Henriques to receve Elliott Bell Award
Diana Henriques of The New York Times will receive the Elliott V. Bell Award from the New York Financial Writers’ Association next month at its annual dinner. The award is given “to an outstanding journalist for a significant long-term contribution to the profession of financial journalism.â€? The dinner will be June 1 at the Marriott […]
Biz sections need to stop writing so much about newspapers
Marek Fuchs of TheStreet.com writes Monday that one of the reasons why so many readers are ditching newspapers is that newspaper business sections spend too much time reporting about the newspaper industry. Exhibit A, he wrote, is the business section of the New York Times on Monday. He wrote, “Business news is probably the only […]
Critics misguided for slamming WSJ's Steiger
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow wonders what was behind a New York Times story earlier this week that wrote about the fact that Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger knew that News Corp. had made a $5 billion offer for the Journal’s parent company Dow Jones & Co. but didn’t disclose it to journalists […]
New tech editor named at New York Times
Damon Darlin has been named the new technology editor at the New York Times, according to a memo from business editor Larry Ingrassia posted on the Romenesko web site. Ingrassia wrote, “Damon joined the Times two years ago to write the Your Money feature for our Saturday section. He did a great job at that […]
WSJ needs Murdoch like another hole in head
William Powers of The National Journal takes issue with all of the coverage of the proposed News Corp. acquisition of Dow Jones & Co. that emphasizes that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is a media genuis who will save The Wall Street Journal. The three articles that Powers mentions as espousing this theory are in […]
Dow Jones/News Corp. coverage has jumped the shark
Old-timers who watched the “Happy Days” show in the 1970s will recognize the phrase “jumped the shark.” It’s in reference to the episode when Fonzie jumped a shark on the show — a signal that the show had lost all connection with reality. Dealbreaker.com’s John Carney believes the same thing has happened with the coverage […]
News Corp. acquiring Dow Jones would be dangerous to competitors
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business looks at the proposed $5 billion acquisition of Dow Jones & Co. by News Corp. and comes up with a number of ways that the deal would hurt competitors in business journalism. Flamm wrote, “While CNBC has the exclusive use of Journal reporters on air until 2012, Mr. […]
Journalists plan to sue Hewlett-Packard over spying
Damon Darlin of the New York Times writes Monday that three CNET business journalists who were spied on by computer maker Hewlett-Packard to determine leaks from its board plan to sue the company for invasion of privacy. Darlin wrote, “While the dispute revolves around the issue of how the journalists’ careers may have been damaged […]
New Loeb Award final judges announced
The G. and R. Loeb Foundation and UCLA Anderson School of Management announce changes Monday to the final judging panel of the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Named as new final judges are: Matthew Bishop, bureau chief, The Economist; Douglas Frantz, managing editor, Los Angeles Times; Chrystia Freeland, U.S. managing editor, […]
Murdoch as the big, bad wolf
New York Times media columnist David Carr sits back and takes a look at what might happen between News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and the Bancroft family that controls Dow Jones & Co. in his Monday column, available online Sunday night. Last week, Murdoch made a $5 billion offer for Dow Jones, which owns The […]
