Citigroup and CNBC's long co-branding relationship
Former Wall Street whistleblower Pam Martens has an interesting look at the Maria Bartiromo/Citigroup scandal that actually focuses on her employer’s long-standing relationship with the bank. On the Counterpunch web site, Martens provides a number of examples where CNBC and the bank have co-sponsored events. Martens wrote, “While this international co-branding effort was overt, something […]
Coffee breaks at Dow Jones' offices deemed successful
The union representing business journalists at Dow Jones operations such as the Wall Street Journal and Barron’s called for its members to have a “coffee break” at 11 a.m. to exhibit a show of solidarity. The company tried to get its managers to prevent it from happening, but few apparently did so, according to an […]
Reporter who left WSJ two months ago is now back
Laurie Cohen, a well-known Wall Street Journal reporter who left the paper back in November to go to startup Conde Nast Portfolio, is now back at the Journal, according to a memo posted on the Romenesko site. Portfolio has yet to publish its first issue. In the memo, senior editor Michael Siconolfi said, “Laurie’s responsibilities […]
What the Bartiromo/Citigroup scandal tells us about ourselves
David Weidner, who covers Wall Street for Marketwatch, has what I consider to be the most insightful commentary about the recent controversy surrounding CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo‘s trip on a Citigroup corporate jet. Weidner wrote, “What if I told you that the other day I spent eight hours on a plane with a high-ranking female […]
Wall Street Journal examines foreign language web editions
Richard Wray of the Guardian newspaper in London writes Thursday that The Wall Street Journal is exploring offering its website in a variety of foreign languages in a bid to increase overseas readers. Wray, after an interview with WSJ publisher Gordon Crovitz, wrote, “But Mr Crovitz said there would be no retrenchment. Instead the battle […]
Change in access at FT web site?
Louis Hau at Forbes noted that the Financial Times, which has typically made most of its editorial content available online to subscribers only, has recently begun offering more free access on its Internet site. Hau wrote, “The Pearson-owned Times typically provides only a limited selection of free full-length articles at FT.com, requiring a $110 annual […]
WSJ ad campaign targets women, young readers
Katherine Seelye of the New York Times takes a look at the Wall Street Journal’s new ad campaign in Thursday’s paper. One of the ads features singer Sheryl Crow Seelye wrote, “As it happens, Ms. Crow did grow up reading The Journal, inspired by her grandmother, who was a newspaper editor and favored The Journal […]
Watch the Wall Street Journal editorial board in action
A WSJ.com cameraman visited Tuesday’s meeting of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board. To view video of the board discussing the battle of Najaf, click here. Next, I imagine newsrooms will be videotaping their reporters interviewing executives on the phone and typing notes on their computers so that readers can see what didn’t make it […]
Friedman: It's all CNBC's fault
The public relations disaster for CNBC that has resulted from the disclosure that anchor Maria Bartiromo took a trip on the Citigroup jet that led to the ouster of one of its executives is the network’s fault, writes Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman. Friedman wrote, “Bartiromo’s image as a hard-working, responsible journalist was shattered. And […]
Zannino: Dow Jones will focus more on online offerings
Dow Jones CEO Richard Zannino, speaking at the Software & Information Industry Association conference, said Tuesday he expects the company’s print operations to account for less than 60 percent of total revenue this year, and that the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s will eventually derive less than half its revenue from print. […]
