NYT report on Chinese cars debunks earlier stories on Lou Dobbs
Ken Shepherd of the Business & Media Institute noted that a front page story in the New York Times earlier this week by Keith Bradsher took a reporting angle that was the exact opposite of reports earlier this year on CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” Shepherd wrote, “Aside from Dobbs’s unfounded fear of free trade, his […]
Critiquing Morgenson's NYT story on mutual fund voting
University of Illinois law professor Larry Ribstein critiqued a recent New York Times article by well-known business journalist Gretchen Morgenson by arguing that mutual fund voting on company proposals is not as conflicted as the reporter stated. Ribstein wrote, “Morgenson makes minimal efforts in today’s article to present the other side by getting quotes from […]
NYT promotes Bryant to deputy editor of biz section
Adam Bryant, the former Newsweek business editor who returned to the New York Times earlier this year, has been named deputy editor for enterprise for the business section, according to a memo from business editor Larry Ingrassia posted on the Romenesko blog. Bryant succeeds Paula Dwyer, who is moving to the paper’s Washington bureau. Dwyer […]
CNBC's Fast Money brings smack back to network
The New York Times’ Elizabeth Jensen wrote Monday about how CNBC is trying a show called “Fast Money” hosted by former Bloomberg reporter Dylan Ratigan that brings out some of the issues with broadcast business journalism that hurt the network’s reputation after the dot-com bubble burst. Jensen wrote, “Later shows like the successful ‘Mad Money’ […]
Times: H-P tried to plant bug on journalist's computer
A New York Times story Monday about the attempts Hewlett-Packard took to discover a leak among its board members notes that the computer maker took other measures beside obtaining phone records of journalist. Reporter Damon Darlin wrote, “Those briefed on the company’s review of the operation say detectives tried to plant software on at least […]
NY Times' Eichenwald joins Conde Nast Portfolio
New York Times business reporter Kurt Eichenwald is leaving the newspaper to become a member of the new business magazine, Conde Nast Portfolio, according to a memo posted this afternoon on the Jim Romenesko blog. Eichenwald will start at the magazine on Oct. 1 and be a senior writer and investigative reporter. The first issue […]
Forbes chides recent NY Times coverage
Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller wrote a letter to New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia and public editor Barney Calame that criticizes the Times’ recent story that called into question the traffic on the Forbes’ Web site, according to Advertising Age. Ad Age’s Nat Ives wrote, “‘Shame on you!’ his letter continued. ‘Not for promoting […]
Taking issue with NY Times economics coverage
George Mason University economics professor Russ Roberts is upset about an article written in the New York Times on Tuesday about worker’s wages and productivity, two basic concepts in economics reporting. The article in question is the Times front-page article by Steven Greenhouse and David Leonhardt, titled “Real Wages Fail to Match a Rise in […]
Forbes' wesbite traffic numbers questioned
New York Times reporter Peter Edmonston wrote in Monday’s newspaper that the traffic numbers for Forbes.com are being questioned by some of its competitors as being the No. 1 Internet site for business news. Edmonston wrote, “But a closer look at the numbers raises questions about Forbes.com’s industry-leading success. For its claim of a worldwide […]
Tech coverage in the New York Times
New York Times technology editor Kevin McKenna answered questions online from readers about the paper’s tech coverage, including whether the paper would bring back its stand-alone Circuits section, which was dropped last year, and how the paper’s tech coverage differed from Web sites that followed the business. McKenna wrote, “After a good seven-year run, Circuits […]
