Marketwatch names new tech coverage staffers
Business news web site MarketWatch.com named Therese Poletti as technology columnist and Benjamin Pimentel as technology reporter. Poletti, an award-winning staff writer at the San Jose Mercury News for the last seven years, will deliver breaking news commentary to MarketWatch.com’s audience of institutional and retail investors while providing views of large, ongoing news topics in […]
Marketwatch: Always a destination for breaking financial news
Douglas MacIntyre writes on the 24/7 Wall St. site about what he remembers about Marketwatch when it launched 10 years ago. At the time, MacIntyre was the CEO of financial news and data company FutureSource. MacIntyre wrote, “One impression of MarketWatch should be unchanged after all of these years. The website was always the best […]
The evolution of business news in the past 10 years
Marketwatch editor Dave Callaway writes Tuesday, on the 10th anniversary of the web site’s launching, about how business journalism has evolved in the past decade. Callaway wrote, “From Day 1, we positioned ourselves to be a primary provider of news, not just to the Web site but to media partners such as CBS, the Financial […]
"Happy Hour" is sit com and talk show
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Monday that the “Happy Hour” show on the new Fox Business Network is a cross between the old Ted Danson show “Cheers” and morning talk show “Regis and Kelly.” Friedman wrote, “The show is a central part of FBN’s daunting game plan: to make financial news fun for Main […]
FCC commissioner requests inquiry into News Corp. acquisition of Dow Jones
Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps is asking the chairman to open an inquiry into News Corp.’s $5.6 billion proposed acquisition of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Marketwatch and Barron’s, writes John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable. Eggerton wrote, “Saying this was unprecedented in the history of the FCC, Copps […]
Marketwatch turns 10, but can it survive for another 10?
Mark Glaser of MediaShift writes Wednesday about the future for business news web site Marketwatch now that it’s 10 years old and about to become part of News Corp. Glaser wrote, “As part of Dow Jones, MarketWatch will become part of the News Corp. empire next year, meaning it could face layoffs while being combined […]
Traders dictate to the business media
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs writes Wednesday that it’s traders that often influence how the business media cover a story. Fuchs wrote, “Now let me get to those beguiling traders — the power behind the press. With the market strong and technology traders feeling giddy throughout the day thanks to Apple’s earnings, Amazon was up […]
Murdoch surprised about CNBC ad removal
Aline van Duyn and Joshua Chaffin of The Financial Times write Saturday that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch called the decision to remove CNBC ads from the Wall Street Journal and Marketwatch web sites on the day Fox Business Network launched a “bit heavy handed.” News Corp. owns Fox Business Network, and it’s in the […]
Crovitz bullish about Dow Jones online properties
Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz and Dow Jones & Co. CEO Rich Zannino talked on the company’s earnings conference call Thursday about the potential that exists with its online web sites. Crovitz said, “As we said, we will soon hit a million paying subscribers to the Online Journal. Barron’s Online, at well over 100,000, […]
Why is the dumping of CNBC's ads news?
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan wonders on the Seeking Alpha web site why the decision by Dow Jones & Co. to drop ads for CNBC on its Wall Street Journal and Marketwatch web sites on the day of the debut of Fox Business Network — which is a property of News Corp., the buyer of Dow Jones — […]
