Forbes relaunching all blogs, and every reporter will have one
Joe Pompeo of The Business Insider reports Monday evening that Forbes.com will relaunch its blog network later this week, and that all of the reporters at the business magazine will have a blog. Pompeo writes, “We also hear that every reporter will now be required to have his or her own blog, and that most […]
Changes at the WaPo "Economy Watch" blog
Frank Ahrens of The Washington Post writes about the changes occurring at the “Economy Watch” blog at the paper, which will now be called “Political Economy,” amid other changes on the business desk. Ahrens writes, “As for me, this has been a terrific nearly two years and an unparalleled education. When my former boss interrupted […]
What it was like to work at Trader Monthly
Rich Blake, who now writes for Reuters Hedge World, reminisces none too happily about what it was like to work at the now-defunct Trader Monthly magazine and its parent, Doubledown Media, under head Russell Lane. Blake writes, “The only thing more perplexing than how/why the company ever tried to function without even a single full-time […]
Ex-BusinessWeek biz writer starts management blog for Washington Post
Jena McGregor, a former business journalist at BusinessWeek who left when it was sold last year to Bloomberg, has started writing a blog about management issues for the Washington Post. PostLeadership, according to the first post, will “examine our world through the leadership lens. Each day, Jena McGregor, BusinessWeek’s former editor for management and leadership […]
Tech blog that uses algorithms to find news
Claire Cain Miller writes in Monday’s New York Times about Techmeme, a technology news site that uses algorithms to help find the latest tech news. Miller writes, “But Techmeme also turns to humans to filter the ever-growing number of articles and blog posts published online each day, a method that is being used by Mediagazer, […]
Making sense of conflicting stock market headlines
Tess Vigeland talks to Reuters blogger Felix Salmon about how to make sense of the conflicting headlines coming from business journalism. Here is an excerpt: VIGELAND: This to me really encapsulizes why people are so freaked out about what’s going on right now, because they read one thing here, they read anything there and nobody […]
Blodget's big bet on business journalism online
Andrew Goldman of Bloomberg Businessweek writes in the latest issue about former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget and his business news site The Business Insider. Goldman writes, “Blodget added new content and expanded the site into a collection of blogs under the TBI banner — Wall Street, tech, media, and the like. He started aggressively […]
NYT starts new app blog Thursday
The New York Times‘ business section is launching a new blog called AppSmart focused on applications. In addition, it has revamped its health care business blog Prescripions. AppSmart, written by Bob Tedeschi, will debut Thursday, July 8, in the paper’s Personal Tech pages and online, with a focus on the ever-expanding universe of downloadable apps […]
Oregonian starts blog allowing businesses to post “news”
The Oregonian has revamped its online business news site, including starting a blog that allows businesses to post their own news. Therese Bottomly, managing editor of readership and standards, writes, “Newly redesigned, the business news website at oregonlive.com/business more boldly displays stories, videos and photos. It remains the home for updated business news stories, The […]
FBI seeks documents from Gawker about story on iPad leak
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked Gawker Media to retain all the documents it has on a story its Valleywag site posted earlier this week about a security leak on iPads through AT&T that exposed personal information for thousands of users. Shira Ovide of The Wall Street Journal reports, “The post from Wednesday has […]
