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 […]
The online war between a CEO and a biz journalist
Dan Mitchell of the New York Times takes note of the increasing online flaming going on between Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne and business journalist Gary Weiss in the weekly “What’s Online” column. Mitchell wrote, “Entries on message boards devoted to discussing Overstock.com asserted that Mr. Byrne was behind an anonymously written Web site, AntiSocialMedia.net, that […]
NBC reports State Farm ruling as little guy victory
Ken Shepherd of the Business & Media Institute points out that NBC’s coverage of a $2.5 million ruling against insurance company State Farm was much different than how it was covered by other media such as the Associated Press and New York Times. Shepherd wrote that NBC anchor Brian “Williams told viewers of the January […]
How much was former Home Depot CEO really paid?
That’s the question that Dominic Jones wants answered, and he noted on his IR Web Report blog that he can’t get a straight answer from the business journalists who covered the ouster of Bob Nardelli from the Atlanta-based home improvement retailer. Jones wrote, “No one seems to know for sure, in part because the figures […]
Who paid for union ad in New York Times?
As noted earlier, the union representing business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Marketwatch and Dow Jones Newswire ran an ad in the New York Times on Tuesday about the redesigned Journal and its current negotiations with parent company Dow Jones. Apparently the union, the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees, has received a few […]
NY Times names Headlam as media and marketing editor
Bruce Headlam will become media and marketing editor, a newly expanded job in which he will direct coverage of those topics as well as continue to oversee the Monday section of Business Day, according to a memo from New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia posted on the Romenesko web site. Ingrassia stated, “As part […]
With markets closed, new WSJ falls on deaf ears
Katherine Seelye of the New York Times writes Tuesday that the redesigned Wall Street Journal probably isn’t reaching as many people as it initially expected because the stock markets are closed due to the death of former president Gerald Ford. Seelye wrote, “That means The Journal’s core audience is likely to miss the ballyhooed first […]
Top 10 biz journalism events for 2006
Yes, I am once again succumbing to the easy temptation of a list, an odious form of journalism that I don’t like. But the people, they seem to like these lists. So here are the top 10 events in business journalism for 2006: 10. The failure of business journalists to accurately report about the holiday […]
Late Friday filings with the SEC
Dominic Jones, writing on the IRWebReport.com web site, waxes about how the SEC fell into the same trap with business journalists that many companies it’s supposed to regulate have done — make a major announcement on a late Friday. The SEC decided to announce on the Friday before Christmas that it was going to allow […]
NY Times about to hire new biz reporter?
Jeff Bercovici on the Radar web site is reporting that the New York Times is about to hire Rebecca Dana, a reporter at the New York Observer, to cover the business of television. Bercovici wrote, “Dana declined to comment, but one source notes the position she’s considering there would be covering television and emerging media […]
