Front page ad on WSJ not necessarily good for companies
Advertising Age’s Nat Ives wrote Monday about how General Motors had a front-page ad on the Wall Street Journal on Sept. 29, the same day that there was a negative article about GM directly above the ad. The same thing happened to Hewlett-Packard earlier this month. Ives wrote, “Advertisers are finding that the front-page ads […]
Business journalism takes off with technology
Gregory Millman, writing in the 75th anniversary issue of Financial Executive magazine, notes that the history of business journalism has been impacted the most by technology. Millman wrote, “Computers replaced lead type; color presses created whole new palettes. Television evolved from a small, gray box to high-definition and plasma. Correspondents, many hired less for their […]
Kantrow: Blog beat papers in Google/YouTube talks
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow gives credit to Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch for being the first to report that there were talks between Google and YouTube. The two companies announced a $1.65 billion deal earlier this week. Kantrow wrote, “Reports about a possible Google Inc.-YouTube Inc. hook-up first surfaced on Friday, Oct. 6, not in […]
WSJ story on China union drive misses the point
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs argued in his Friday column that a Wall Street Journal article on how the Chinese government was pressing for more unionization of workers missed an important point. Fuchs wrote, “The unionization effort, we are told, is on track to get more than half of foreign companies to unionize by the end of […]
WSJ wants to increase small biz coverage
The Wall Street Journal is looking for ways to increase its coverage of small business, and apparently one of those ways is to come up with a ranking of the best workplaces in small companies. The winners will be announced in the business paper in October 2007. According to a news release, “The Top Small […]
FT is top biz paper in Europe
The Financial Times is read by more business people in Europe than any of its competitors, according to a survey reported in Brand Republic’s Media Bulletin. Alex Donohue wrote, “The study also highlighted a growing demand for business news in print, online and on TV among the continent’s business elite, with the international business press […]
Networks overlook new jobs; print doesn't
Julia Seymour of the Business & Media Institute writes that the network news shows ignored 810,000 new jobs found by the Department of Labor last week while the print media devoted attention to the subject. Seymour wrote, “The networks barely mentioned any of the news, and none reported the huge revision to the past year’s […]
WSJ takes a look at retirement
With the first Baby Boomers now turning 60, the topic of retirement is hotter than ever. The Wall Street Journal recognized this trend and capitalized on it far before it became the topic du jour, according to an interview on the Newsroom Confidential web site. Nine years ago, Glenn Ruffenach volunteered to head up a […]
Portfolio lures Morris from Fortune
Betsy Morris, a long-time Fortune reporter who has been based out of Atlanta, is leaving the magazine for a job at Conde Nast Portfolio, the new glossy that will debut next year, the New York Post’s Keith Kelly reported. Kelly wrote, “‘I have to say, I’m sorry to leave, but I’m really ready for a […]
Bloomberg grew while other newsrooms shrank
Slate’s Jack Shafer examined why Bloomberg News has continued to grow and expand its operations while other newsrooms are shrinking. Shafer wrote, “During this shrinking era, a news service started from scratch and entered in the ultracompetitive field of business journalism and has thrived almost to the point of dominance. The outfit, Bloomberg News, now […]
