Ad sales up at Barron's and Wall Street Journal in January
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of Barron’s and The Wall Street Journal, said in a news release that ad sales for both business news publications was up in January. A release stated, “Advertising revenue at The Wall Street Journal increased 5.7% in January on a 7.5% increase in advertising volume. Increases in financial and […]
Bluster at the Dow Jones bargaining table
The union that represents business journalists at The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and Barron’s had a day of negotiating with Dow Jones management on Monday that apparently included some scoffing at the latest proposal. The Independent Association of Publishers Employees posted an update on its web site Monday afternoon to the negotiations. In […]
Reporting on business, or becoming a business?
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld of Multichannel News writes that CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo has a bigger ethical dilemma than accepting a plane ride on the Citigroup corporate jet. Steinert-Threlkeld wrote, “Now that she has climbed her own ladder of success, on the CNBC, Wall Street Journal and Business Week platforms, she has produced her own conundrum. The […]
WSJ ad sales chief quits
Advertising Age’s Nat Ives is reporting that the Wall Street Journal is looking for a new head of advertising sales. Ives wrote, “The Wall Street Journal today confirmed that Judy Barry is stepping down as head of print advertising sales and marketing, effective next month, and said it has begun the search for a successor. […]
Murdoch: CNBC antagonistic toward business; Fox will be friendly
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, speaking Thursday at the Media Summitt in New York hosted by BusinessWeek, accused business news cable channel CNBC of being unfriendly toward business and added that his Fox Business News network, slated to appear later this year, would take an opposite tack. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, writing for Multichannel News, wrote, “‘We […]
The new Money Honey is Becky Quick
The FishbowlNY web site has been running a poll this week to determine whether CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo is still the “Money Honey” of the network. Well, those with enough time on their hands to go to the FishbowlNY web site and vote have spoken, and there’s a new “Money Honey.” It’s Becky Quick, the […]
WSJ begins fashion blog
In what seems like an unlikely combination, the Wall Street Journal has begun a blog called “Heard on the Runway” about Fashion Week, which is occurring now in New York. Later Fashion Weeks will be held at other cities. The blog will offer tidbits on exclusive parties and events, and to one-on-one interviews with the […]
Dow Jones hires consultant to find more revenue
Marketwatch is reporting that Dow Jones has hired consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton to find ways to increase its revenue through blogs and other products. Reporter Shira Ovide wrote that Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz “said in an interview that the company is evaluating potential new specialty products similar to blogs related to legal […]
Note to CNBC: This is the problem
Business news cable network CNBC, already reeling this year for having to defend one of its stars for taking a plane ride on a corporate jet of a company it covers, is giving out awards to executives. The Third Annual CNBC Executive Leadership Awards were given out recently, and they were given to people such […]
Bloomberg M&A reporter leaves for WSJ
Nikki Finke is reporting on her blog that Bloomberg News mergers & acquisitions reporter Dana Cimilluca is leaving the wire service to go to The Wall Street Journal. Finke wrote, “His quitting Friday caused quite the Bloomberg newsroom stir because he was the only reporter on his team — or for that matter in all […]
