Fight continues between Hartford paper, ex-consumer columnist
The Hartford Courant ran a short story on Wednesday regarding consumer complaints and an investigation of a mattress retailer — the subject of which led to the resignation of its consumer columnist earlier this month. The short story can be read here. The former consumer columnist, George Gombossy, writes on his site that the story […]
New biz editor in Albany
Eric Anderson has been named the business editor at the Albany Times Union, a Hearst newspaper in upstate New York. He replaces Marlene Kennedy, who was laid off by the paper last month. Anderson has been covering aviation, manufacturing, transportation and other business stories. Anderson has been a deputy business editor at the paper. Kennedy had been editor […]
The Onion: CNBC will hire anyone
The latest issue of The Onion, the satirical newspaper, had the following news item in its latest issue about business news network CNBC: “Citing a need to provide quality programming 24 hours a day, CNBC has extended an invitation to anyone who owns a suit to drop by the financial news network and be a […]
Impoco joins Reuters as enterprise editor
Reuters announced Monday the hiring of Jim Impoco, former Sunday business editor of The New York Times, to the newly created role of enterprise editor for Reuters Americas. Based in New York, Impoco will commission and edit stories that will meet the challenge of engaging a diverse global Reuters readership in an increasingly competitive media environment. Drawing on the talent and creativity of Reuters journalists, Impoco will ensure that Reuters delivers more groundbreaking and innovative stories and multimedia packages for customers […]
Smith named Reynolds chair at Missouri
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The University of Missouri School of Journalism is expected to announce Monday that Randy Smith will become the first Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism at the school. He is a 30-year veteran of The Kansas City Star and a former president of the Society of American Business Writers and Editors. […]
Biz journalist writing Paulson memoir
Heidi Moore of New York magazine reports that Michael Carroll, the former editor of Institutional Investor magazine, is “co-writing” the autobiography of former Goldman Sachs head and Treasury secretary Hank Paulson. Moore writes, “Carroll — whose co-workers consistently describe him as hard as nails, highly intellectual, meticulous in his reporting, stubborn, dogged, and a perfectionist […]
NPR's Planet Money looking to expand
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE NPR’s multimedia project covering the global economy, Planet Money, is looking to hire two to three new staff members, including an executive producer, as it nears its one-year anniversary. The hires, which are expected to occur between October and March 2010, will expand the Planet Money staff to eight or nine […]
MoneyShow.com names Jubak senior markets editor
MoneyShow.com announced Wednesday that today that Internet investment columnist Jim Jubak will join its editorial team as senior markets editor. Jubak will write two columns a week, post blog entries every weekday, and produce weekly video segments about the markets, the economy, and individual stocks he follows. Longtime content partners MSN Money and MoneyShow.com have […]
Former Hartford Courant biz editor leaving paper
George Gombassy, the former business editor of the Hartford Courant who in recent years had written a consumer watchdog column, is leaving the paper later this week. The Laurel site reports, “Apparently his last day is August 14th. We’ve been told that there were journalistic differences over George’s column, including a specific issue regarding an […]
MSNBC.com covers the economy through one town
Brian Stelter of the New York Times writes Monday about how MSNBC.com has spent the last five months reporting from Elkhart, Ind., to track how the town is handling the economic recession. Stelter writes, “For the Elkhart Project, which is entering its fifth month, MSNBC.com assigns one staff member to Elkhart, Ind., at almost all […]
