Biz journalists increasingly using social media
Social media is the most increasingly influential source of information on stories published by business journalists, according to a study released Monday by Brunswick Research. However, social media does not influence business journalists at the same level as their own research of more traditional information sources, the study found. Brunswick Research, which is based on […]
Engadget editor, ME leave tech news site
Kara Swisher of All Things Digital is reporting that Engadget editor Josh Topolsky and managing editor Nilay Patel are leaving the tech news site owned by AOL. Swisher writes, “Sources said the departures have been a long time in coming, related to a range of ongoing issues the veteran editors have had working for the […]
LSU student creates biz news site
A master’s student at Louisiana State University has started a business news site for Baton Rouge professionals. The site, the Baton Rouge Business Journal, is the creation of Ariel Hammond, a master’s student who wants to be a business journalist. Her adviser is Craig Freeman, who has taught business journalism at LSU. Currently, the site […]
DailyFinance.com, BloggingStocks.com to cease operations
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Two of the AOL Money & Finance sites — DailyFinance.com and BloggingStocks.com — will be shut down as part of AOL’s merging its editorial operations with The Huffington Post, according to business journalists who work at AOL. Another AOL Money & Finance site, WalletPop.com, has been gutted of virtually its entire salaried […]
AOL layoffs include DailyFinance, WalletPop staffs
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The layoffs at AOL’s news operation on Thursday include staff members at DailyFinance.com, Luxist.com and WalletPop.com, sources confirmed to Talking Biz News. The layoffs are due to AOL combining its editorial operations with The Huffington Post, which put Arianna Huffington in charge of the combined editorial operations. At least four staff members […]
FT Alphaville to launch U.S. version of popular “Markets Live”
FT Alphaville will launch Friday the first U.S. edition of its popular British real-time service, “Markets Live.” “Markets Live” is a real-time service in which our commentators offer their views on moves and news in the markets in a live streaming-media format The U.S. version will be different from the daily chat hosted by Neil […]
Tech journalists leave biz weekly to start new site
The two business journalists who left the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 2008 to start the TechFlash site for the Puget Sound Business Journal have now struck out on their own with the help of investors. John Cook and Todd Bishop launched Geekwire.com on Monday. The site will cover technology news. Bishop writes, “We have strong plans […]
Business Insider made money in 2010
Henry Blodget, the former Wall Street analyst who founded The Business Insider, reports that the business news site made $2,127 in net income last year on $4.8 million in revenue. Blodget writes, “But, thanks to our generous sponsors and partners, we are, at last, able to reward our hard work. “Our newsroom salaries for full-time […]
The best financial blogs riff on each other
Time magazine compiled a list of the most influential — and useful — finance blogs out there and then asked some of the best-known bloggers to review one another’s work. Among the blogs selected were Business Insider, Felix Salmon’s blog for Reuters, Dealbreaker, DealBook from the New York Times, and Planet Money from NPR. Cal-Berkeley […]
Forbes starts digital ad network
Forbes is launching an ad platform that combines the Forbes Media Network with a new audience segmentation effort called FAST and offers custom units that blend advertising with content according to user preferences. Bill Mickey of Folio writes, “Dubbed FMX, for Forbes Media Extension, the platform encompasses the entire Forbes network of branded and non-branded […]
