Financial bloggers and the Treasury
Brian Stelter of The New York Times writes about how the Treasury Department has reached out to financial bloggers in the past week. Stelter writes, “Tyler Cowen, an economics professor at George Mason University who has written at the Marginal Revolution blog for six years, said it was the first time he had heard from […]
A suggestion for the Loeb awards
Felix Salmon, who blogs about business and finance for Reuters, has some suggestions for the Gerald Loeb Awards in business and financial journalism after receiving a call from one of the judges that they’re considering adding online categories. Salmon writes, “So what happens when the Loeb jury tries to drag itself into the 21st Century […]
The dominant entertainment biz reporter
Tad Friend of The New Yorker profiles Nikki Finke, whose blog Deadline Hollywood Daily on the business of entertainment has become a must-read for executives. Friend writes, “In recent years, as her fame has increased, she has felt so vulnerable to public scrutiny that she no longer sees her subjects at all. But in seclusion […]
Montreal paper expands online business news offerings
Bryan Demchinsky, business editor of the Montreal Gazette, writes Thursday about how the paper is expanding its online business news offerings. Demchinsky writes, “A new departmental business blog called Inc. Ink has been launched. It will be one of the elements on a new Web page on montrealgazette.com called Business Observer. As the name suggests, […]
SF Chronicle starts blog about work
The San Francisco Chronicle has started a new blog called Get to Work, aimed at people looking for jobs or working for themselves as independent contractors, freelancers or consultants. A short announcement states, “Edited by Chronicle economics writer Tom Abate, with help from career coach Kimberly Thompson, this blog is about how to succeed during tough […]
The rise of financial blogs
Joe Hagan of New York magazine writes about how financial blogs have become more powerful in influencing the markets and what we think about them, particularly the Zero Hedge blog run by a 30-year-old Bulgarian immigrant banned from working in the brokerage business for insider trading. Hagan writes, “Financial blogs grew out of the message […]
Competing against blogs for tech news
Deputy technology editor David Gallagher of the New York Times is answering questions from readers this week, and the first question comes from a reader who wants to know how it competes against tech blogs. Gallagher writes, “One of my favorite sites is Techmeme, which tracks the tech-related articles and posts that are generating the […]
Thomson Reuters set to acquire Breakingviews.com
Iain Dey of The Times of London reports that Thomson Reuters is about to announce its acquisition of Breakingviews.com from founder Hugo Dixon for 10 million pounds, or about $16.2 million. Dey writes, “”Mr Dixon, who ran the Lex column in the Financial Times for five years, has been in talks with Thomson Reuters since […]
Ten years of the consumer tech column
Rob Pegoraro of The Washington Post celebrates writing his consumer technology column for a decade by explaining how his coverage has changed. Pegoraro writes, “For another, my column has appeared on different days of the week–first on Fridays, then Sundays, then Thursdays, and now a hybrid schedule (online Friday, in print Sunday). For much of […]
The blogging world of Felix Salmon
Marion Maneker of The Big Money examines the influence of Reuters financial blogger Felix Salmon, previously of Portfolio.com. Maneker writes, “In hiring Salmon, Reuters, one of the original one-way communications systems, has acknowledged the importance of fostering open-ended conversations. Salmon’s ability to repackage, recontextualize and reorient the work of other writers is surely the thing […]
