New York Times relaunches tech blog
The New York Times has relaunched its “Bits” technology blog, which features news and analysis about Silicon Valley, innovation and the people and companies that comprise the tech sector. “Bits” will be edited by Times tech reporter Saul Hansell and will feature posts from other tech reporters. In a post Tuesday, Hansell wrote, “Our goal in this […]
New Asia biz editor at International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune announced Tuesday that Tom Sims was named Asia business editor and will be based at the newspaper’s Hong Kong news bureau. Sims, currently the editor of Marketplace, the European finance section in the IHT, is an experienced business writer having come to the IHT from the Wall Street Journal in Frankfurt. As […]
Murdoch goes on the offensive against the NYTimes
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, the subject of a two-part series in the New York Times about his business operating style due to his bid to purchase Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, lashed back at the Times for what his company called biased treatment. The second part of the […]
Wall Street Journal wins two Loeb Awards
The Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Marketwatch, The New York Times and Syracuse Post-Standard were winners of the 2007 Gerald Loeb Awards given out Monday evening in New York. Charles Fishman of Fast Company magazine and columnist Steve Bailey of the Boston Globe also received awards, considered the Pulitzer Prizes of business journalism. […]
Your face on the cover of Wired magazine
Claudia Deutsch of the New York Times writes Monday about how Wired magazine’s July issue has the pictures of 5,000 of its readers on the cover. Deutsch wrote, “Not coincidentally, the editorial theme of the issue is the growing personalization of all things in cyberspace, and the headline over the photo is ‘You are here.’ […]
Murdoch, Dow Jones board close to agreement on editorial safeguards
Richard Siklos and Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times write for Monday’s paper that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is close to reaching an agreement on measures that are supposed to prevent him from meddling in the journalism at The Wall Street Journal, putting him one step closer to buying its parent company, […]
Everyone wants to make a deal
Richard Siklos of The New York Times explains for Sunday’s newspaper why there is so much talk about dealmaking among media properties, particularly those involved in business journalism, these days. Siklos wrote, “Sometimes, as in the case of Pearson’s outreach to G.E. and Hearst, it’s the most basic of instincts: self-preservation. Pearson knows that one of […]
A biz reporter held hostage at China toy factory
David Barboza of The New York Times writes about what happened to him when he, a translator and a photographer were held against their will at a Chinese toy factory that was involved in the Thomas the Tank Engine toy recall because of lead in the paint. Barboza wrote, “‘You’ve intruded on our property,’ one […]
Business.com could fetch $400 million
Dennis Berman of The Wall Street Journal writes Friday that media companies such as Dow Jones & Co. and The New York Times could bid as much as $400 million for the business.com web site, which is on the block. Berman wrote, “Business.com does the kind of things publishers are trying to do more of: […]
Another issue with NYTimes story on online sales slowing
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs takes a look at the New York Times article on how online retail sales are slowing that was criticized earlier this week by Slate.com’s Jack Shafer. But Fuchs has more issues with this trend story than the fact that its use of numbers in explaining the trend was less than stellar. In […]
