Editor named for New Mexico biz paper
James Monteleone, a business reporter at the Farmington Daily Times in northeast New Mexico, has been named the editor of the Four Corners Business Journal, a weekly sister publication. The Journal distributes into Colorado, Arizona and Utah. A story on the Daily Times site states, “Monteleone will have the additional title of business editor for The […]
Why report on the Dow?
Lori Grisham, the assistant to National Public Radio ombudsman Alicia Shepard, writes about whether reporting about what the Dow Jones Industrial Average is doing during the day is needed for listeners. Grisham writes, “Stock market indexes help newscasters ‘hit the post,’ or finish speaking at exactly the right second. For example, some newscasts begin at […]
More on Capital Business launch
Tucker Echols of the Washington Business Journal has more details on the launch of Capital Business, a competing business newspaper to begin publication next month by the Washington Post, mainly from an interview with editor Dan Beyers. Echols writes, “In an interview, Beyers said Capital Business will try to help the Washington business community navigate […]
TechFlash doing fine in Seattle
Monica Guzman of SeattlePI.com writes about the new media outlets that have cropped up in Seattle since the Post-Intelligencer stopped publishing last year. Guzman looks at TechFlash, a site launched by the Puget Sound Business Journal being run by former P-I business reporters Todd Bishop and John Cook. She writes, “The site, a unit of […]
Washington Post announces plans for new weekly business publication
The Washington Post confirmed Monday its plans to launch a weekly subscription newspaper, to be called Capital Business. It will compete against the Washington Business Journal, an American City Business Journals paper. The paper will be delivered with the Post for the first month. Capital Business will feature enterprise reporting, business analysis, commentary, industry trends, […]
TheStreet.com reports smaller fourth-quarter, larger fiscal year loss
TheStreet.com reported Monday that it lost money in the fourth quarter that was less than the same quarter a year ago, but its loss for the year was wider than 2008. A story on the financial news site’s page stated, “For the quarter, the company narrowed its adjusted loss to $767,865 compared to a loss of […]
New deputy biz editor named at NYTimes
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia sent out the following announcement to the staff on Monday: “Many swaps in the financial world have gotten a bad rap of late. But then there are swaps that not only make great sense, but are brilliant – like Dean Murphy moving to Bizday […]
Fox Business signs Willis, formerly CNN personal finance editor
Fox Business Network announced Monday that it had signed former CNN personal finance editor Geri Willis to a multi-year deal. Terms were not disclosed. Willis will serve as a host of a weekend program and will also appear across all programming to provide analysis on how the news of the day affects American taxpayers. She […]
NYT ad campaign attacks WSJ
The New York Times launched an advertising campaign Monday that touts its loyal readership compared to The Wall Street Journal. The Journal is expected to launch a New York edition next month. “Numbers” showcases The Times’s size and strength among women, business professionals and art enthusiasts in the New York market while citing The Times’s […]
Peek inside Bloomberg
Jay Yarow of The Business Insider got a look inside Bloomberg‘s headquarters at 59th and Lexington in Manhattan and posted some pictures. Here’s one of them: See more photos here.
