Defense attorney blames Wall Street Journal for Enron's demise
Mike Ramsey, who represents former Enron Corp. CEO Ken Lay in the current conspiracy and fraud trial by the government against Skilling and Lay over the energy company’s demise, made his opening statement in court today, and he blamed the company’s problems on Wall Street Journal reporters talking to shortsellers, according to Houston Chronicle columnist […]
Jim Cramer moving radio show to CBS
Mad Money host Jim Cramer, probably the most ubiquitous person in business journalism these days, is moving his one-hour radio show to CBS Radio from WOR Radio Network, according to this article from Billboard Radio Monitor. The article states, “Beginning Feb. 14, Jim Cramer’s “Real Moneyâ€? will broadcast live from 1 to 2 p.m. ET […]
Is the Wall Street Journal cutting back overseas?
In a story in the American Journalism Review about the New York Times’ efforts to revamp and revitalize the International Herald Tribune, the reference is made that the IHT is going up against the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times for overseas readers. In that context, there is a discussion as to whether the Wall […]
Spokesman-Review changes stock listings
The changes that the West Coast paper are making include: — Providing more information on companies in our back yard, with enhanced listings for the Northwest 50; — Moving the quick-reference “markets at a glance” information at the top of the main business page instead of at the bottom; — Listing the ticker symbol of […]
Wall Street Journal adds people index
The Wall Street Journal began a people index in today’s newspaper. Like its popular company index, which tells readers what page a company is mentioned on in that day’s newspaper, the people index will tell readers when prominent people are mentioned in stories. The New York Times’ Katherine Seelye covered the change in today’s paper […]
MarketWatch names consumer editor, Hong Kong bureau chief
MarketWatch.com, which was purchased last year by Dow Jones, announced today that it has hired a new consumer editor and a new Hong Kong bureau chief. Angela Moore comes to MarketWatch from Reuters in New York, where she held several positions during the past seven years, most recently as deputy editor for breaking news on […]
Enron trial coverage begins
Coverage of the Enron trial began to build up this weekend. Expect to be inundated with coverage until the trial ends, and the verdict will likely be front-page news in papers across the world. Here are some of the things that I noticed from coverage this weekend: 1. The Associated Press had a basic story […]
Greetings from Asbury Park — with cut stock listings
Somewhere, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band must be playing a sad song. The Asbury Park Press joins the litany of newspapers cutting stock listings. The Press stated in today’s paper: “Beginning this weekend, the Asbury Park Press will no longer publish mutual fund tables on Saturday and will no longer publish stock tables […]
Des Moines Register to cut stock listings
The Des Moines Register announced in today’s paper that it was making some changes to the business section. The Saturday mutual fund statistics will no longer be included in the stock listings. The paper says the move “will provide more space for articles on Iowa business and agriculture in the Saturday Business section.” However, two […]
Puget Sound Biz Journal editor named publisher
Emory Thomas Jr., who has been editor of the Puget Sound Business Journal since June 2004, was named publisher of the weekly business newspaper on Friday. The current publisher, Mike Flynn, is retiring. Thomas has had a distinguished career in business journalism. He worked for the Atlanta Business Chronicle and for the Wall Street Journal […]
