UFW threatens media that don't cover it favorably
LA Weekly writer Marc Cooper says that the allegations levied against the Los Angeles Times for its four-part series last month against the United Farm Workers by the union is not unusual. He too has been threatened by the union about what he has written about them. He has a 20-page written demand from the […]
Good economic coverage is buried
Meg Kreikemeier, writing on TCS Daily, makes a good case that the recent strong economic news has been downplayed by various media, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and the national magazines. Kreikemeier wrties, “A perusal the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune in late November and through mid-December revealed that almost all […]
New pub FinancialWeek names editor, sets June 5 date for pilot issue
FinancialWeek will be a new publication from Crain Communications Inc., which owns weekly business newspapers in New York, Chicago, Detroit and other markets. It named Robert Hertzberg, a former news editor at Bloomberg, as its editor, in a press release issued today. The release stated, “Mr. Hertzberg joined FinancialWeek from Source Media, where he had […]
Exxon Mobil to boost its PR spending
Or maybe the headline should read “Exxon Mobil to boost its PR spinning,” according to a recent article in PR Week that was critiqued by The Weekly Spin. The Weekly Spin writes, “After enjoying the largest profits of any company, ever, in 2005, Exxon Mobil has the resources — and the need — for expanded […]
Chicago Trib killed story on CEO compensation last May
That’s the allegation made today by Geoff Dougherty, a former reporter at the Chicago Tribune, who researched and wrote an article about CEO compensation for the Tribune last year in which parent company Tribune Co. CEO Dennis FitzSimons figured into prominently because of his large compensation package. Dougherty, in a post on the ChiTown Daily […]
Telco, upset with biz columnist, drops ads in SF Chronicle
John Battelle, director of the business reporting program at Cal-Berkeley, notes on his blog that SBC, which is now AT&T, has dropped advertising in the San Francisco Chronicle because the telecommmunications company is upset with biz columnist David Lazarus. Battelle, one of the co-founders of Wires magazine, writes, “Sure, a company has the right to […]
Fatigue sets in for covering Enron trial
The Houston Chronicle’s Mark Tolson notes that most of the national media has tired already of covering the Enron trial that is now in its second week and is expected to last for months. Wrote Tolson: “It’s a far cry from the early days, when news organizations tried to outdo each other with tales of […]
And another one gone, part 12
The Cincinnati Enquirer announced in this morning’s newspaper that it will no longer print stock listings in its Tuesday through Saturday business sections, joining a long list of metropolitan newspapers that have cut or eliminated stock listings. The change begins on Feb. 14. Other newspapers that have cut stock listings include the Chicago Tribune, Denver […]
Critiquing NYTimes coverage of commodities
In Sunday’s New York Times, writer Conrad De Aenlle wrote about commodities such as oil, copper, lumber and gold, wondering whether they were the next bull market. De Aenlle stated, “A widely followed benchmark of commodity prices, the Commodity Research Bureau index, reached a record high recently after nearly doubling since late 2001. Shares of […]
An Enron employee's goal: 100 interviews
Charlie Prestwood, a former Enron employee, gushed when TheDeal.com’s Yvette Kantrow called him. “You’re my 97th interview!” he exclaimed. Prestwood wants to be interviewed 100 times by different media outlets so that he can tell the story of how his $1.3 million retirement nest egg went up in flames with Enron went down. The beginning […]
