Union will still fight for better benefits
Steve Yount, the president of the union that represents business journalists at Dow Jones & Co., sent the following e-mail to its members Monday about the new contract that was approved last week: “The retro payments and the wage increases will appear in your paycheck as soon as they can be processed by payroll. The […]
Dow Jones properties cancel CNBC ads slated to run on Monday
Bill Carter of The New York Times writes for Monday’s paper that CNBC ads scheduled to run Monday on The Wall Street Journal and Marketwatch web sites are now not running. Monday is the day that Fox Business Network launches, and its parent is News Corp., which is acquiring the parent company of The Journal […]
Fox Business Network schedule revealed
Michael Learmonth of Variety has some details about what the Fox Business Network schedule will look like when it hits the air on Monday. Learmonth wrote, “The net launched a new stock index it calls the ‘Fox 50,’ a basket of big-cap consumer stocks including Nike, Coca-Cola, FedEx and AT&T. The index was listed Friday […]
Assessing Marketwatch's future as a News Corp. subsidiary
Dan Fost of the San Francisco Chronicle looks at business news website Marketwatch as it celebrates its 10th anniversary and is part of the deal where News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is acquiring Dow Jones & Co., its parent. Fost wrote, “Ali, at PaidContent, says MarketWatch has languished since joining Dow Jones, as top executives […]
Thom Calandra has seen the light
When the business journalism world last heard from Thom Calandra, a co-founder and columnist at CBSMarketwatch.com, he was being forced to resign after the SEC went after him. Calandra had failed to disclose that he held positions in stocks that he was writing about in a positive fashion and was selling them shortly after publication. […]
Dow Jones business journalists approve new contract
Business reporters at Dow Jones & Co. properties such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch have approved a new contract negotiated with the union. Here is the text of the e-mail sent to members: The IAPE Election Committee has been informed by TrueBallot Inc. that a majority of eligible voters have voted to […]
The business media and Henry Blodget
David Weidner of Marketwatch wants to know why so many business news outlets are giving disgraced former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget a chance to espouse his beliefs again. Weidner notes that Blodget wrote in a New York Times special section on Wednesday. Weidner wrote, “Andrew Ross Sorkin, who edited the special section, said Times […]
Michaels was a paradoxical, ruthless leader
Peter Brimelow of Marketwatch remembers Thursday what it was like to work for former Forbes editor Jim Michaels, who died Tuesday at the age of 86. Brimelow wrote, “Michaels when I knew him in his last decades at Forbes came across as a nice little old man. But he was in fact ruthless to the point […]
Dow Jones journalists will start voting Thursday
Business journalists who work for Dow Jones & Co. properties such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch will vote whether to ratify a new contract with the company beginning Thursday, according to an e-mail sent to reporters and editors obtained by Talking Biz News. The journalists — eligible members of the Independent Association […]
FCC commissioner expresses concern about Dow Jones deal
Corey Boles of The Wall Street Journal writes Friday that Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps has expressed concern about the pending acquisition of Dow Jones & Co., the paent of The Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch, by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Boles wrote, “He expressed concerns over the impact on diversity in both the New York […]
