All things disclosure

If you’re familiar with coverage of the technology beat, you’re undoubtedly familiar with All Things D run by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. What you might not be as familiar with is their disclosure statements, Swisher’s in particular.  Mossberg’s statement can be found here. In her statement, Swisher discloses the following information: Swisher’s spouse, Meghan […]

Economist accused of contempt in Bangladesh

A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has accused The Economist of hacking the computer of its presiding judge to record conversations and read emails he exchanged with a lawyer. The Associated Press writes, “The magazine did not directly address the charges, but said it is in possession of conversations and documents that raise serious questions about […]

So Facebook is now Reg FD compliant?

If you’re a business journalist, you likely know about Reg FD (Fair Disclosure), the rule that publicly traded companies must make material announcements in a manner accessible to most investors. But is Facebook public? Well, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is arguing that the social media site is a public forum after getting in hot water […]

TheStreet.com journalist linked to insider trading ring

Reed Albergotti of The Wall Street Journal writes Friday about how Michael Baron, a senior editor at TheStreet.com, has been tied to a sophisticated insider trading ring. Albergotti writes, “Mr. Baron — described in the complaint as a co-conspirator, or ‘CC-1,’ and as ‘a reporter at a financial news website’ — hasn’t been identified previously. […]

Churn and tech journalism

John Biggs of TechCrunch has a great read about how churning out content is affecting tech journalism. Bigss writes, “The problem comes when that churn, that endless wave of news, crests over our abilities to manage and vet. There is a call, for example, to slow down when it comes to coverage. You don’t care […]

CNBC and the “Rise Above” campaign

Ryan Chittum of Columbia Journalism Review is critical of CNBC’s “Rise Above” campaign, which he argues is mere political posturing. Chittum writes, “So it is with CNBC’s ‘Rise Above’ crusade, which has blanketed its airwaves and adorned its lapels since the day after the election with pleas for a solution to the so-called ‘fiscal cliff.’ […]

Businessweek criticized for poll on hot female b-school students

Bloomberg Businessweek has pulled an online poll and article asking its readers to vote for what business school had the best-looking female students after criticism from readers. Aja Romano of The Daily Dot writes, “The poll was part of a new Businessweek feature called ‘Face/Off‘ that asks readers to vote on various short polls. Introduced […]

A biz journalist who doesn’t vote

Colin Pope, the editor of the Austin Business Journal in Texas, writes about his no-voting policy. Pope writes, “I started the no-voting practice in the 1990s when I was assigned to the City Hall beat at a daily newspaper. I was uncomfortable with the expectation of fairly covering politics professionally, and then personally I was […]

Just be transparent about it

A growing trend in journalism revolves around branded or sponsored content — individuals or companies pay to place their editorial creations alongside the “real” journalism. It’s not new; advertorials have been around for a while. But more and more websites are allowing it — even some run by major news organizations — and the line […]

Analyst fired for talking to biz reporters

A Citigroup tech analyst has been fired from his job after he talked about Facebook’s initial public offering with business journalists. Stephen Foley of the Financial Times writes, “Mr Mahaney, one of the most widely-respected and quoted analysts in his sector, was given a ‘letter of education’ in April this year about his failure to […]