Guest editors of business newspapers
MediPost, noting that a British newspaper sold 70,000 extra copies earlier this year when it allowed U2 lead singer Bono to pick the stories in the paper, mused about who could be picked to do the same in the States. President Bush would edit the New York Times, and Tom Cruise would edit the Los […]
Wall Street Journal notes what biz media missed post 9/11
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs likes a recent Wall Street Journal story that laid out why the business media missed the story about what was happening with the economy after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Fuchs wrote, “The Journal just laid out the simple facts — so counterintuitive to those jumping to conclusions at the time […]
How a college student became interested in biz journalism
Joseph M. de Leon is a former college student from San Antonio who now writes business stories for the Frederick News-Post. It’s a beat that he never thought he’d be interested in. In the Ranger, the publication of San Antonio College and Alamo Community College, de Leon writes about his transformation from college student to […]
Economist is influencing other magazines
Dante Chinni wrote in the Christian Science Monitor that the success of The Economist magazine in the United States is beginning to have an impact on other publications and the strategies they take to attract more readers. Chinni, a senior associate at the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism in Washington, wrote, “The British news […]
WSJ's fashion bureau all about advertising
Philip Stone of Follow the Media argues that the Wall Street Journal’s decision to open a fashion bureau is all about pulling in more advertising dollars, not attracting more readers. Stone wrote, “Having seen the lure of the luxury trade to the US Saturday edition and the quarterly European magazine, Journal executives have now decided […]
WSJ coverage conflicts with CBS story
The Business & Media Institute’s Ken Shepherd notes that a Sept. 11 story in the Wall Street Journal about how the Kyoto Protocol was causing higher utility costs in Germany conflicted with an earlier CBS story. Shepherd wrote, “Reporter Jeffrey Ball noted that in Germany, Kyoto-inspired rules ‘have upset the business status quo’ as they […]
New magazine aimed at investment bankers
The New York Times reported Monday that the magazine will be called Dealmaker, and it will make its U.S. debut in November. It comes from the company that currently produces Trader Monthly magazine. Reporter Michael S. Schmidt wrote, “Over the last three years, Trader Monthly has exploited a formula of showing how traders make — […]
Why I like the Houston biz columnist
Houston Chronicle business columnist Loren Steffy has a way of writing about topics in the news that makes them attractive to all kinds of readers, not just people interested in business news. His Sunday column is a perfect example. Steffy is writing about the Hewlett-Packard scandal of them obtaining phone records of board members and […]
Hewlett-Packard obtained phone records of nine journalists
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting Friday that Hewlett-Packard obtained the phone records of nine business journalists during its investigation into its board members to determine who was leaking information to reporters. Four of the reporters have been identified. They are Dawn Kawamoto and Tom Krazit of Cnet, an online publication in San Francisco that […]
Understanding the Business & Media Institute
Dan Gainor, the director of the Business & Media Institute, is a veteran editor with two decades’ experience in print and online media. He has served as an editor at several newspapers including The Washington Times and The Baltimore News-American. Gainor also has extensive experience in online publishing – holding the position of managing editor […]
