How to play business journalists like a fiddle
Someone pointed out a Q&A interview between Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and Forbes writer Victoria Murphey Barret to me today, but I’m just now getting around to reading it. The interview was posted this morning, and it includes comments from Benioff on how to present a company to the media. Benioff provides the following suggestions […]
Business journalism stinks
Advertising Age’s Nat Ives is reporting that the Wall Street Journal is working on technology that will allow them to sell, and print, scratch-and-sniff ads in the business newspaper. Ives wrote, “The scented Wall Street Journal won’t be the first olfactory offering among newspapers. But until now, broadsheets and tabloids have only been able to […]
Ad revenue up at WSJ, Barron's in December
Dow Jones reported Thursday that advertising revenue was up at both The Wall Street Journal and at Barron’s in December. A release stated, “Advertising revenue at The Wall Street Journal increased 6.1% in December on a 1.3% decrease in advertising linage. Increases in financial, general and classified advertising linage were partially offset by a decrease […]
Kai Ryssdel wants people to enjoy business news
Kai Ryssdel, the host of public radio’s “Marketplace” show, believes that people will get more out of their business news if it’s enjoyable, according to an article in the Idaho Business Review. Reporter John Foster wrote, “The show is also known for a magazine-style, in-depth but breezy presentation of business and financial news. Marketplace is […]
Union talks tough with Dow Jones management
E.S. “Jim” Browning has been a Wall Street Journal reporter for more than 27 years, in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris and New York. He currently write about financial markets and investing for the Journal. But for the hundreds of business journalists who work at the Journal or Dow Jones properties such as MarketWatch, Barron’s and […]
Barron's redesign critiqued
Following the lead of its sister publication, The Wall Street Journal, weekly business paper Barron’s has also undergone a redesign, and Sheldon Liber, a CEO of a small private investment company, critiqued the changes on bloggingstocks.com. Liber wrote, “As one who liked it fine just as it was, I am on the look out for […]
Ethical questions raised about Bartiromo
Reuters reporter Dan Wilchins writes late Wednesday that the actions by CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo to accept a ride back from China on a Citigroup jet, which led to the firing of a bank executive, raises ethical questions about the business cable news channel’s star. Wilchins wrote, “Personal relationships are crucial to reporters who vie […]
Wall Street Journal wins award for backdating coverage
The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of backdating stock options was named Wednesday as the first place winner of the inaugural Philip Meyer Awards. In addition, Gannett News Service was recognized for its analysis that rated hospitals on care for heart-attack patients, and a Philadelphia Inquirer investigation of a cheating scandal in New Jersey schools completed […]
More on Bartiromo and the banker
More coverage emerged Wednesday over the ouster of Citigroup banker Todd Thomson due to his inability to control costs, including kicking other Citi executives off a flight from China so that CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo could use the plane. The Wall Street Journal is reporting Wednesday that some Citi executives advised Thomson that he needed […]
New Money and Biz editor at US News
Kimberly Palmer has been named associate editor for U.S. News & World Report’s “Money and Business” section and USNews.com’s Money, according to a memo posted here. Starting Jan. 29, Palmer will report to Tim Smart, assistant managing editor, “Money & Business,” for the magazine. The memo stated, “Palmer, who will cover general business news, management, […]
