Kiplinger’s customer database is hacked
Diane Bartz of Reuters reports that a hacking of Kiplinger’s database occurred last month. She writes that hackers “broke into its database and accessed information about 142,000 customers, including possibly 43,000 encrypted credit card numbers. “The hack was discovered on June 25, and affected online subscribers as well as those who have print subscriptions, the […]
The fight against bafflegab
Pamela Yellen of The Huffington Post writes about Sylvia Porter, one of the pioneers of personal finance journalism who wrote a syndicated column for decades. Yellen writes, “At first, as a 22-year-old financial news freelancer for the New York Evening Post in 1935, Porter was required to use the byline ‘S.F. Porter’ to mask the […]
WSJ wins three Loebs; Bloomberg and NYTimes win two
The first two Loeb Awards — and three of the first four — announced Tuesday night went to Dow Jones & Co. news operations. Julia Angwin, Emily Steel, Scott Thurm, Christina Tsuei, Paul Antonson, Jill Kirschenbaum and Jovi Juan of The Wall Street Journal received the Loeb Award for “What They Know” in the online […]
Personal finance site Bankrate.com goes public, shares rise
Bankrate.com, a personal finance website that has three dozen business journalists working for it, went public on Friday, but its shares fell in initial trading. Its shares were trading at $14.74 as of 1:30 p.m. EST, down from its offering price of $15. UPDATE: Bankrate, which began as a newsletter in 1976, saw its shares […]
Motley Fool launches app for smartphones
Personal finance site The Motley Fool has launched a free application available on Android and iPhones. Its app will be available on iPads and Blackberrys later this summer. “At The Motley Fool, we don’t just empower people to take control of their financial lives, we provide the tools to do it including trustworthy advice and […]
Time.com adds personal finance section
Jim Frederick, the managing editor of Time.com, sent out the following announcement about the website’s new personal finance section: I am very proud to announce the launch of TIME.com’s latest vertical, Moneyland, your one-stop source for personal finance and economic news, analysis, and advice. Moneyland went live yesterday and I encourage you all to check […]
Online personal finance reporting course offered for minority journalists
The International Center for Journalists is offering two online courses in English and Spanish on covering personal finance. The courses are for Hispanic journalists and US journalists covering finance issues for minority and immigrant communities. They will run July 1 to Aug. 12. The courses are open to Spanish-speaking and English-speaking journalists from ethnic media. […]
Explaining personal finance topics
Larry Ingrassia, the business editor of The New York Times, explains the paper’s personal finance coverage philosophy. Ingrassia was part of a panel on personal finance coverage at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference.
Consumers need more — and better — personal finance reporting
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Media need to spend more time covering personal finance issues so that consumers can take better control of their lives, a panel of personal finance journalists said Friday. “The bad news is that it continues to be a category that is the Rodney Dangerfield of journalism,” said Jonathan Dahl, the editor […]
AOL layoffs include DailyFinance, WalletPop staffs
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The layoffs at AOL’s news operation on Thursday include staff members at DailyFinance.com, Luxist.com and WalletPop.com, sources confirmed to Talking Biz News. The layoffs are due to AOL combining its editorial operations with The Huffington Post, which put Arianna Huffington in charge of the combined editorial operations. At least four staff members […]
