Highland Capital seeks name of author of Dealbreaker post
Highland Capital Management LP on Thursday asked a New York state judge to order the operator of Dealbreaker.com to disclose information that could help it identify whoever posted a comment that the hedge fund firm considered “defamatory,” reports Jonathan Stempel of Reuters. Stempel writes, “Breaking Media and Dealbreaker were not accused of wrongdoing by Highland, which according […]
Study: Male CEOs treated differently than female CEOs in coverage
A Rockefeller Foundation study could not find a single news article written about a male CEO that mentioned family life, according to a report from Emily Peck of The Huffington Post. Peck writes, “But perhaps most significantly, female CEOs are more often blamed when things go wrong at their company. When a company led by a woman […]
Dobbs apologizes after tweeting address, phone number of Trump accuser
Fox Business Network anchor Lou Dobbs tweeted the phone number and address of one of the women of has accused presidential candidate Donald Trump of sexual harassment, reports Peter Sterne of Politico. He later apologized. Sterne writes, “Dobbs linked to a post from a conservative news site that purported to link Leeds to the Clinton Foundation. The site published […]
Bartiromo posts, then deletes tweet that smears Clinton
Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo posted a comment on Twitter this weekend that smeared presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that was then deleted, writes Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Wemple writes, “The slime here couldn’t possibly be more complete. Instead of having used an epithet against a group of people, Clinton was expressing her […]
Silicon Valley Biz Journal editor recuses himself from Yahoo coverage
A story on the Silicon Valley Business Journal website Friday afternoon says that its editor has recused himself from the newspaper’s Yahoo coverage. The editor, Scott Ard, sued Yahoo and CEO Marissa Mayer earlier this week alleging that the company had a system of eliminating male employees. The story, written by Jon Wile and Craig Douglas, states, “Scott Ard, […]
Fed needs to tighten policies in the wake of media leaks
The Federal Reserve needs to improve the way it handles the release of sensitive information generated by its board of directors and policy-setting committee in the aftermath of media leaks, according to an Inspector General report, writes Kate Davidson of The Wall Street Journal. Davidson writes, “The Fed routinely shares such releases with news media […]
Verge deputy editor worked at Apple at the same time
The Verge editor in chief Nilay Patel writes about former deputy editor Chris Ziegler, who accepted a job at Apple this summer and continued to work at the tech site while holding his new position. Patel writes, “Chris began working for Apple in July, but didn’t tell anyone at The Verge that he’d taken a new job until […]
Newsletter publisher to pay $1.5 million for defrauding subscribers
A California-based stock newsletter company has agreed to pay $1.5 million fines for defrauding its subscribers, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced. According to the SEC’s complaint, Manuel E. Jesus and his newsletter company Wealthpire Inc. used advertising materials and websites touting him as “the untutored prodigy of stock investing” under the alias Manny Backus. […]
Blurring the line between advertising and editorial at Entrepreneur
Sapna Maheshwari of the New York Times writes about how a recent article on Entrepreneur magazine’s website carried an ad for a lending company that has a partnership with the magazine. Maheshwari writes, “Last month, Entrepreneur Media introduced Entrepreneur Lending, which allows it to profit as it directs readers to short-term, high-rate loans from CAN Capital. It added […]
Behind The Street’s “coverage” of a penny stock
Keith Larsen and Rick Rothacker of The Charlotte Observer write about articles that appear on TheStreet.com about a Charlotte-based start-up that makes action cameras. Larsen and Rothacker write, “Those articles were written by Adam Heimann, a principal at Midam Ventures LLC. That’s the investor relations firm that has an agreement with Life Clips to run […]
