WSJ now available in NYC Starbucks
The Wall Street Journal announced Monday it now is available for purchase at 450 local Starbucks company operated stores across the New York market. This new distribution agreement comes as the Journal prepares to launch its anticipated New York section next month. The Journal is available in New York-area Starbucks locations, including parts of New […]
Bartiromo is all business
Jessica Pressler of New York magazine profiles CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo, spending time with her during one of her workdays. Pressler writes, “Bartiromo, 42, is all business. She’s married to Jonathan Steinberg, son of the corporate raider Saul P. Steinberg, and lives on the Upper East Side in a townhouse, but, she confesses, she doesn’t […]
Porcello, former Syracuse biz editor
Joseph Porcello, the business editor of the Herald-Journal newspaper in Syracuse, N.Y., from 1971 to 1986, died Sunday at the age of 89, according to a story in the Syracuse Post-Standard. Scott Rapp writes, “Porcello joined the now-defunct newspaper in March 1951 and served as business editor from 1971 until he retired in 1986. He […]
Inc. magazine without the office
Joseph Plambeck of the New York Times writes Monday about how Inc. magazine’s staff stayed away from the office for the entire month of February to put out its latest issue. Plambeck writes, “The production went off without a major hitch, with the staff members using nothing more than readily available technology, including Skype and […]
Bartiromo drops request to trademark "Money Honey" name
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo has dropped her request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office on her “Money Honey” nickname, reports Richard Wilner of the New York Post. Wilner writes, “Over the years, Bartiromo was said to have privately bristled at the nickname, feeling it demeaned her work. But publicly, she accepted it. “In 2007, […]
Details emerge from Bloomberg deal with San Francisco Chronicle
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Talking Biz News has obtained additional details about the deal announced this past week between the San Francisco Chronicle and Bloomberg News, where Bloomberg will provide content to the Chronicle’s business section. The deal was characterized by someone close to the arrangement as being much different than the one Bloomberg has […]
BusinessWeek tribute to former McGraw-Hill CEO: Misspelling his name
Former BusinessWeek writer Gary Weiss notes that the obituary on the former McGraw-Hill magazine’s Web site gets the name wrong of recently deceased McGraw-Hill CEO Harold McGraw. It’s not Howard. Weiss writes, “BW was not alone. Apparently nobody at the AP or its member papers (such as this one) noticed that his name is ‘Harold’ […]
The business press and the fractured economy
Columbia University is hosting a one-day conference next month on issues facing business journalism in the current economy. The conference will be held Tuesday, April 6, at the School of International and Public Affairs. The event will bring together top journalists, scholars, and activists for a day of dynamic public discussion about the role of […]
The future of business journalism
Greg David, director of the Business & Economics Reporting Program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, interviews Dean Stephen B. Shepard, the former editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek magazine, about where business journalism is heading. The Future of Business Journalism from CUNY Grad School of Journalism on Vimeo.
WSJ to charge $17.99/month for iPad subscription
The Wall Street Journal will charge $17.99 a month to read the business newspaper on the upcoming iPad, according to an AFP story. The story states, “The News Corp.-owned Journal is one of a number of US media outlets which have developed applications for the iPad tablet computer, which is to go on sale in […]
