WSJ. sets ad, page record
John Koblin of Women’s Wear Daily reports that WSJ., the magazine of The Wall Street Journal, has set advertising and page records with its September issue. Koblin writes, “While Sally Singer handed over her latest cover of T: The New York Times Style Magazine to the relatively unknown jazz singer Esperanza Spalding, editor Deborah Needleman […]
Forbes and advertisers: Is history repeating itself?
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE One of the changes that has been made at Forbes magazine during the past several years is that it has begun offering blog space on its website to companies. Such a blending of editorial and advertising — although Forbes may argue that the content is not advertising — has been criticized […]
CNBC vs. Fox Business for the last two months show strong growth by both
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Talking Biz News obtained Saturday some Nielsen data from an independent, third party comparing the average audiences for business news networks CNBC and Fox Business for the past two months. You can see the dramatic gains in viewers due to the market turmoil of the past couple of weeks. The numbers […]
Writing about Wall Street, the person
Tom Reilly, the editor of the Attleboro Sun-Chronicle in Massachusetts, writes about how business journalists often personify what’s going on in the stock market. Reilly writes, “Adding to the public’s confusion about our national fiscal crisis is, I fear, the manner in which the news media is reporting the issue. “And I say this speaking […]
Economist hits circulation high
The Economist continued to see growth in circulation for the first half of 2011, with ABC reporting a 2.64 percent circulation increase in year-over-year comparison, reports Stefanie Botelho from Folio. Botelho writes, “North American subs are now up to 844,387, the largest number in The Economist’s history. Digital subs are also up at 5,245; four […]
WSJ editorial page needs to revisit News Corp. editorial
Jack Shafer of Slate writes that The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board needs to think about writing another editorial about its parent company now that new revelations have come to light about its phone hacking scandal. Shafer writes, “But revelations published by the Guardian on Tuesday give the Wall Street Journal editorial page plenty of […]
WSJ names editor of Off Duty section
Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following staff announcement on Thursday afternoon: Ruth Altchek has formally become Editor of the Off Duty section, which she and the team have fashioned into a formidable part of our extremely successful Saturday paper. Ruth joined The Wall Street Journal in June 2010 as a […]
NYTimes names deputy tech editor
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia and technology editor Damon Darlin made the following staff announcement on Thursday: We are pleased to announce that Quentin Hardy, executive editor for Forbes Media, is joining the New York Times as a deputy technology editor in the San Francisco bureau. Quentin, one of […]
Footnoted.org founder looks back on eight years
Footnoted.com founder Michelle Leder writes Thursday about eight years of digging through SEC filings and writing stories about what she and her staff found. Leder writes, “When I started footnoted eight years ago, the idea was simple: to start a daily conversation that built upon some of the concepts that I covered in my book, Financial […]
Huffington Post launches small biz news site
The AOL Huffington Post Media Group has launched of HuffPost Small Business, a new site covering issues facing small business owners. The site plans to offer tips and tools for entrepreneurs, coverage of potential pitfalls and opportunities facing young companies, and spotlight industry leaders. Rod Kurtz is the executive editor. “Small businesses are the backbone […]
