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 […]
SABEW Best in Business award winners named
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has named the winners in its 12th annual Best in Business contest, which recognizes the best sections or publications, as well as the best breaking news, enterprise and projects reporting in business journalism during 2006. The contest received 761 entries from daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, wire […]
What Zell's purchase of Tribune Co. means to its business desks
Billionaire Sam Zell’s pending acquisition of the Tribune Co. for $8.2 billion means that the business desks of some of the top newspapers in the country will have a new boss. And the business news sections of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and The Sun-Sentinel in South Florida are among the best […]
More on what PR people know about business journalists
The New York Times takes a look Monday morning at the faux pas committed by Microsoft’s outside PR firm, which accidentally sent a memo it had prepared on a reporter for Wired magazine to the reporter. Angela Macropoulos wrote the Fred Vogelstein, the Wired contibuting editor, was “described as ‘tricky’ in interviews. ‘He looks deeply […]
Carr: Biz media have become immune to layoffs
The New York Times’ David Carr writes a column for Monday’s paper, already available online Sunday evening, that wonders why the business media have begun to ignore large layoffs such as the one announced last week by Circuit City. Carr wrote, “After hearing a fairly expansive report on public radio’s Marketplace late Wednesday, I woke […]
The Audit benefactor is former Enron board member
Forbes.com columnist Gary Weiss writes on his blog Friday that the Herbert Winokur who is helping to fund Columbia Journalism Review’s blog “The Audit” about business journalism because of his concern about the quality of the field is the same Herbert Winokur lambasted by the business media for his role in the Enron collapse as […]
Another example of biz journalists not understanding numbers
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs writes on yet another example of business journalists writing about numbers that they don’t seem to understand. The example comes from Monday’s New York Times, and the story is about newspaper advertising. As Fuchs points out, the positive number in the story — advertising revenue from newspaper web sites — is not […]
New NYTimes reporter on media beat
Richard Perez-Pena is joining the business news desk of the New York Times to cover the publishing beat formerly covered by Katherine Seelye, according to a memo from business editor Larry Ingrassia posted on the Romenesko site. Ingrassia stated, “We’re pleased to say that, after many years in Metro, Richard will become the new publishing […]
