Ranking of best critics of business journalism
Here is a list of the best critics today of business journalism. These rankings are based on my personal opinion from reading their writing for the past year. Feel free to argue. The point of these rankings is this: The field of business journalism needs to analyze itself so that it can get better. Without […]
Remembering Danny Pearl in the Berkshires
Reporters, editors and sources are remembering slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in the Berkshires of Massachusetts due to the recent announcement of a movie being made about his life, according to an article in the Berkshire Eagle on Sunday. Ghanashyam Ojha wrote, “Glenn Drohan, editor of The Advocate in North Adams and someone […]
Is the weekend WSJ that bad?
William Powers of the National Journal attacked the weekend Wall Street Journal when it was introduced last year. He’s taking another look at it, and he says it’s still bad in many ways, but also not that bad in others. Powers wrote, “No, in that the Saturday Journal is not truly scary or disastrous. It’s […]
Two biz ethics magazines merging
Business Ethics magazine and The CRO Magazine, which targets corporate responsibility officers at businesses, are merging, beginning with the fall issue of Business Ethics, according to a press release. Michael Connor, publisher and editor of Business Ethics, will become publisher and editor of CRO Magazine and chairman of its conference series. He’ll be joined by […]
Boston Globe will sell ads on biz section front
The Boston Globe joins the parent New York Times newspaper in deciding to sell advertising on the front of its business section. In addition, in the past month, The Wall Street Journal has said it will sell advertising on the front page of the paper. A Globe story stated, “Ad space on the Business and […]
WSJ adding fashion desk?
Women’s Wear Daily is reporting that the Wall Street Journal is planning to beef up its fashion coverage in an attempt to attract more female readers. Reporter Irin Carmon wrote, “The beefed-up coverage won’t become a separate section in the paper, though it will be given its own name and there will be fashion and […]
Is there a day in future when WSJ paper folds?
Scott Donaton, the editor of Advertising Age, asks such a question and presents some pretty good arguments as to why a traditional print newspaper — even one like The Wall Street Journal focused on business news –might one day stop printing altogether. Donaton wrote, “I don’t have enough insight into The Journal’s economics to say […]
Fine: WSJ ads on front page are not that bad
BusinessWeek’s Jon Fine, who writes a blog on the media, makes a pretty good historical argument that the Wall Street Journal’s decision earlier this week to begin selling ads on its front page isn’t all that heretical as many journalists are making it out to be. Fine wrote, “It’s worth remembering whenever journos pull out […]
NYPost: Bloomberg is hiring
Bloomberg News has been on a hiring spree, according to an item in the New York Post. In the first six months of the year, it hired 130 new journalists, and the target was 150. No word, however, on whether those hires were replacing people who left or were new positions. Keith Kelly wrote, “Commodities, […]
New Crain's New York publisher coming from WSJ
Jill Kaplan, currently the general manager of several sections of The Wall Street Journal, has been named the new publisher of Crain’s New York Business, replacing Alair Townsend, who will become publishing director in mid-September, according to a story on the Crain’s site. Kaplan is the general manager of The Weekend Edition, Weekend Journal, Personal […]
