Reuters battles with Bloomberg for market share
Eric Pfanner of the International Herald Tribune notes that Reuters CEO Tom Glocer has been aggressive in making changes at the business wire and information service in its attempts to regain market share against rival Bloomberg News. Pfanner wrote, “With 2,400 journalists globally, news is something that Reuters produces in abundance. Glocer said he considered […]
Reuters' Wong one of most influential women in the business
Although she is not as commonly recognized as some of her journalism colleagues, Betty Wong, managing editor of Reuters America, is one of the most influential women in American business journalism. That is the opinion of Dean Rotbart, host and executive producer of NewsTalk 870 KRLA’s Newsroom Confidential, the weekly Southern California radio show that […]
Reuters looking to hire 100 reporters, including in U.S.
The news agency Reuters is looking to beef up its operations, including hiring for a number of business reporting positions in the United States, reports British newspaper The Guardian. Press correspondent Stephen Brook writes, “The company is hiring 21 political and general news journalists across the world and 12 new editors for its global picture […]
Enron verdict stories out quickly on the Internet
The media has inundated the Internet with stories about the Enron verdict, which was announced at noon Eastern Standard Time. Some of them are standing out for their comprehensiveness in what the case means, showing that there were a number of business journalists prepared for the verdict. If you’ve never covered a white collar criminal […]
The BofA story that just won't die
TheDeal.com Executive Editor Yvette Kantrow notes that a recent BusinessWeek story on how Bank of America wants to build an investment banking business sounds awfully familiar. Last year, CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo posed the same question to BofA CEO Ken Lewis. In 2003, both AFX and Reuters wrote the story. In 1999, it was American Banker […]
Shakeup at the Financial Times
Pearson plc, the London-based owner of The Financial Times, is shaking up the management at the newspaper in the wake of lackluster performance at the business newspaper, Reuters is reporting. Reuters reporter Jeffrey Goldfarb reports that Chief Financial Officer Rona Fairhead will run the newspaper operations “after its flagship Financial Times struggled for four years […]
Knight-Bagehot fellows named for next academic year
Ten Knight-Bagehot Fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2006-2007 academic year. They include journalists from The Financial Times, Houston Chronicle, The Washington Post, Forbes magazine, Reuters America and Dow Jones. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a living stipend of $45,000 […]
Biz journalism course in London offered by Reuters
Journalists in developing or transition countries are eligible for a June 12 to 23 course in London on writing business news. There is no published deadline, but space is limited. The Reuters Foundation is organizing the course, to be conducted in English by experienced Reuters news agency journalists. Applicants should have at least two years […]
Reuters claim: Now neck and neck with Bloomberg
In the battle of business news wires, Reuters is claiming that it has recouped some lost market share and is now “neck and neck” with rival Bloomberg, according to an article on Wednesday’s Times of London. Reporter Miles Costello writes, “As it delivered forecast-busting growth in first quarter revenues to £633 million, Reuters argued that […]
Why hasn't this story been reported by more media outlets?
I should have known better. After finding stories about executive compensation at Reuters and McGraw-Hill in the past 24 hours on the Internet, I did a quick search to see if any of the other business journalism-related companies had filed a proxy statement. Dow Jones, the parent of the Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, filed […]
