Thomson: WSJ is still a business newspaper
John Koblin of the New York Observer covered Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson‘s remarks Friday at the South Asian Journalists Association annual meeting, where he said that the Journal would remain a business paper despite wanting to become more competitive with the New York Times. Koblin wrote, “Here’s Mr. Thomson on various other […]
Report: Mainstream media favors business over workers
A Center for American Progress report released Friday finds that media coverage of economic issues is biased and consistently fails to live up to expectations of balance and fairness. On a range of economic issues, the perspective of workers is largely missing from media coverage, while the views of business are frequently presented, according to […]
IHT forms business news partnership with Indian newspaper
The International Herald Tribune, the overseas edition of the New York Times, has formed a partnership with the Indian newspaper Deccan’s Financial Chronicle to provide business news content. A story in the IHT stated, “The section will be a version of the Business Asia with Reuters section, which appears daily in the IHT. “Deccan publishes the fourth-largest English-language daily […]
Biz media turn on Lehman Brothers
The Deal executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes about how some business journalists such as Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer are dealing with writing fawning stories about Lehman Brothers in recent years now that the investment bank has troubles. Kantrow writes, “Part of ‘Fuld’s magic,’ Serwer explained, was ‘to ignore doomsday predictions that Lehman was too […]
Nocera likes to offend readers
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Friday about New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera, a Pulitzer finalist whose columns are well-reported and often take a contrarian viewpoint. Friedman writes, “There are four stages to a typical Nocera column, as he sees it: ‘I do the reporting. I challenge people. I present a back-story. And […]
WSJ owns the Lehman Brothers story
The Deal executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes about how The Wall Street Journal has been out ahead of all of the other business media, particularly The New York Times business section, in covering the Lehman Brothers story. Kantrow writes, “In a page A1 scoop on June 3, the WSJ broke the news that the investment […]
Grades for online biz sections: NYTimes and St. Pete Times get As
Douglas McIntyre of 24/7 Wall St. assesses the content for the online business sections of the top 25 papers in the country and gives As to the New York Times and the St. Petersburg Times and an A- to the Houston Chronicle, but a D- to the Newark Star Ledger and a D to the […]
More reporters, fewer editors coming to WSJ
Richard Perez-Pena of the New York Times writes Wednesday that the naming of Robert Thomson as the new managing editor of The Wall Street Journal likely means more reporters and fewer editors at the paper. Perez-Pena writes, “Going forward, Mr. Thomson will make cosmetic changes to The Journal soon, and will expand the newswires staff, […]
Barboza wins NYT's internal biz reporting award
David Barboza of the New York Times has won the paper’s internal business reporting award, the Nathaniel Nash Award, according to a memo posted by John Koblin of the New York Observer. Executive editor Bill Keller wrote, “It is given to a New York Times correspondent or reporter ‘who excels in business or economic news, […]
Wired magazine makes the transition
David Carr of the New York Times writes Monday about Wired magazine, which he says has successfully made the transition from a tech magazine to more of a general interest business publication. Carr writes, “Magazines like The Industry Standard, Red Herring, Business 2.0, eCompany Now all went down the digital drain, but Wired rowed carefully […]
