WSJ runs correction, and Merrill Lynch rejoices

Jenny Anderson of The New York Times notes that Merrill Lynch chief operating officer Gregory Fleming issued a memo to employees after The Wall Street Journal ran a correction Monday about a front-page article on the company earlier this month. The memo stated, “In the past few weeks, we have witnessed a shift in negative […]

New York Times has housing all wrong

Danielle Babb writes Monday on a real estate blog on the Enterpreneur magazine web site that the New York Times’ Floyd Norris has the real estate market pegged incorrectly when he writes that it will cause a recession. Babb wrote, “At first glance, his logic appears to make sense. However, he ignores some of his […]

Success magazine hasn't found any yet

Andrew Adam Newman of The New York Times writes about how small business magazine Success is trying to make a go of it once again with a new owner. Newman wrote, new owner “VideoPlus produces training materials for the direct-sales industry and publishes several magazines, including Success From Home and Empowering Women. All consist of […]

Oil industry book lifted passage from Wikipedia

Noam Cohen of The New York Times writes that a book by George Orwel on the oil industry lifted five paragraphs almsot verbatim from a Wikipedia entry. Orwel, who has been a senior writer for Oil Daily and Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, declined to talk to The Times. Cohen wrote, “Copying from Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia […]

CEOs become an obsession — again

TheDeal executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes Friday about how the business media seem to be falling all over themselves in the latest coverage of CEO changes. Kantrow wrote, “What do CEOs do? Does anyone in the media have a clue? True, all reporters and editors seem to possess a vague idea that CEOs ‘run companies,’ […]

NYTimes.com readership gains bode well for WSJ.com

Michael Learmonth, writing on the Silicon Alley Insider web site, writes that the gains in readership on the New York Times web site since it became free bode well for making The Wall Street Journal’s web site free as well. Learmonth wrote, “According to Hitwise, U.S. visits to NYTimes.com are up 13% since the company […]

Arango leaves Fortune for Times, which strikes out with WSJ reporters

John Koblin of The New York Observer reports Wednesday that Fortune reporter Tim Arango is leaving the magazine for a job on the New York Times business desk to cover media companies. However, The Times was unsuccessful in luring reporters from The Wall Street Journal. Koblin wrote, “His arrival will come as a relief to […]

"Green" business coverage rises dramatically in 2007

The number of ‘green’ business stories published in the nation’s 10 largest newspapers this year has already doubled last year’s total, according to a study released by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. A significant shift is underway in coverage priorities, the study found. Examination of content determined that 81 of 154 business […]

Why does Times give space to Blodget?

New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt writes about why the business section of the newspaper has printed articles from former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget, who has been barred from working in the investment industry again. Hoyt wrote, “I think there are two questions here. One is whether The Times properly identifies Blodget when […]

CEO: Media contributes to housing woes

Floyd Norris of the New York  Times writes Friday that Toll Brothers CEO Robert Toll blamed the media on a conference call for the poor sales for his homebuilding company. Norris wrote, “‘Perhaps as the presidential campaign heats up and moves to the front page, negative articles about housing will move off the front page,’ he […]