How should the Times cover its shareholder fight?

TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow wonders how the New York Times will cover the increasing discord among its own shareholders when it has been a bastion of covering shareholder rights in its business section. Kantrow wrote, “For reporters on the Times’ business desk, the shareholder brouhaha raises the age-old (and, by now, boring) question of […]

Fortune writer leaving for New York Times

Nelson Schwartz, a senior writer for Fortune magazine, is leaving the bi-weekly business glossy for a job on the New York Times business desk, according to a memo posted Friday on the Romenesko blog. In the memo, Sunday biz editor Timothy O’Brien wrote, “Nelson is a graceful writer, and a wide-ranging curiosity and a mature […]

Was Bloomberg News victim of hoax on gold story?

Michael de la Merced of the New York Times wrote Thursday that it appears that Bloomberg News might have been the victim of a hoax in a story that ran on the news service Wednesday. De la Merced wrote, “Yesterday afternoon, Bloomberg published an update, casting doubt on its original report and fueling suspicions that […]

New 30 under 30 named

NewsBios announced the 2007 NewsBios 30 Under 30 Award recipients. This select group of journalists showcases up-and-coming business and financial reporters and editors. NewsBios first honored young journalists for their exceptional work in 1987 and has since bestowed the awards in 18 of the past 20 years. (The awards were not issued in either 2005 […]

Merger rumors? Consider the source

Former Bloomberg News writer Jonathan Berr, writing on the BloggingStocks.com web site, said he’s not surprised that Dow Chemical is denying reports that it is about to be sold. The rumor was first reported by a British tabloid. Berr wrote, “The U.K.’s Sunday Express, which reported the story, first disclosed these rumors in February. “Whenever […]

Cramer's popularity due to shtick, not stock picks

Lia Miller writes in the New York Times that viewers of CNBC’s Mad Money” show featuring Jim Cramer are more attracted to it to watch his antics than to get good investment advice — and for good reason. A negative stock pick last week by Cramer had investors howling. Miller wrote, “Even so, some people […]

Fallout from Francisco fiasco

The resignation Friday of Marketwatch columnist Bambi Francisco amid allegations that she used her column to promote a company she was building on the site led to a lot of coverage on Saturday’s papers. Damon Darlin of the New York Times wrote, “Ms. Francisco said she expected Dow Jones to issue a news release saying […]

Baltimore Sun cuts stock listings further

The Baltimore Sun, which has cut the stock listings printed in the business section twice in the past three years, is taking another whack at them, according to a short note from Bernie Kohn, assistant managing editor of business. Kohn wrote, “The Sun’s weekly markets package is being moved online, where it will appear each […]

The error-prone business reporters at the New York Times

The Radar web site has an interesting story where it ranks the worst reporters at the New York Times. The rankings are primarily based on the number of corrections divided by the total number of bylines the reporter has had. Rikolas Deagitle wrote, “Radar spent three months slogging through the New York Times‘s archives from June […]

Apollo IPO: Who is right, and who is wrong?

Dealbreaker’s John Carney has an interesting take on the reported news about Apollo Management planning an initial public offering in a post Wednesday. Apparently some business journalists are getting played by their sources, he believes. The whole thing started Tuesday when CNBC reported that the IPO was imminent. The Wall Street Journal and the New […]