Dow Jones CEO Fenwick bullish on journalism
Lex Fenwick, chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., opened the full day of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference in New York with comments about the importance of investing in quality journalism and content delivery systems. Fenwick, who spent more than two decades at Bloomberg LP, took his role atop […]
WSJ names new banking reporting team
Wall Street Journal money and investing editor Francesco Guerrera sent out the following staff announcement on Friday: It is with great pleasure that we announce two moves further strengthening our excellent banking coverage at a time of unprecedented change in the financial sector. Dan Fitzpatrick, who has covered J.P. Morgan Chase and […]
The business media needs to improve its Twitter use
The business media use Twitter as a promotional tool and are not building an online community, according to research presented Friday by two Virginia Commonwealth University professors. Vivian Medina-Messner and Marcus Messner found that the top business media outlets need to use Twitter as an online social network, not just another publication platform. “More attention […]
WSJ hires three new reporters
Dennis Berman, the marketplace editor for The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following staff hires announcement on Thursday: Please join us in welcoming a trio of talented new colleagues, who will enhance our business coverage in some important ways. Tom Gara (@tomgara) Tom, with an assist from long-time Journal ace […]
WSJ. editor leaves for NYT’s style magazine
Deborah Needleman, the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal’s style magazine WSJ., has been hired to run T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Christine Haughneyof The Times writes, “Ms. Needleman will replace Sally Singer, a former Vogue editor who left The Times in August after running the T magazines for two years. […]
WSJ’s Thomson considered to run spinoff
Rob Cox of Reuters Breakingviews writes that Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson is rumored to be in line to run the newspaper operations being spun off by News Corp., the paper’s parent. Cox writes, “Thomson’s experience reshaping the financial broadsheet Murdoch overpaid to acquire four years ago, plus six years as editor of […]
Clap yours hands and say….oh, wait
The federal government said Tuesday that consumer spending rose 3.3 percent more in 2011 than in 2010. On the face, that’s just fantastic. But, dig a little deeper and the picture isn’t as pretty. From CNN: Consumers spent more on necessities, such as food, transportation and health care, but held back on splurging on other […]
Will Natalie Portman portray this WSJ editor?
The life stories of some influential journalists are just as fascinating as the public figures they chronicle. As Page One editor of The Wall Street Journal — a post she assumed one year ago — Rebecca Blumenstein covets profiles of men and woman whose personal and professional journeys intrigue, inspire and stand to educate readers. […]
WSJ.com names new editors to Hub
WSJ.com deputy managing editor Christine Glancey and managing editor Raju Narisetti sent out the following staff announcement on Tuesday: We are pleased to announce significant moves on the Hub designed to capture the expertise of two WSJ.com leaders and unleash them in challenging new arenas that will propel us to the next level […]
Why does the WSJ not cover ag any more?
Alan Guebert, a columnist for The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind., writes about why The Wall Street Journal no longer writes in-depth articles about the farming business or agriculture. Guebert writes, “The Journal now carries the news from Lincoln to London but rarely covers anything as provincial as agriculture. Long gone are the long, well-written […]
