Don't forget to mention stock price reaction
Marek Fuchs of TheStreet.com noted that few business journalists wrote about how Pfizer’s stock price performed during the tenure of the ex-CEO after his big payday was disclosed. Fuchs wrote, “Too often in the case of daily breaking news, the immediate reaction of the stock market is mentioned prominently. This is even the case, as […]
Knight-Bagehot alums: Nominate your best in biz for 2006
Greg Farrell, an alumnus of the Knight-Bagehot program for business reporting at Columbia University, is proposing that other alums begin offering nominations for the best in business journalism for 2006 on this blog. Farrell wrote, “I’d like the Bagehot community to use this bulletin board as a place to comment on good examples of business […]
Media focus on large crowds instead of retailer's prices
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs noted that warnings from Best Buy and Circuit City in the past week that earnings will be lower than expected for the fourth quarter should send a warning signal to retail reporters. And that warning is that just because the stores are full during Christmas doesn’t mean that the retailers will be […]
WSJ and Barron's videos now searchable
Red Herring is reporting that Dow Jones properties Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch are now providing their videos available by video search company blinkx and its customer Lycos. Michael Cohn wrote, “While most of the content on the Wall Street Journal Online as well as Barron’s Online is available by paid subscription only, the […]
New biz editor named at Daily News
The New York Daily News has appointed Scott Wenger as assistant managing editor/money and business, according to a short story in Monday’s newspaper. Wenger, 43, has worked for the tabloid newspaper since 1998, when he joined as business editor. In 2001, Wenger was named an editor on The News’ metro desk and then a year […]
WSJ.com to offer free stock center on web site
The Wall Street Journal announced Monday that it will offer a free markets data center on its WSJ.com web site beginning Jan. 2. Based on the announcement, it seems as if the Journal can be headed in two ways: It wants to take readers away from newspapers that have dropped market information from its printed […]
Getting a grip on life
TheDeal.com’s executive editor Yvette Kantrow noted that a recent string of articles in business publications about how technology is helping people work longer and even at home was thankfully broken by a Wall Street Journal piece that questioned what it means for kids at home. Kantrow wrote, “With all this pro-work propaganda floating about, and […]
Study at Dow Jones evaluating news gathering
A Bloomberg story that was based on interviews with Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger and publisher Gordon Crovitz noted that there is currently an internal study being led to determine how to “coordinate” news gathering. Reporter Leon Lazaroff wrote, “Dow Jones plans to streamline news operations across the Journal, Newswires, MarketWatch and Barron’s. […]
Union slams decision to run breakingviews.com column in WSJ
The union that represents journalists who work for The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Dow Jones Newswires and MarketWatch criticized a decision by parent company Dow Jones to run a column from Breakingviews.com every day in the Journal. Union president Steve Yount, in a statement posted on its web site, stated that the move “move that […]
Business magazines getting smart
Myrna Blyth of the New York Sun examined two new business magazines — American and Dealmaker — to see what set them apart from others in the category in an article published Wednesday. Blyth wrote, “To focus on that limited but special audience, the American has printed just over 50,000 copies. Half of the circulation […]
