Blogging for the NYT biz section
Paul Boutin writes on VentureBeat about the process of blogging for the New York Times business section’s Gadgetwise blog. Boutin writes, “Gadgetwise is what about how to buy and use stuff, rather than tracking the tech industry as the Bits blog does. Or in industry jargon, service journalism rather than trade news. I’ve finally found […]
Media speculate about Apple event
Damon Darlin of the New York Times writes about how the business media is speculating about what Apple will announce at a news conference next week. Darlin writes, “The question is, of course, what will be announced? Apple gives directions to the invitation-only event from the south, north and east, but says little else. (It […]
Commercial real estate newspaper to start in New York
Richard Perez-Pena of the New York Times writes about how the New York Observer is about to launch a commercial real estate paper in the city called The Commercial Observer. The first issue will be Sept. 15. Perez-Pena writes, “The Commercial Observer, with 24 to 28 pages an issue, will be delivered free to 10,000 […]
Reuters blogger takes issue with professor defense of Stein
Felix Salmon of Reuters argues that Washington & Lee ethics professor Ed Wasserman’s defense of former New York Times Sunday business columnist Ben Stein is weak and ignores some basic facts. Salmon writes, “Wasserman read four columns by Ben Stein, and on the strength of those four columns concluded that Stein didn’t offer financial advice […]
Ethics prof questions why NYT fired Stein from biz column
Washington & Lee ethics professor Ed Wasserman doubts that Ben Stein, who had written a Sunday business column for the New York Times, was actually fired for violating the paper’s code of ethics, as it stated. Wasserman writes, “I’m not convinced. I pulled down four of Stein’s recent Times columns and was hard-pressed to find […]
NYT ombudsman critical of tech reporter's sources
New York Times ombudsman Clark Hoyt weighs in on technology reporter Brad Stone‘s story from last week about how some people check e-mail before doing anything else in the morning and is critical of the sources used. Hoyt writes, “Stone told me he sent messages to ‘people I thought of as connectors’ and through them found 10 […]
Trump appeals judge's ruling dropping libel case against NYT reporter
Barbara Boyer of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports Thursday that well-known real estate developer Donald Trump plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that dropped his libel lawsuit against New York Times business journalist Timothy O’Brien, who wrote in a book that Trump was worth much less than the billions he claimed. Boyer writes, “William Tambussi, one […]
NYT tech writer's story sourced from friends, acquaintances
The NYTPicker site has a great dissection of a story by New York Times tech writer Brad Stone where every quoted source was a friend of the reporter or someone linked to the paper. NYTPicker writes, “We don’t yet know to what extent Stone made his editors aware, if at all, of the various personal […]
Ben Stein on why his NYT biz column was stopped
Ben Stein writes for the American Spectator that he thinks his column in the Sunday business section of the New York Times was terminated because of a column criticizing President Obama, not because of the commercial he did for FreeScore. Stein writes, “Of course, there was no conflict of interest. I had never written one word […]
NYT dismisses Ben Stein as Sunday biz section columnist
Ryan Tate of Gawker reports Thursday that the New York Times has dismissed Sunday business section columnist Ben Stein for violating its ethics policy. Tate writes, “A tipster informed us this morning that Stein had been given the boot, and Times spokesperson Catherine Mathis has confirmed, writing: ‘Ben Stein‘s fine work for us as a […]
