Cooper leaves Time for Portfolio; McLean stays at Fortune
Women’s Wear Daily is reporting that Time reporter Matt Cooper is leaving the general interest magazine for a job at new business glossy Conde Nast Portfolio, while Fortune star Bethany McLean has turned down offers from both Portfolio and the New York Times. WWD reporter Sara James wrote, “Cooper was the Time reporter caught up […]
NY Times to run ads on the front of Biz section
The New York Times will begin selling ads that will appear on the front of its business section, Times’ reporter Katherine Seelye noted in a Wednesday story. An announcement was made by executive editor Bill Keller in the newsroom on Tuesday. Seelye wrote, “The ads are expected to sell at a premium rate because of […]
Dumenco is not a fan of NY Times' Career Couch column
Advertising Age’s Simon Dumenco pokes fun at the New York Times’ business section’s “Career Couch,” a Q&A column for career advice. A particularly lame recent column focused on the topic of co-wowrkers who stink. Not those who do a bad job, but those with body odor. Dumenco wrote, “The column ended with this helpful exchange: […]
NY Times launches new column on mortgages
The New York Times launched a new column Sunday in its Real Estate section called “Mortgages,” which is written by Bob Tedeschi. The first one can be read here. Not sure if this is a recurring column or not, but I liked it. Tedeschi also writes the E-commerce report that appears in Monday’s paper, and […]
A fan of NYTimes' biz columnist Joe Nocera
Slate’s Jack Shafer writes this evening about the simplicity behind the writing of New York Times’ business columnist Joseph Nocera. Schafer wrote, “Nocera is no egomaniac, I’d point out. He reaches for the first-person because it allows him an intimacy with his readers. The column is so much a one-on-one conversation over a coffee or […]
The challenge for Conde Nast Portfolio
According to Media Life’s Samantha Melamed, new business glossy Conde Nast Portfolio will need to have journalism that will distinguish itself from others in the group. Melamed wrote, “The challenge for the new monthly title will be to present readers the sort of engaging journalism that will separate it from the slew of existing titles, […]
NYTimes biz editor assesses coverage of scandals
New York Times’ business editor Larry Ingrassia took questions this week from readers about the newspaper’s business section, and a reader from Michigan asked him to assess how his reporters covered the recent corporate scandales. Ingrassia replied that the Times was at the forefront of covering scandals at companies such as Computer Associates but that […]
Times of London editor criticizes NY Times' biz coverage
In an interview with the Press Gazette of London, the Times of London editor Robert Thomson criticized existing newspaper writing and reporting in the United States. The Times is planning to launch a U.S. version later this year. In terms of business coverage, Thomson stated, “What surprised me when I arrived here in 1998 was […]
Enron verdict stories out quickly on the Internet
The media has inundated the Internet with stories about the Enron verdict, which was announced at noon Eastern Standard Time. Some of them are standing out for their comprehensiveness in what the case means, showing that there were a number of business journalists prepared for the verdict. If you’ve never covered a white collar criminal […]
BusinessWeek announces new DC bureau chief
BusinessWeek announced Thursday that it has named Eva M. Rodriguez its new Washington bureau chief. In her new position, she will lead a team of correspondents who cover politics and policy matters for the global business media organization. Most recently, Rodriguez edited and supervised a team of political and legal reporters in the Washington bureau […]
