Businessman alleges he's won suit against Miami Herald for biz story
Gus Garcia-Roberts of the Miami New Times has the hilarious story of a French businessman who says he has won a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the Miami Herald, but the Herald says it has never been in court with the guy. Garcia-Roberts writes, “If we read that correctly, the Herald will now be forced to […]
"CEO Corner" host departs show
Maryanne Kane, the host of “CEO Corner” on New England Cable News, left the Boston-based show in a disagreement with management. Christine McConville of the Boston Herald writes, “Yesterday, the longtime business journalist, who started the show 17 years ago for Boston’s Bloomberg radio, said she left because NECN’s new management wanted to take the […]
MacDonald on covering the markets, breaking the news
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Elizabeth MacDonald is the stocks editor at Fox Business Network, but she covers more than the markets. In January, she questioned whether health reform is constitutional based on the interstate commerce clause — a story followed this past week by the Washington Post. And earlier this month, McDonald reported about how […]
Dolan CEO's pay jumps 35 percent
James Dolan, the CEO of Dolan Media, which operates business newspapers, had his compensation increase by 35 percent in 2009, according to a story in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. The company is also changing its name to The Dolan Co. Sam Black reports, “Also Tuesday, Dolan Media filed its proxy statement with the U.S. […]
USA Today ad slams "Heard on the Street"
Lucia Moses of MediaWeek writes Tuesday about the new USA Today advertising campaign that takes a swipe at The Wall Street Journal‘s “Heard on the Street” column. Moses writes, “Six months after News Corp.’s The Wall Street Journal trumpeted that it had edged USA Today as the nation’s largest-circulation daily, its rival is swiping back […]
Palm Beach Post reporter to join Dow Jones
Charles Passy, a general assignment reporter at the Palm Beach Post, is joining Dow Jones Newswires to cover wealth management. Brian Cronk, the managing editor of wealth management coverage, writes Tuesday in an e-mail announcement to the staff that Passy will join the staff on April 19 as a writer and columnist. Cronk writes, “Charles […]
SmartMoney.com editor Weber leaving publication
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE SmartMoney.com editor Tom Weber is leaving the personal finance publication in the wake of Dow Jones & Co.‘s acquisition of the 50 percent it didn’t already own. In an e-mail to the staff obtained by Talking Biz News, Weber wrote, “I’m writing to let you know that I’ve decided to leave […]
Forbes video anchor Rusli joins TechCrunch
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports that the tech-related site has hired Evelyn Rusli away from the Forbes Video Network. Arrington writes, “Evelyn joins us from Forbes where she was an anchor reporter for the Forbes Video Network. Rusli split her time between writing and video at Forbes, and also made over 200 television appearances on […]
The problem with a judge's ruling
Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times writes Tuesday about the recent judge ruling that prevents a Web site from writing about changes in stock recommendations from Wall Street firms. Sorkin writes, “While the ruling applies only to theflyonthewall.com, a small Web site with several thousand subscribers, the decision could presage a larger effort […]
Ex-WSJ reporter's tips for covering companies and industries
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Sarah McBride, a Wall Street Journal reporter for 13 years before leaving earlier this year with a buyout offer, spoke to students interested in business journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and provided the following reporting tips. Tips on covering a company 1. Get to know board […]
