What he really meant to say was…

Conrad De Aenlle of The New York Times writes Sunday that CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer says he was misunderstood when he responded to a viewer’s question about Bear Stearns. De Aenlle wrote, “In a March 11 broadcast, viewed tens of thousands of times on YouTube and parsed by satirists like Jon Stewart, Mr. […]

Oregon real estate reporter fired in dispute about coverage

Ethan Lindsey of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that David Fisher, the real estate reporter for the Bend Bulletin in Oregon, was fired from his job in a dispute with his editors about how negative the coverage should be about the current market. Fisher claims that a story he wrote was edited to exclude any negatives about […]

Shafer: Gladwell's story about his Washington Post biz reporting is bunk

Jack Shafer of Slate.com writes Wednesday that well-known book author Malcolm Gladwell‘s recent tale about his early career as a business journalist at the Washington Post is part fabrication to embellish the story. Shafer writes that Gladwell recently told a public forum about an earnings story where he got the financial results wrong. Shafer wrote, […]

Jury selection begins for ex-Boeing worker who leaked info

Andrea James of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes Tuesday that the jury selection has begun in the case of a former Boeing worker fired for leaking company information to a Seattle Times reporter. James wrote, “A series of articles revealing sensitive information about Boeing aircraft design appeared in The Seattle Times, starting in 2003, prosecutors allege. […]

Mint editor: NYT deputy Sunday biz editor needs to check facts first

Raju Narisetti, the former Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor who now runs the Mint business newspaper in India, reacted angrily to allegations from New York Times deputy Sunday business editor Patricia Kranz that his paper has been reprinting Times’ articles without permission. In a post on the Romenesko site, Narisetti wrote, “I wish The […]

WSJ partner in India says it has deal to publish NYT stories

Nikhil Pahwa writes on the Content Sutra site that the Hindustan Times’ business newspaper Mint, a Wall Street Journal partner paper in India, has an agreement to publish New York Times stories, contrary to claims from a Times deputy Sunday business editor. Pahwa wrote, “Mint says that WSJ is an exclusive partner, while NYT is […]

WSJ partner in India lifting content from New York Times

Patricia Kranz, deputy Sunday business editor at the New York Times, has written a memo posted on the Romenesko site in which she claims that a Wall Street Journal partner in India has been running Times’ content on its web site without attribution. Kranz wrote, “Upon further examination, it appears that the site has published […]

How Spitzer used financial journalists to advance his career

Kimberley Strassel of The Wall Street Journal writes Wednesday about how New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer used business journalists to advance his career when he was attorney general investigating alleged Wall Street misdeeds. Strassel wrote, “What makes this more embarrassing for any self-respecting journalist is that Mr. Spitzer knew all this, and played the media […]

Murdoch to Wall Street Journal DC bureau: No agenda here

Michael Calderone of Politico writes Tuesday that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and new Wall Street Journal publisher Robert Thomson visited the paper’s Washington bureau last week and said he will have no political agenda in the paper’s content. Calderone wrote, “For roughly 90 minutes, Murdoch and Thomson spoke to Journal reporters and editors assembled in the […]

Fox Business using sex to sell business news

Wayne Friedman of MediaPost’s TV Watch writes about how Fox Business Network is using its female anchors and reporters to promote itself in New York. Friedman wrote, “A new outdoor ad for a Fox Business campaign offers up what we love best about all News Corp. properties: A little sex to make us forget our […]