Tom Steinert-Threlkeld of Multichannel News writes that CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo has a bigger ethical dilemma than accepting a plane ride on the Citigroup corporate jet.
“This is her economic right. And she can probably manage the merchandising of the trademark; or have some outfit manage the business for her.
“But what it does is blur the definition of who she is. Is she reporting on business or conducting business? Is she separate and objective from the crowd she writes about or part of it? And is she carefully protecting herself from any insinuation that, in a case like that with Thomson, that she is using her gender instead of her skill to get scoops?
“Wish that the brand she had trademarked was more businesslike. Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey used … their own names. But ‘Money Honey’?
“Bartiromo not only doesn’t discourage the use. She endorses it. She looks like she plans to trade on it.
“That could make it hard for her — and female journalists following in her footsteps — to avoid insinuation that somehow their stature as ‘honeys’ help them, on the beat, every day.
“And even if well-meant, the deliberate use and marketing of ‘Money Honey’ as a personally-owned mark offers no protection if another Citigroup ruckus comes along.”
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