The point of reading business news
Rocky Mountain News business editor Rob Reuteman, who is a SABEW board member, has a nice round-up of the ethical discussion surrounding using short sellers as sources from last weekend’s Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ annual conference in his Saturday column. Reuteman’s analysis is that SEC Chairman Christopher Cox tried to suck up […]
More takes on the SEC and subpoenas
A number of newspapers this morning have coverage of SEC chairman Christopher Cox’s speech and Q&A at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ annual conference in Minneapolis. The issue is whether the SEC should subpoena business journalists as part of its investigations, as it did earlier this year with MarketWatch’s Herb Greenberg and […]
SABEW members grill UnitedHealth CEO on stock options
UnitedHealth Group CEO William McGuire was grilled by journalists at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference in Minneapolis on Monday about his $1.6 billion in stock options. An investigation is trying to determine if the stock options were backdated to make them more profitable for the leader of one of the […]
More on Cox talk at SABEW
SEC Commissioner Christopher Cox chose his speech to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers to disclose that the regulatory agency was thinking about requiring companies to disclose more tax information, according to an Associated Press report. According to an article written by AP reporter Joshua Freed, “SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said he discussed […]
Herb asks, and SEC chairman Cox answers
At the SABEW conference in Minneapolis on Monday, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox spoke about regulation and about the agency’s new rules regarding subpoenas of business journalists as part of investigations. MarketWatch columnist Herb Greenberg, who was one of the journalists subpoenaed by the agency, asked Cox the first question after his speech. According to the […]
Anti-naked short faction attacking biz journalists
The Sanity Check web site, which is one of the vehicles used by the anti-naked short selling campaign, is posting Monday comments made at a panel at the SABEW conference in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Sunday. Business editor Dan Colarusso from the New York Post is quoted as saying at a panel on the battle between […]
Realtors start blog, blame media coverage
Orange County Register columnist Jon Lansner, who is also SABEW’s president, notes in his blog that the National Association of Realtors has started a blog to address what it believes is unfair coverage in the media. Lansner writes, “Here’s their premise, it’s all the media’s fault: ‘News coverage shapes perceptions of people, organizations and entire […]
Virginian-Pilot all over Ford plant closing story
Public editor Marvin Lake notes in a Sunday column that the Virginian-Pilot’s coverage of the announced closing of a Ford plant in its circulation area was strong on April 14. Still, business editor Bill Choyke questioned whether the paper could have gotten the story before it was officially announced. Lake writes, “The newsroom leaders and […]
Former SABEW board member leaving business
Former SABEW board member Mary Flannery has left the Philadelphia Inquirer, where she was once business editor, and is becoming an executive in the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The Inquirer made the announcement in Monday’s paper. Flannery has been named senior vice president, communications, of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce effective May 1. She […]
Salt Lake City paper fights for incentive records
The Salt Lake Tribune has been requesting records from the state about companies that have received tax incentives, but has yet to get the information because the governor has been fighting the request. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Thursday. Tribune staff writer Rebecca Walsh writes, “In January, a Tribune business reporter requested […]
