Is Bloomberg vs. Dow Jones war looming?
David Carr of the New York Times wonders whether the recent aggressive moves by Bloomberg L.P. signal an impending war with Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Marketwatch.com and Barron’s, for business media supremacy. Carr writes, “In adding muscles for general news and consumer business news, Bloomberg […]
The NYT and its relationship with CNBC
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE In Monday’s New York Times, business reporter Brian Stelter wrote a nicely detailed story about CNBC affiliates overseas and how their content is often more subdued than their American counterpart. The story included analysis that the Times is known for, and it’s a story about a major media property that has […]
Bloomberg hires NYT editor to oversee economics coverage
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bloomberg News has hired Paula Dwyer, an editor in the Washington bureau of The New York Times, to be its senior economics editor. Dwyer, who will start Oct. 5, also spent 20 years with BusinessWeek in its New York and Washington bureaus. “I had a fantastic job at the New York […]
Competing against blogs for tech news
Deputy technology editor David Gallagher of the New York Times is answering questions from readers this week, and the first question comes from a reader who wants to know how it competes against tech blogs. Gallagher writes, “One of my favorite sites is Techmeme, which tracks the tech-related articles and posts that are generating the […]
BusinessWeek tries to drum up ad interest
Stuart Elliott and Stephanie Clifford of The New York Times write about Advertising Week, and mention that BusinessWeek had a large presence. Elliott and Clifford write, “One traditional name with a big presence was BusinessWeek magazine, which sought to drum up interest with a campaign carrying the theme “BusinessWeek moves brands forward.†“The magazine’s presence […]
CNBC is subdued overseas
Brian Stelter of The New York Times writes for Monday’s paper about how CNBC‘s overseas affiliates have a much different attitude toward presenting business news than their U.S. brethren. Stelter writes, “The local channels are part of CNBC’s global strategy. In addition to the United States feed that Americans are familiar with, the company has […]
NYT editorial page, biz section at odds on executive compensation
John Carney of The Business Insider writes Monday about how the business section of The New York Times this weekend went against the editorial page a weekend ago on the issue of executive compensation. Carney writes, “You’ll recall that a week ago, Paul Krugman wrote a column arguing that the incentives contained in banker compensation […]
Two biz reporters taking leave from media beat
Peter Kafka of All Things Digital reports that two well-known business journalists covering the media beat: Tim Arango of the New York Times and Jon Fine of BusinessWeek, are off the territory for the time being. Kafka writes that Fine is taking a six-month sabbatical to travel the world. As for Arango, he writes, “I’ve […]
NYT tech columnist talks conflicts among tech reporters
The NYTPicker site has a transcript of an interview that New York Times technology columnist David Pogue did during the weekend where he responded to criticism about the lack of disclosure of his conflicts of interest. NYTPicker writes, “LaPorte had been grilling Pogue on the points raised in Hoyt’s column, that the popular columnist might […]
Bloomberg terminal gets first live feed of New York Times
Bloomberg LP announced Monday that its terminal will provide the first live feed of The New York Times. Bloomberg subscribers will be able to see, at no additional charge, the complete newspaper, as well as blogs, posts on the Web site and breaking news alerts from The Times. Subscribers will also have access to an […]
