Yet another story about Jim Cramer
David Carr, writing in this morning’s New York Times, takes up the subject of Mad Money host Jim Cramer, who has also been profiled in recent weeks by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Dallas Morning News. Carr writes, “At a time when people will not pick up finance magazines with a set of tongs and too […]
Smaller newspapers are business blogging as well
Although many large metropolitan newspapers such as the San Jose Mercury News, Houston Chronicle and Denver Post have business reporters or columnists blogging, I’ve discovered that some smaller papers are also getting into the act. At The Herald in Everett, Wash., just north of Seattle, they have had two business-related blogs for the past two […]
CNBC rival to be launched by Fox by end of the year
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch plans to launch a CNBC rival by the end of the year, he tells Newsweek’s senior writer Johnnie Roberts in an exclusive interview. “We’re in pretty intense discussions with the biggest cable companies, and making quite considerable progress,” says Murdoch. “You can expect something fairly soon.” The interview can be […]
Former BusinessWeek editor new editor of South China Morning Post
Mark Clifford, who was Asia regional editor for BusinessWeek from 1995 to 2003 and a former business editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, is the new editor of the South China Morning Post, effective April 1, according to this morning’s paper. A short announcement in the paper stated, “At the same time, David Armstrong […]
Neil Cavuto on Friday's unemployment numbers
The blog News Hounds critiqued Neil Cavuto’s coverage of the unemployment numbers on Friday as being extremely pro-Bush while other media outlets seemed to ignore the statistics that showed a four-year low. News Hounds wrote, “Cavuto would have his audience believe that the numbers prove that the Bush administration has a steady, knowledgeable hand on […]
Super Bowl ad business stories
There are some things about business journalism that nauseate me, especially certain stories that editors deem have to be written on an annual basis. Writing about Super Bowl advertising from a business perspective is one of those stories, and yes, I have had to write it before. These stories seem like free advertising for the […]
Biz columnist is discussed by potential jurors
I know I’ve been blogging about the Enron trial a lot, but there’s just so much coming out of it related to business journalism that needs to be shared. The latest comes again from Houston Chronicle business columnist Loren Steffy’s Full Disclosure blog about the trial, which has had me laughing nearly every time I’ve […]
Fortune's Bethany McLean talks to media about her role in Enron scandal
Fortune magazine writer Bethany McLean, widely credited for writing the first story that criticized Enron and questioned its accounting, was interviewed by the Houston Chronicle about why she is at the trial and what role she played. She downplayed her story and her role in bringing down Enron. “The story took on an importance later […]
Shaking the hands of the defendants
Denver Post business columnist Al Wilson has also been at the Enron trial, and he actually shook the hands of the defendants as they ran the media gauntlet outside the courtroom. Wilson also overheard Skilling tell Fortune writer Peter Elkind, “You look prosperous,” as reported on the Fortune blog of the trial in the posting […]
Syracuse paper folds tech section back into business
The Syracuse Post-Standard announced in today’s paper that its previous stand-alone Technology section would now be folded into its Business section, beginning with Wednesday’s paper. Senior managing editor Stan Linhorst wrote, “In the end, it no longer made sense to segregate technology news in a separate section. It’s everywhere in our world, and that’s reflected […]
