AME for business at Denver Post leaving for Bloomberg
Jeff Taylor, the assistant managing editor for enterprise and business at the Denver Post, is leaving the paper to become San Francisco bureau chief and enterprise editor for Bloomberg News, according to an e-mail from Post editor Greg Moore obtained by Talking Biz News. Earlier this week, Moore announced changes on the Post’s business desk […]
Charges filed against former Boeing employee who was paper's source
Steve Miletich of The Seattle Times reports that a former Boeing employee who was a confidential source for the paper in stories about the company has been charged with downloading and stealing information off its computers that later appeared in the paper. Miletich wrote, “Police also alleged in charging papers that information in the downloaded […]
Dow Jones union is going about this the wrong way
Forbes.com columnist Gary Weiss writes that the union that represents business journalists at Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch, should not be bringing alternative bidders to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch to the bargaining table. Weiss wrote, “If IAPE wants to preserve the editorial independence of Dow […]
Writing a business book about an unwilling subject
Tad Whitaker of the Marin Independent Journal has a nice story about Wall Street Journal journalist Julia Flynn Siler, who recently published a book about the Mondavi wine family but encountered a number of hurdles along the way. Whitaker wrote, “Flynn Siler had always wanted to write a book and knew the Mondavi story had the […]
Reuters beats WSJ on KKR story in terms of analysis
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs took a look Thursday at company announcements near the July 4th holiday and decided that some of them were intentionally released at that time to decrease coverage. With one story, a Reuters wire article explained the significance, while The Wall Street Journal ignored the issue. Fuchs wrote, “But I do want to […]
How a small newspaper goes above and beyond with biz coverage
A few weeks back, Talking Biz News posted an item about the Frederick News-Post newspaper in Maryland creating a business blog — a unique proposition for such a small paper. Business editor Cliff Cumber provides an update on the blog, and some other interesting ways that the paper is trying to cultivate its business readers. […]
Bloomberg News columnist Amity Shlaes took a look at a study by two University of Chicago economists that examined whether news content in papers lined up with the political views of their owners to determine whether News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch will change the content of The Wall Street Journal if he buys its parent, […]
Fireworks industry gets coverage once a year
A handful of newspapers used the July 4th holiday to take a look at their local fireworks industry — or what it means to international trade. Alia Malik of The Baltimore Sun wrote, “About a dozen decaying buildings are all that remains of the Patriotic Fireworks factory, once ranked among the nation’s top 10 fireworks […]
White to receive lifetime achievement award
The American Society of Business Publication Editors has named publication designer, author, teacher and consultant Jan White as its 2007 Lifetime Achievement honoree. The 79-year-old White will receive his award at the Azbee Awards of Excellence banquet the evening of Aug. 2 at New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel. The banquet also will honor individuals and […]
Yeah, it's Commerce Bancorp. But which one?
Hal Morris writes on the GrumpyEditor.com blog that business journalists need to get the headquarters location of corporations up higher in their stories, especially when the name of the company could be confusing with another business. Morris wrote, “A Wall Street Journal headline on page 1 of its Money & Investing section on Saturday read:Â […]
