Real estate blog network gets investors
Dan Mitchell of The New York Times writes Tuesday that the real estate blog network Curbed.com has received $1.5 from investors that include Gawker Media. Mitchell wrote, “Nick Denton, Mr. Steele’s boss when he was managing editor of the Gawker Media blog network, and Zach Nelson, chief executive of NetSuite, a maker of business software, […]
TheStreet.com survives when bigger players enter the market
Maria Aspan of The New York Times writes Monday about how TheStreet.com continues to thrive despite bigger players entering the online business journalism market. Aspan wrote, “For 11 years, TheStreet.com has developed its identity as a small, reliable financial information Web site, a quiet and somewhat plain publication buoyed by the loud, larger-than-life personality of its co-founder, […]
The story that killed Kurt Eichenwald's career
David France of New York magazine writes Monday about how former New York Times and Conde Nast Portfolio business reporter Kurt Eichenwald killed his career by getting involved in a story on child pornography. France wrote, “Now Eichenwald has been ensnared by his own campaign. His reporting methods are under intense scrutiny, and he’s been […]
Bloomberg editor leaves to go to New York Times
Bloomberg News senior editor David Gillen resigned last week to take a job at the New York Times business desk, sources at Bloomberg confirmed this weekend. Gillen’s position at the Times has not yet been formally announced, according to an employee of its business news desk, but we hear it’s to be finance editor. Gillen […]
Biz media help oust Merrill Lynch CEO
Jack Flack writes on the Conde Nast Portfolio web site that the business media has been used to help force out Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O’Neal, who is expected to resign soon. Flack wrote, “While some lauded the NYT’s Wachovia scoop, the story was undoubtedly delivered into the laps of Jenny Anderson and Landon Thomas […]
Nocera denies applying for WSJ job
Earlier Tuesday, Talking Biz News posted an item about New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera in which a News Corp. executive was quoted as stating that Nocera had applied for a job at The Wall Street Journal and that the reason he wrote a negative column last week about Fox Business Network was because […]
Nocera baffled by Fox Business Network strategy
New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera writes for Saturday’s paper that after one week of Fox Business Network, he’s baffled by its strategy, which seems to be solely to make fun of rival CNBC. Nocera wrote, “Clearly, Fox is aiming for a different, broader audience than CNBC — perhaps the same conservative audience that […]
How the WSJ will take on the NYTimes
Michael Calderone of The New York Observer writes Wednesday about the strategy behind how the Wall Street Journal will take on the New York Times in national coverage after News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch closes on his deal to acquire parent company Dow Jones & Co. Calderone wrote, “In early August, just days after bickering […]
Giggly, upbeat and perky
Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times critiques the first day of Fox Business Network and comes away with the fact that the anchors and reporters want to make business news fun. Stanley wrote, “Neil Cavuto of Fox News has his own show on the new business network, but it was Bill O’Reilly of ‘The […]
Why the NYTimes covers the media business thoroughly
Bruce Headlam, the media and marketing editor at the New York Times, explains in a Q&A with readers why the paper pays so much attention to the media business in its business section. Headlam said, “The worlds of media and advertising tend to create —  or at least elevate —  big, volatile personalities […]
