Changes and new hires on Mercury News biz desk
The San Jose Mercury News business desk has named an interim business editor and hired new reporters to replace some of those that it’s lost in recent months. Maria Shao was promoted to deputy business editor/enterprise and serves as acting business editor. She was assistant business editor at the paper since 2000 after being an […]
H-P earnings stories, save WSJ, miss the mark
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs examined the coverage Friday of computer company Hewlett-Packard’s earnings, and he believes that the wire services missed what caused the drop in the stock price. The reason it dropped, he argued, was that the company was forecasting the same growth even after a restructuring. It had nothing to do with the scandal […]
CNBC hires staff to prepare for Web site relaunch
Business news cable channel CNBC has hired six people to work on its website, which will relaunch on Dec. 4. CNBC.com is currently part of MSNBC.com. “We’ve recruited all-stars from across the industry to create a ‘game-changing’ site that perfectly complements our worldwide television network while offering a breadth and depth of business news coverage […]
CEO calls cops on Wall Street Journal reporter
Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.com, apparently called the police on a Wall Street Journal who was looking into the huge mansion he was building in Hawaii, according to the Silicon Valley website Valleywag. Valleywag wrote, “The Journal avoided mention of the clash when the piece went to print. You may remember the reporter’s name, […]
Update on Dow Jones-union talks
The New York Post’s Janet Whitman and Keith Kelly have an update on the contentious contract talks between Wall Street Journal/Barron’s parent Dow Jones and the labor union that represents its journalists in Friday’s paper. Whitman and Kelly wrote, “The union tried to start off the talks with easy, softball issues, such as a dress-code […]
Philly biz editor leaving for Smart Money
Philadelphia Inquirer assistant managing editor of business Bob Rose is leaving the paper to take a job as executive editor of Smart Money magazine, according to a news release put out by the glossy. Rose will start on Nov. 30. Rose had been Atlanta bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal before going to Philadelphia. […]
WSJ reporters to stop appearing on CNBC in labor dispute
Wall Street Journal reporters have said that they will stop appearing on CNBC in unpaid appearances during a dispute over new contract talks with parent company Dow Jones, according to an Associated Press story. The AP story stated, “E.S. Browning, the chairman of the union’s bargaining committee and a financial markets reporter, said the union […]
Speaking of biz journalism feuds
Holman Jenkins, an editorial page writer for the Wall Street Journal, takes New York Times business reporter Gretchen Morgenson, who has won a Pulitzer Prize, to task in his column in Wednesday’s paper, but does so in a way that only those who have read her articles will know who he is talking about. In […]
When business journalists feud
Dealbreaker, a tabloid about Wall Street that is quickly growing on me, has a funny piece Wednesday about feuds between business journalists and uses the spat between Malcolm Gladwell and Steve Sailer as Exhibit A. John Carney wrote, “Business journalism feuds are so much fun because there is so little at stake. There’s even less […]
WSJ to unveil slimmer version next month
The Wall Street Journal plans to unveil its revamped, slimmer design at a Dec. 4 event, according to a Bloomberg story. The changes will allow it to offer more color and photography. The Bloomberg story stated, “The redesigned newspaper will be shown to the public at a Dec. 4 event at the Morgan Library. The […]
