Fox Business wins argument to force release of Madoff documents

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Fox Business Network has won a legal victory to force the release of documents related to New York University’s lawsuit against Bernard Madoff feeder Ezra Merkin. The New York Supreme Court’s ruling forces parties in the case to release all the depositions in the case, which had been filed under seal. It […]

Fox's Glick backs up CNBC and Cramer

Fox Business Network anchor Alexis Glick told Conde Nast Portfolio‘s Jeff Bercovici that she thinks that the criticism that has been applied to CNBC and “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer could probably be applied to her own network. Bercovici writes, “‘Frankly, I think we would support that,’ she said, referring to the increasing stridency of […]

No more important time for business journalism

Steve Krakauer of TVNewser interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Alexis Glick about her job, and some of the discussion centered around business journalism. Here is an excerpt: Let’s talk about the upcoming TVNewser Summit: You’re going to be one of the keynote speakers, talking about the business of TV news. Describe your view of the […]

Fox Business Network success unlikely due to the competition

Jeff Bercovici of Conde Nast Portfolio talks to Paul LaMonica, author of “Inside Rupert’s Brain,” a book about News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, known in the past few years for his purchase of the parent of The Wall Street Journal and for starting Fox Business Network. Here is an excerpt: MM: Fox Business Network: Will […]

Making sense of the financial world

Danielle Friedman of Our Town, a newspaper that covers the Upper East Side of New York, profiles Fox Business Network anchor Alexis Glick and examines how she does her work. Friedman writes, “Minutes after she walks through the studio doors, the stunning, vivacious brunette begins her daily reading marathon, charging through a packet a hundred […]

A dogged reporter

David Sharos of The Wheaton Sun in suburban Chicago profiles Fox Business Network reporter Sandra Smith and discovers that her superiors think she bas become a more fierce reporter since she joined the network. Sharos writes, “Smith’s bosses — such as Ray Hennessey, director for business news and an editorial/managing editor for foxbusiness.com, have taken […]

Fox Business wins FOI lawsuit

Fox Business Network has won its lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department over failure to respond to its Freedom of Information Act requests. The decision was delivered earlier Friday by U.S. District Judge Holwell who ordered the Treasury to comply with the FOI requests within 30 days, or by March 23, as well as stated that the Treasury must […]

Biz journalists who move the market

U.S. News & World Report lists the top 25 people who move the stock market and four of them appear on CNBC or Fox Business Network. CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer is No. 14, while CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo is No. 22. Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto is No. 23, while CNBC’s Larry Kudlow […]

Empathy in a business journalist

Ilena Ryan of The Boulevard magazine profiles Fox Business Network’s Nicole Petallides, who resports from the New York Stock Exchange, in the latest issue. Ryan writes, “Able to thrive in a high-pressure environment, Petallides has been working inside the NYSE for more than 10 years and has spent that time establishing connections and learning when […]

The best documentary on the economy

David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun critiques the documentaries about the current economic turmoil from CNBC, Fox News and PBS and says that the one from PBS called “Inside the Meltdown” is “one of the finest hours of nonfiction TV that I have ever seen in 30 years of writing about the medium.” Zurawik writes, “I […]