WSJ parody sells well
Richard Perez-Pena of the New York Times writes about a parody of The Wall Street Journal that is being snapped up at newsstands across the country — by someone from the Journal. Perez-Pena wrote, “The tabloid-format satire, ‘My Wall Street Journal,’ mostly sets out to skewer The Journal’s new owner, the News Corporation, and its […]
Pulitzer winners include business journalism
Steve Pearlstein, the economics columnist for the Washington Post, and a series on conterfeit toxic drugs from the New York Times business desk were among the Pulitzer Prize winners announced Monday. The Times series was in the investigative reporting category, and honored Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker for “their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and […]
Tech bloggers who post until they drop
Matt Richtel of the New York Times writes Sunday about bloggers who cover the tech industry and blog so much that their health suffers. Richtel writes, “Of course, the bloggers can work elsewhere, and they profess a love of the nonstop action and perhaps the chance to create a global media outlet without a major […]
So far, so good with Murdoch and WSJ
David Carr of the New York Times is taking questions online this week, and one reader asked him about his earlier prediction that Rupert Murdoch would destroy The Wall Street Journal. So far, Carr wrote, he hasn’t seen any problems. Carr wrote, “The folks I know at the Journal are jumpy, but fundamentally happy. And […]
NY Times biz desk looking to expand online
The New York Times business desk is seeking to hire three new business journalists to expand its online news presence with blogs and online sections devoted to energy and the economy, according to internal job postings provided to Talking Biz News by one staff member. The staff member says, “It shows how aggressively we’re responding […]
Bear Stearns, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow notes Monday that New York Times business reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin‘s scoop last week about J.P. Morgan upping its offer to purchase Bear Stearns signifies that it knew it had the story to itself. Kantrow wrote, “Unlike many scoops these days, it was strictly a print affair; it did not […]
Wired publisher leaving for Atlantic Monthly
Richard Perez-Pena reports Thursday that Jay Lauf, the publisher of Wired magazine, is leaving to become publisher of the Atlantic Monthly. Perez-Pena wrote, “For Mr. Lauf, 44, the move is more unorthodox, taking him from a larger, more lucrative magazine to a smaller, less prosperous one. Wired has a circulation of 706,000, compared with 432,000 […]
SABEW names Best in Business winners
The winners of the 13th annual Society of American Business Editors and Writers Best in Business Awards were named Thursday, and they include winners in the magazine categories for the first time. The Arizona Republic, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and USA Today won in the general excellence category for newspapers with a circulation […]
Recession-proof business media?
Cate Doty of the New York Times writes about Doubledown Media, the parent of Trader Monthly and Dealmaker, two business magazines thriving despite Wall Street’s woes because of its high-income readership. Doty writes, “The company, founded in 2004 and based in Manhattan, is hiring in anticipation of big growth in advertising revenue, and publishing a […]
Lieber named new "Your Money" columnist at New York Times
Ron Lieber has been named the new “Your Money” columnist at the New York Times, according to a memo from business editor Larry Ingrassia posted on the Romenesko site. Lieber has been the managing editor of the new personal finance Web site Filife. He replaces Damon Darlin. Ingrassia wrote, “We have now found someone who […]
