Wall Street Journal computers hacked by Chinese
The Wall Street Journal said its computer systems had been infiltrated by Chinese hackers for the apparent purpose of monitoring the newspaper’s China coverage. Siobhan Gorman, Devlin Barrett and Danny Yadron of The Journal write, “‘Evidence shows that infiltration efforts target the monitoring of the Journal’s coverage of China, and are not an attempt to […]
U.S. economic growth stalls
The news for the U.S. economy wasn’t good on Wednesday as domestic growth stalled. An increase in retail sales in the fourth quarter wasn’t enough to offset the biggest drop in government spending since 1973, according to the Wall Street Journal. What’s interesting is that the major business media interpreted the results differently. Here’s The […]
WSJ.com names new staff members
Christine Glancey, the deputy managing editor of WSJ.com, sent out the following staff announcements shortly before noon on Wednesday: I’m pleased to announce new appointments to the wsj.com hub team. Rachel Rosenthal of Dow Jones Newswires and Elizabeth Yuan of CNN will be joining us over the next two months as Kristi Oloffson […]
No credit to Reuters from competitors
Ryan Chittum of Columbia Journalism Review writes about how competing business news media did not credit Reuters’ investigative work last year on Chesapeake Energy for the announcement Tuesday that its CEO was stepping down. Chittum writes, “Beat reporters tend and their bosses not to like to give credit to competitors who have scooped them repeatedly. […]
YouTube cuts funding for WSJ, Reuters channels
YouTube has cut off funding to the Wall Street Journal and Reuters that formed part of its $150 million dollar plan to help launch more than 100 premium channels, repots Hamish McKenzie of PandoDaily.com. McKenzie writes, “The termination of the one-year deals, which has resulted in contractors losing their positions at Reuters, comes even as […]
WSJ.com names new weekend editor
Christine Glancey, the deputy managing editor of WSJ.com, sent out the following staff announcement on Friday afternoon: We are thrilled to announce that Brendan Moran will become WSJ.com’s weekend editor, a new role charged with overall responsibility for building our weekend audience by driving news coverage and enhancing reader engagement. Adding Brendan to the […]
DC reporter moves to Brussels for WSJ/Dow Jones
Stephen Fidler, the Brussels bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Friday: The excellent Naftali Bendavid has joined the joint Brussels bureau of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. He’ll be adding his experience and talents to our firepower in the busy capital of the European […]
WSJ Digital Network makes biz move in ratings
The WSJDigitalNetwork is the biggest mover on the YouTube Original Channel Tracker this week, writes Mallory Russell of Advertising Age, with the help of Pixar. Russell writes, “A teaser for the animation company’s short film ‘The Blue Umbrella,’ which was posted on the channel, led to a big jump in viewership. The channel grew by […]
WSJ names new reporters for legal beat
Joanna Chung, the Wall Street Journal bureau chief for legal coverage, sent out the following staff announcement on Wednesday: We’re pleased to announce new appointments to the Journal’s Law Bureau. Jacob Gershman, who logs in as the WSJ Law Blogger and legal reporter, joins the group from the Journal’s Greater New York section, where […]
WSJ launching new magazine WSJ. Money
The Wall Street Journal is launching a new magazine called WSJ. Money catering to the rich. Lucia Moses of Adweek writes, “WSJ. Money is a spinoff of WSJ. Magazine, the newspaper’s luxury lifestyle insert. The title is slated to make its debut March 9 and publish four times this year. It’ll be distributed in the […]
