Does daily market coverage make any sense?
Jack Naudi, a business columnist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, doesn’t think so. In his column this morning, he writes: “I had an interesting discussion recently with a reader who is convinced that when the Dow hits any number with three zeroes at the end, investors should pay attention. “But reaching round numbers isn’t all. […]
Criticizing the NYT's Floyd Norris
CFO Magazine’s Ronald Fink criticized part of Floyd Norris’ column in this morning’s New York Times on his blog called Ron’s Rant. Fink, the magazine’s deputy editor, writes: “The usually dependable New York Times business reporter Floyd Norris commits the same error in his column today that I did a few months ago while researching […]
Proxy season is coming!
Marlene Kennedy, the business editor at the Albany Times-Union, had this to say about the upcoming proxy season in this morning’s paper: “You have to be a hard-core business reporter — or a moderately serious investor — to enjoy sifting through the documents’ minutiae. “‘Beneficial ownership reporting compliance’; ‘Certain relationships and related transactions’; ‘Compensation committee […]
Business journalists and numbers
Richard Holden, a former editor at the Wall Street Journal who is now executive director of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, has spent the past few years collecting examples from newspapers of how journalists improperly use numbers in their writing. He also teaches seminars across the country to journalists on how to better use numbers. […]
NY Times biz writer criticizes Forbes 400 list
Timothy O’Brien is a New York Times business reporter and the recent author of Trump Nation: The Art of Being the Donald, which the real estate developer has criticized vociferously. O’Brien was interviewed Friday on the On the Media radio program for NPR and criticized the Forbes 400 list as being investment pornography. Here is […]
A PR person's perspective on posting interviews online
I hate to beat a dead horse, but we have yet to hear from all sides of the issue regarding Overstock.com President Patrick Byrne’s posting on the Internet of his responses to a long list of questions from BusinessWeek e-commerce editor Timothy Mullaney — before the story was published in the magazine or on its […]
Bartiromo critiques her work
CNBC star Maria Bartiromo was in Virginia Beach on Tuesday giving a speech at Regent University. She made several comments about business and personal finance journalism that are interesting to note, according to an article in this morning’s Virginian Pilot: 1. “I’m part of the noiseâ€? that complicates investment choices, Bartiromo acknowledged. The news she […]
Henry Blodget's view of the BW/Overstock online battle
We all know who Henry Blodget is. The disgraced former Wall Street analyst now has a Web site called Internet Outsider where he posts comments about Internet stocks. Blodget took at look at the Overstock.com/BusinessWeek tussle between President Patrick Byrne and e-commerce editor Timothy Mullaney. Here are his decidedly anti-journalist comments: “Well, first, he takes […]
Financial Times settles lawsuit with broker
The Financial Times newspaper has settled a libel lawsuit with a broker that sued it, agreeing to pay damages and legal fees to the broker. This Reuters story reads in part: “Collins Stewart had sued the FT over its 2003 coverage of allegations by former equity analyst James Middleweek, who accused the brokerage of regulatory […]
Blogs level the business journalism playing field
Mathew Ingram, who in addition to his own blog is also the online business columnist for the Toronto Globe and Mail, had this to say about the whole Overstock/Business Week brouhaha: “As a journalist with feet (or arms) in both the world of traditional media and the world of blogs, I’m well acquainted with the […]
