Former analyst Blodget slams Cramer show
Former tech stocks analyst Henry Blodget, writing on Slate, takes aim at Jim Cramer and his CNBC show “Mad Money” for dispensing bad investment advice. Blodget wrote, “The more I thought about Cramer, the more I realized that pointing out that he gives terrible investment advice would be like pointing out that the sun rises. […]
Vocal minority wants stock listings back
Maria Aspan in the New York Times writes that the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, after cutting their stock listings, brought back some of those statistics after a vocal minority complained. Aspan wrote, “‘We always had in mind that we would see what the reaction was,’ said Sandra Sugawara, The Post’s assistant managing […]
CNBC's coverage is cozy to business
David Carr writes in the Monday New York Times that what Maria Bartiromo did by flying in the Citigroup corporate jet is typical for a media outlet that has cozied up to its beat. Carr wrote, “CNBC has positioned itself as an adjunct to business, the glowing friend in the corner with the sound off […]
Problems with NY Times' biz section freelancer
New York Times public editor Barney Calame writes in his Sunday column about ethical problems related to a freelancer who has been writing regularly for the paper’s business section. The writer, John Biggs, wrote two short items about Samsung for the paper last year and had taken a trip to Japan paid for by the […]
New president of NY Financial Writers elected
Sheila Mullan, a senior bond reporter at Market News International, was elected president of the New York Financial Writers Association earlier this week. Mullan, who covers the U.S. Treasury bond market, had been vice president of the organization during the last year. She has also worked as a freelance writer at the New York Times […]
CNBC moves to defend Bartiromo
New York Times reporter Geraldine Fabrikant takes a close look at CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo and her association with Citigroup in Friday’s newspaper. Bartiromo’s trip on a Citi corporate jet is apparently what led to the ouster of one of its executives earlier this week. Fabrikant reported that it wasn’t the first time Bartiromo had […]
NY Post biz editor moves to metro slot
New York Post business editor Dan Colarusso, who has been the biz section editor for the past two years, was named the metropolitan editor of the paper, according to a short story. In the story, editor in chief Col Allan stated, “Dan is a quintessential New Yorker who has helped position The Post’s business section […]
Peter Lewis leaves Fortune
Senior editor Peter Lewis, who has been covering technology for Fortune for the past six year, has left the publication as part of the parent company Time Inc.’s layoffs, magazine spokeswoman Susan Brown Williams confirmed. It initially was unclear as to whether Lewis was part of the downsizing announced last week at Time Inc. I […]
NYT's Morgenson is one of Financial Week's "payparazzi"
Financial Week lists seven people who are “most likely to have an impact on compensation policies this year” in its Jan. 15 issue and names New York Times reporter Gretchen Morgenson as one of those. Reporter Jeff Nash wrote, “To be sure, there are way more than seven members of the payparazzi posse, but the […]
CNBC zigs while others zag
Noam Cohen of the New York Times wrote Monday about the new CNBC show “Business Nation,” which premiers later this week, and points out that it’s not what others are doing. Cohen wrote, “As cable news becomes increasingly combative and opinionated, the financial news network CNBC is pushing in the other direction, introducing an hourlong […]
