Does new top editor in Cincinnati bode ill for daily's biz coverage?

Kevin Osborne, the news editor of Cincinnati CityBeat, writes about the ramifications of the hiring of Carolyn Washburn, formerly the editor of the Idaho Statesman, to be the editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer does not result in any confidence for the future of its business coverage. Osborne writes that during her tenure, “The Statesman was […]

$13 a word pay from Bloomberg News

Kevin Drum of Mother Jones notes that Gene Sperling, an economist who is up to replace Larry Summers as head of the National Economic Council, has been paid $137,500 a year to write a 900-word monthly column for Bloomberg News. The disclosure of his pay was first made by Felix Salmon of Reuters, but Drum […]

Salt Lake paper remains committed to biz coverage

Lisa Carricaburu, the assistant managing editor for business, projects and planning at the Salt Lake Tribune, writes about how the paper has maintained its business coverage when others have cut back. Carricaburu writes, “They are why The Tribune — unlike many daily newspapers including our closest competitors — have elected to maintain a robust business […]

What exactly does that mean, Mr. Chairman?

Allen Wastler, the managing editor of CNBC.com, writes about the potential for press conferences at the Federal Reserve Board, which has not been holding such events. Wastler writes, “It’s a notion of particular interest to business journalists, since we’re covering the institution all the time. The central bank is typically aloof and guarded in its […]

Forbes wants to resell content it got for free

Erik Sherman of BNET reports that Forbes.com is taking free content from bloggers and wants to resell it in other formats. Sherman writes, “In other words, Forbes can take any free blog material and use it in any of its magazines or give permission to any other publisher that has licensed the Forbes name. It […]

Strong coverage of Sears deal

TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs likes the coverage in The New York Times about the Sears deal with Kmart, five years later.

Insurance PR spin and its effects

Gary Weiss of Portfolio.com writes about former CIGNA PR exec Wendell Potter’s book “Deadly Spin,” which details how the insurance industry used public relations to get what it wanted. Weiss writes, “But who is to blame for that? At bottom, it’s my colleagues in the media. It’s our job to distinguish between front groups and […]

CNBC's midlife crisis

Scott White of The Huffington Post writes about the changes that have taken place at business news network CNBC. White writes, “Then something happened. I don’t know exactly what caused it. But CNBC changed. For the worse, and hasn’t looked back. Maybe several somethings happened. Not sure. Maybe it was the shattering of investor confidence […]

The magazine cover effect

Barry Ritholtz writes about the psychology and market connotations of being a CEO who is named Time magazine’s Man of the Year. Ritholtz writes, “It is somewhat fitting that a decade after Time marked the very top of the internet bubble by putting Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos on the cover as person of the year […]

Biz media's love affair with Dimon

Yvette Kantrow of The Deal writes about the media fawning all over J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Kantrow writes, “In fact, the very virtues the press constantly praises in Dimon — his cost cutting, his wonkiness, his blunt speech, his faith in the virtue of banking behemoths — we find reprehensible in everyone else, […]