NY Times hires Forsythe, former Bloomberg reporter
Michael Forsythe, the Bloomberg News reporter in China who left the news organization after allegedly leaking that it had held sensitive stories that might upset Chinese officials, has been hired by The New York Times. The hiring was confirmed by Margaret Sullivan, the public editor of the Times, in her column for Sunday’s paper that was posted […]
WSJ’s Corkery joining NY Times biz desk
Michael Corkery, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in its Money & Investing bureau, has resigned to join the New York Times business desk. Corkery will start Monday and will cover banking. Times business editor Dean Murphy writes: Michael has covered a variety of beats during his eight years at The Journal, including housing, […]
Rasky, former economics reporter, dies at 61
Susan Rasky, who covered the economy for Reuters and the New York Times, died Sunday at the age of 61 due to cancer. Daniel Slotnik of the Times writes, “Ms. Rasky wrote more than 1,700 articles for The Times from both New York and Washington, many exploring the intricacies of the tax code and the […]
Washington Post’s Irwin to join New York Times
Neil Irwin, a Washington Post columnist and the economics editor of Wonkblog, is leaving the paper to join the New York Times. Irwin confirmed the change on Twitter on Thursday. Each weekday morning his Econ Agenda column reports and explains the latest trends in economics, finance, and the policies that shape both. He is the […]
China extends credentials for Bloomberg, NYTimes reporters
China extended new press credentials to several reporters at Bloomberg News and the New York Times despite their critical reporting of Chinese government officials, reports James Areddy of The Wall Street Journal. Areddy writes, “China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued 2014 press cards for an unspecified number of China-based reporters, the organizations said. For foreign reporters […]
NYTimes biz columnist Carr to teach a Boston U.
David Carr, who writes a column on the media for the Monday business section of The New York Times, has accepted a job teaching at Boston University. He will continue to write for the Times. Marcella Bombardieri of the Boston Globe writes, “Like Mayor Thomas M. Menino, also about to join the BU faculty, Carr […]
Bloomberg complained to NYTimes about article
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan writes Sunday that Bloomberg News complained to the paper after it published an article about a story it was working on in China. Sullivan writes, “The Times story, which came from unidentified Bloomberg employees, included denials by Bloomberg news executives, including the editor in chief, Matthew Winkler, that […]
Why financial journalists didn’t cover the Blackstone deal
The Daily Show’s Samantha Bee spoke with Gretchen Morgenson of the New York Times business desk about why most of the financial media — except for Bloomberg News — failed to cover a credit default swap deal by the Blackstone Group. She then asked the business desk of BuzzFeed how they would cover the story. […]
Bloomberg, NYTimes journalists could be expelled from China
David Nakamura of The Washington Post reports that journalists from Bloomberg News and The New York Times could be kicked out of China in the wake of critical articles by both news organizations about the business dealings of top government officials. Nakamura writes, “China has long held up visas or denied them to reporters in […]
Ingrassia, former NYT biz editor, named deputy ME
Larry Ingrassia, who was the business editor at the New York Times until about a year ago, has been named a deputy managing editor at the paper, according to a story on the paper’s website. Ravi Bomaiya writes, “Mr. Ingrassia, 61, joined The Times in 2004, after a 25-year-career at The Wall Street Journal, where he rose […]
