Wired magazine set to relaunch web site
Michael Arrington of the TechCrunch blog has a review of the new Wired magazine website, which is scheduled to be unveiled soon. Arrington wrote, “We expect at least part of the new design and...
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Steiger receives SABEW award
Paul Steiger, The Wall Street Journal’s longest-serving managing editor, will receive the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers at its 44th annual conference in Anaheim, Calif., May...
Unemployment coverage is lacking
Les Russ, writing on the Watching the Watchers web site, wants to know how the business media can write so positively about the recent unemployment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics when they...
Portfolio writer plans libel lawsuit
Kurt Eichenwald, the former New York Times investigative business reporter who now works at Conde Nast’s soon-to-be-launched Portfolio magazine, is planning a libel lawsuit against another journalist, reports Janet Whitman of the New York...
Gretchen Morgenson and the subprime mortgage bust
University of Illinois law professor Larry Ribstein, a frequent critic of New York Times business journalist Gretchen Morgenson, takes aim at her weekend column about the impending collapse of the mortgage industry. Ribstein wrote,...
Biz journalists among Pulitzer finalists
Business journalists are finalists in three Pulitzer Prize categories, according to a list published on the Editor & Publisher site by Joe Strupp. The Wall Street Journal’s series on the backdating of stock options...
NYTimes biz reporter leaves for political beat
Katherine Seelye, who has covered the media beat for the New York Times for the past two years, has left the paper’s business desk for a job covering politics for its web site, according...
NY Times biz reporter's calls with Wal-Mart taped by company employee
The New York Times is reporting that phone calls between one of its business reporters and a Wal-Mart public relations employee were taped by another company employee. Julie Creswell wrote, “The technician, whom Wal-Mart...
Florida paper cuts stock listings
The Ocala Star-Banner, which is owned by the New York Times, will cut its printed stock listings during the week, according to executive editor Robyn Tomlin’s Sunday column. Tomlin wrote, “On Tuesday, readers of...
When biz journalists anoint kings
It’s a dangerous business for business journalists to be naming kings, points out TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow in her latest column. Kantrow wrote, “Just ask BusinessWeek. In 1985, the magazine crowned Salomon Brothers...
