Recognizing the reporters who cover Black Friday
Jonathan Shikes of Denver Westword has praise for the reporters who braved the crowds on Black Friday to write stories about the madness. Shikes writes, “And while Black Friday may be fun for shoppers with thick skins, lots of coffee and fat pocketbooks (it may be cheaper than usual, but a flat-screen TV still ain’t […]
Marketwatch.com plans to grow internationally
Damien Hoffman of Wall St. Cheat Sheet interviewed Marketwatch.com editor David Callaway about the Web site’s plans to grow its business news presence. Here is an excerpt: Damien Hoffman: David, with the internet creating a very competitive landscape, how will you keep MarketWatch on the leading edge of financial journalism? David:Â We need to expand […]
Bloomberg TV's new look
Mark Seddon of The Guardian newspaper in London writes about the changes occurring on Bloomberg Television. Seddon writes, “Steve Clark, the head of European and Middle East operations who was behind the launch of Al Jazeera English, says: ‘There’s a huge potential audience out there. We have more foreign bureaux than the BBC – 145 […]
CNBC's Griffeth takes his leave
CNBC.com managing editor Allen Wastler writes about the leave being taken by anchor Bill Griffeth from the network. Wastler writes, “Typically when a network personality makes such a move there’s all sorts of speculation as to why. Well, here’s a message from Bill to put the kibosh on all that … “‘First let me address […]
Bloomberg magazine wins environmental prize
Bloomberg Markets magazine became the first U.S. news organization to receive Brazil’s Paul Donovan Kigar Prize for “social responsibility, conscience, vision and interest in the defense of mankind and nature.” The prize commission honored Bloomberg Markets magazine for its defense of Brazil’s environmental resources in the story, “Plundering the Amazon.” Authors Michael Smith and Adriana […]
ACBJ names chief revenue officer
Michael Olivieri, the publisher of the Boston Business Journal and Mass High Tech, has been named chief revenue officer of the publication’s parent company, American City Business Journals. A Boston Business Journal article states, “In his new role, Olivieri will focus on American City Business Journals’ national advertising platforms — print, online and events. He […]
Editors cut at Fortune
Keith Kelly of the New York Post has details on some of the business journalists who lost their jobs at Fortune this week in cutbacks. Kelly writes, “About 15 people were let go today in the Fortune newsroom because the company didn’t get enough volunteers last week. About 10 to 15 people had stepped up […]
Reynolds Center fellows named
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism has awarded 12 fellowships to its “Strictly Financials Seminar” for working journalists and 12 fellowships to its “Business Journalism Professors Seminar.” Both programs will be held Jan. 5-8 in Phoenix. These competitive fellowships, valued at $2,000, cover all seminar expenses. The seminars take place during Reynolds […]
BW staffers remaining were "ineligible or not selected." Ugh
Former BusinessWeek staffer Gary Weiss laments the word choices used by McGraw-Hill in letting go 123 BusinessWeek editorial staff members as part of Bloomberg‘s acquisition of the magazine. Weiss writes, “The memo begins, ‘The positions selected for termination were those who did not receive an offer of a comparable or substitute job with Bloomberg L.P., […]
WSJ seeking Hong Kong M&A reporter
The Wall Street Journal is looking to hire a reporter to cover mergers and acquisitions in Asia, according to an e-mail sent out Wednesday morning by deputy managing editor Nik Deogun. Deogun writes, “This position will become available soon when our current Asian M&A reporter, the talented Rick Carew, leaves the Journal to pursue an […]
