Who is happy with ShareSleuth.com?
Ben Silverman, a former business columnist for the New York Post, wrote Monday that the trading being done by billionaire investor Mark Cuban in stocks written about on the business journalism Web site, ShareSleuth.com, he is funding has earned him at least one friend. Silverman wrote, “The person who should probably be most excited about […]
Wall Street Journal remains most trusted publication
The Wall Street Journal remains the most trusted print publication in the United States according to a recently published study by the Pew Research Center, Dow Jones states in a release. The Wall Street Journal’s credibility score was the highest among all print publications in the Pew survey, which included national and local newspapers and […]
Futterman will play part of WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl
Actor Dan Futterman has agreed to play the role of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl opposite Angelia Jolie, who will play Pearl’s wife, according to a Washington Post story on Monday. The story noted that Futterman has met with Pearl’s parents, and was recently in Pakistan working on the movie. Post reporters Amy […]
Advertising up at WSJ and Barron's
Just now finding this, but Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, reported an increase in advertising in July on Friday. Advertising revenue at The Journal, including Weekend Edition, increased 5.8 percent in July on an 11.7 percent increase in advertising volume. Linage increases in technology, classified and financial […]
Fuchs: I'm not that bothered by Cuban's actions
Marek Fuchs, the Business Press Maven for TheStreet.com, writes Saturday that the recent actions by billionaire Mark Cuban to short a stock before publication of an article about the company on the business journalism web site ShareSleuth.com doesn’t bother him as much as it has bothered other critics. Fuchs writes, “The Business Press Maven believes […]
SABEW receives $25,000 grant for ethics
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has been awarded $25,000 from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation to launch several ethics-based initiatives. The grant is the second awarded this year to SABEW from the Oklahoma City-based journalism foundation. In May, the group received a challenge grant funded by Ethics and Excellence as […]
Cuban responds to critics of Sharesleuth
I have been waiting for this: Billionaire investor Mark Cuban, responding to critics of the investigative business journalism Web site ShareSleuth.com that he has funded, replied on his Blog Maverick site with a rebuttal, one particularly aimed at former BusinessWeek writer Gary Weiss, author of “Wall Street vs. America.” Earlier this week, Weiss posted on […]
When did Cuban short ShareSleuth subject?
Former BusinessWeek reporter Gary Weiss, who is the author of “Wall Street vs. America,” wants to know on his blog when Mark Cuban, the billionaire who is the majority owner in new investigative business journalism website ShareSleuth.com, shorted the stock of the site’s first story — Xethanol. That story was placed on the site on […]
BusinessWeek cover story under attack
BusinessWeek’s latest cover story, about a new brat pack of young entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, is being criticized by virtually everyone. Former BusinessWeek reporter Gary Weiss, author of “Wall Street vs. America,” noted on his blog Friday that “Here’s the odd thing: the skepticism lacking in the story is actually right there at BW — […]
LA Times to run ads on biz section front
The Los Angeles Times will join the New York Times and the Boston Globe in running ads on the front page of its business section, according to a story in the paper on Tuesday. Staff writer James Rainey wrote, “American newspapers commonly sold ads on section fronts in the 19th century. The practice continues in […]
