Biz media more favorable toward Facebook than Google
Howard Gold writes Friday on Marketwatch.com that the business media has written more favorably about Facebook during its initial public offering than it did when Google went public. Gold writes, “And after reviewing many articles, I was surprised to find the tone fairly positive. Sure, writers have raised questions about Facebook’s valuation, its ability to […]
How to write for specific financial media
Joshua Brown writes on his Reformed Broker blog about what it takes to write for specific financial media outlets. Here are some of his examples: “How to write a stock article for CNNMoney or MarketWatch: Line up quotes from a bull and a bear on a given stock – give a paragraph to each to […]
Marketwatch columnist also a white nationalist, reports Business Insider
Joe Weisenthal of Business Insider is reporting that Marketwatch.com columnist Peter Brimelow is also a white nationalist who runs a website that argues against multiculturalism and immigration. Weisenthal writes that he has reached out to Marketwatch and its parent, Dow Jones & Co., for a response, but has yet to receive one. Weisenthal writes, “So […]
Reuters editor in chief: We are full speed ahead
Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler spoke with Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman and said a new CEO of the news organization’s parent company, Thomson Reuters, won’t curtail its growth. Friedman writes, “When I spoke with Adler on Monday, he couldn’t have sounded more confident that Smith, who will replace Tom Glocer on Jan. 1, […]
Marketwatch.com holding contest to pick its next investment columnist
Marketwatch.com, a financial news site owned by Dow Jones & Co., is currently holding a contest to select its next investing columnist. Voting is now open for round two, and voting remains open through Nov. 13. The site says it will announce the six survivors — the three top vote-getters and three chosen by the […]
Most widely read biz news site is, surprise, Yahoo Finance
Eric Jackson of Forbes.com looks at Compete numbers of traffic on business news sites and discovers that Yahoo Finance still gets more visitors than business news heavyweights such as The Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney and others. Jackson writes, “And the biggest kahuna when it comes to financial news – at least by visitors — is […]
Business media outlets accused of patent infringement
Bloomberg LP and Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, and five other media outlets were sued for allegedly infringing two patents for “instantaneous symbol lookup,” used on websites. A Bloomberg News story states, “Boadin Technology LLC, which said it owns the rights to the patents, filed the lawsuit yesterday in […]
Investment newsletters and how they manipulate comparisons
In his column from Saturday, the Wall Street Journal‘s Jason Zweig smacks a few news organizations for bogus reporting of their stock-picking performance — including The Street.com and MarketWatch.com. The criticism is interesting because The Journal and Marketwatch are both owned by News Corp. The trick many are playing is tracking their stock-picking performance including […]
Dow Jones revenue up 5 percent through three quarters
Les Hinton, the chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., sent the following message to employees of the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Marketwatch.com and Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday afternoon: We enter this final fiscal quarter of 2011 with many accomplishments to our collective credit. We continue to bring to the market new products […]
How The Economist engages readers
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman interviewed Paul Rossi, managing director of The Economist in the Americas, about how the magazine attracts readers.
