Time to be blunt about Wall Street meltdown
Marketwatch media critic Jon Friedman writes Friday that the business media covering the Wall Street crisis need to start telling it like it is instead of being reserved. Friedman writes, “The Wall Street media may want to dispel notions that they’re merely trying to capitalize on a scary time and sell newspapers, increase their Web […]
Fast Company is in good company
Jon Friedman of Marketwatch writes Monday about Fast Company magazine, and he likes what he reads in the business monthly. Friedman writes, “Fast Company isn’t a slave to breaking news and must continually find inventive ways to look relevant in the digital age. It only appears once a month and can’t hope to compete with […]
WSJ now providing audio for phones
The Wall Street Journal announced Wednesday the launch of an audio newscast service available by phone. Audio news reports from the Journal, as well as its sister business news media outlets Barron’s and MarketWatch.com are now available free of charge anytime, anywhere by calling 800-975-3916 from any phone, regardless of carrier, Internet access or data […]
Let's be tougher on CEOs
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Wednesday that he wishes business journalists would ask tougher questions when grilling CEOs. Friedman watched the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch press conference and was disappointed in what he heard. Friedman writes, “With all the carnage, you might expect to see a pinstripe lynch mob of sorts encounter the two […]
The risks of online business news
Benjamin Pimental of Marketwatch writes about how the Internet has changed how business news is delivered in the wake of the six-year-old United Airlines story that caused its stock to fall. Pimental writes, “Joseph Grundfest, a professor of law and business at Stanford Law School, said the episode shows that, in today’s market environment, high-speed […]
Wall Street Journal, Barron's and Marketwatch now on BlackBerry
Dow Jones & Co. announced Tuesday that headlines and stories from its business journalism publications, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch, will now be available to BlackBerry users. A release stated that the new service will provide “access to the latest headlines, news summaries and updates automatically with no manual refresh required. Easy-to-use content […]
Former NYT reporter prepping entertainment biz news site
Jon Friedman of Marketwatch writes that former New York Times entertainment business writer Sharon Waxman is working to launch a Web site that will cover the industry. Friedman writes, “Waxman is an author and a seasoned journalist as well as a ferocious competitor. I profiled her in a Media Web column in 2005 and came […]
Dow Jones reports fourth-quarter operating profit, online growth
Dow Jones & Co., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Marketwatch and Dow Jones Newswires, reported a fourth quarter operating income of $24 million, according to the news release from its parent company, News Corp. For the year, the operating income was $45 million. The earnings release did not provide comparable numbers […]
Covering meltdown of financial companies has been demanding
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman examines Friday the demands that the struggles of financial companies in the past year have placed on business journalists. Friedman writes, “For financial journalists, the biggest challenge may be trying to accumulate instant expertise in so many areas. “‘You have to get a primer on Fannie and Freddie,’ lamented [Newsweek […]
Dow Jones online sites report gains in readership
Dow Jones & Co. released data from Omniture on Wednesday that showed strong gains among its business journalism Web sites. The Wall Street Journal Digital Network generated a record number of average monthly visitors for the quarter, with an average 24.2 million visitors. For the month of June, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network reported a 74 […]
