WSJ columnist signs $6.75 million book advance
Keith Kelly of The New York Post writes that Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow has signed a $6.75 million book advance with Hyperion to write a book about a terminally ill college professor. Kelly wrote, “Pausch, a computer science professor, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which is generally regarded as terminal. He’s expected to […]
At a global operation, words have new meaning Down Under
CNBC reporter Mike Huckman writes Wednesday about a mistake in word usage that caused some hilarity in the business news network’s Australian operations. Huckman wrote, “I was assigned to do what we call the ‘PM cut-ins’. Those are the little news blurbs wrapping up the day’s market activity that CNBC reporters and anchors do for […]
Oil industry book lifted passage from Wikipedia
Noam Cohen of The New York Times writes that a book by George Orwel on the oil industry lifted five paragraphs almsot verbatim from a Wikipedia entry. Orwel, who has been a senior writer for Oil Daily and Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, declined to talk to The Times. Cohen wrote, “Copying from Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia […]
Sun-Times biz editor send global warming letter to Tribune reporters
Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune writes that Chicago Sun-Times business editor Dan Miller has sent a letter to two reporters at the Tribune urging them to keep an open mind about global warming. Rosenthal wrote, “Efforts to reach Miller by phone and e-mail for comment Thursday and Friday were unsuccessful. Sun-Times Editor in Chief […]
Huey: Murdoch
John Huey, the editor in chief at Time Inc.’s magazine operations who previously worked at The Wall Street Journal and helped launch its European edition, doesn’t believe that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch will hurt The Journal after he acquires it next month. Atlanta Constitution reporter Bo Emerson wrote, “A former reporter for The Wall […]
Biz journalists incorporate social media into beats
A number of business journalists are taking part in the BeatBlogging.org project being started by Jay Rosen of MediaShift and New York University to incorporate social networking into their coverage. The reporters include Ed Silverman, who covers the pharmaceutical industry for The Star-Ledger in Newark; Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Keith Reed, who covers Proctor & Gamble; […]
Biz media gives Rubin a pass
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs wants to know why new Citigroup CEO Robert Rubin has gotten positive coverage from the business media this week when he helped cause its problems. Fuchs wrote, “This means that as Citigroup got involved in the actions and activities that are now helping it unspool, Rubin was the Tom Hagen, […]
Business coverage core to The Economist
David Hirschman of MediaBistro talked to The Economist editor in chief John Micklethwait about his job and how the magazine covers certain topics. Here is an excerpt: While business pervades most of the sections of The Economist, the magazine has also spread out quite a bit over the past few years, and there is much […]
WSJ becomes the National Enquirer of business journalism
Adam Hanft of The Huffington Post writes Monday that The Wall Street Journal‘s story last week about Bear Stearns CEO James Cayne shows that the paper will become more rumor-driven like other tabloids owned by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Hanft wrote, “What’s telling is that all the positive quotes — and there are a […]
WSJ reporter joins Inquirer as deputy editorial page editor
Paul Davies, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal who covered the federal courts and white-collar crime, is leaving the paper to become deputy editorial page editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. A short story in the Inquirer stated, “He worked at the Philadelphia Daily News from 1997 to 2004, where his stories on predatory lending […]
