commission‘s investigation of the Bernie Madoff investment scam was why the documents were released in the first place. Fox Business Network actually filed a lawsuit against the SEC earlier this year seeking the release of the documents after the government […]
Who uncovered the hidden history of the financial crisis?
PBS ombusdman Michael Getler takes issue with a recent “Frontline” show that claims to have unearthed the hidden history behind the economic crisis. Getler writes, “It was called ‘The Warning.’ It was about the smart, courageous but unheeded former chief of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Brooksley Born, who warned, in the late 1990s, of […]
Biz networks keep traders plugged in
Jana Schilder of The Toronto Star writes Wednesday about how traders are relying more and more on TV networks to give them fast information about their investments. Schilder writes, “Active traders, swing traders, and especially day traders like to have the television on in the background while they’re working so they can get material news […]
The Drudge Report and weak dollar coverage
Eamon Javers of Politico.com writes Wednesday about the increasing coverage of the weak dollar in an unlikely place — DrudgeReport.com, where there have been 18 stories so far this month on the topic. Javers writes, “But Drudge does have the ability to put news items on the radar screen of major media outlets and political […]
CNBC's Gasparino in tiff with NYT's Sorkin over book passage
John Cook of Gawker writes that CNBC‘s Charles Gasparino is upset about a reference to him in the book about the Wall Street turmoil of the past year by Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times. Cook writes, “For all his bluster, Gasparino can be a bit thin-skinned. His primary beef with Sorkin is over […]
CNBC now has iPhone app
CNBC announced Monday that it has launched an application for iPhone users. Users can access live streaming, real-time stock quotes, before, during and after market hours, directly from both the NYSE and NASDAQ. Additionally, the app provides users with breaking news alerts and analysis as well as the ability to create and track their favorite […]
