The Fortune cover that may lead to a guilty verdict
Parl Farhi of the Washington Post writes about the 2014 Fortune cover story by Roger Parloff about Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes that may lead a jury to convict her. Farhi writes, “Nevertheless, the Fortune article vaulted Holmes to celebrity status. Journalists trekked to Theranos’s headquarters in Palo Alto, producing a flood of equally awed and flawed stories. Forbes, […]
Forbes EIC Lane, reporter testify before Trump grand jury
Forbes chief content officer Randall Lane writes about why he and one of the magazine’s reporters testified before a grand jury probing former President Donald Trump and why it fought the subpoena. Lane writes, “After months of objections, on Wednesday, the judge overseeing this grand jury process ordered us to testify, but limited the scope to simply […]
Holmes claims she got to review WSJ op-ed
Theranos arranged an article with The Wall Street Journal at the advice of its public relations advisors to establish itself separately from Walgreens, reports Erin Griffith of The New York Times. Griffith writes that Theranos CEO Elizabeth Homes “went to Joe Rago, a member of The Journal’s editorial board, because he had connections with members of […]
Thomson Reuters backs out of military pledge after concerns
Thomson Reuters signed and then backed out of a pledge to support the British armed forces after its journalists feared it could endanger colleagues working abroad, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Talbott writes, “The pledge required Thomson Reuters to promote the fact it is an ‘armed forces-friendly organisation’ to clients and the wider public, support […]
How Elizabeth Holmes soured the media on Silicon Valley
Erin Griffith and Erin Woo of The New York Times write about how the downfall of Theranos Inc. and CEO Elizabeth Holmes has soured business journalists on Silicon Valley. Griffith and Woo write, “The discovery that Ms. Holmes, the tech industry’s most celebrated female entrepreneur, was misdirecting the world about her company marked a turning point in the […]
Fox’s Bartiromo accused of calling attorney general about election
Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to a new book “Betrayal” by ABC’s chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl, reports Brian Stelter of CNN Business. Stelter writes, “Karl said he reached out to Bartiromo for a response, because, ‘after all, it’s highly inappropriate […]
Paid articles promoting stock published on Yahoo Finance, Insider
Yahoo Finance, Yahoo and Insider published articles from Benzinga that had been paid for by companies to promote their stocks, reports Caleb Pershan of Columbia Journalism Review. Pershan writes, “This Alfi story was one of more than a hundred paid promotional articles originally published by Benzinga, then syndicated to better-known financial news websites like Yahoo!, Yahoo! […]
Trump’s letter to editor upsets WSJ reporters
Former President Donald Trump’s letter to the editor, published in The Wall Street Journal, that mistakenly claims the 2020 election was stolen has upset some reporters at the paper, reports Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy of CNN Business. Stelter and Darcy write, “The Journal’s opinion folks are separate from the newsroom and sometimes downright oppositional. Several reporters grumbled to me […]
Reporter Carreyrou allowed to attend Elizabeth Holmes trial
Former Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou is now allowed to sit in on the trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, whose defense team had put him down as a potential witness, reports Adam Lashinsky of Business Insider. Lashinsky reports, ” In his podcast, ‘Bad Blood: The Final Chapter,’ he is an unapologetic antagonist of Holmes, focusing on […]
Insider sues federal government to obtain names
Insider Inc. is suing the Biden administration to obtain the names of staffers who have this year earned taxpayer-funded paychecks while working for former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, reports Dave Levinthal of Insider. Levinthal writes, “In response to a series of Freedom of Information Act requests from Insider senior correspondent Robin Bravender, the […]
