Staff at ailing national business daily The Australian Financial Review are bracing for a blast of deregulatory fervour following the appointment of The Australian’s Michael Stutchbury as the paper’s editor-in-chief.
Business journalism
Herald Sun gets down to business, cutting coverage as staff walk
What is going on inside the Herald Sun’s once-vaunted business section? The news that four senior staffers are all preparing to up-sticks has left News’ default national business desk scrambling to plug the yawning editorial gap.
Why you should never take stockmarket advice from business journos
Reporters are interesting in generating headlines, not making you money. Mark Gimein explains why good journalists make bad stock predictions.
Andrew Ross-Sorkin: the journalist king of Wall Street
Andrew Ross-Sorkin has built a business journalism empire around his New York Times column, but many of his colleagues think his reputation is undeserved. New York Magazine meets the man behind the column inches.
How to save business media: more sex and cow farts
Business magazines are going bust and Stanley Bing knows why: they’re full of boring rich farts. Time for less “what old guys are thinking” and more “what young people are doing”.
The AFR’s internal culture of favouritism and cushy cliques
The world’s most expensive financial tabloid, The Australian Financial Review, has been accused of many things in its 58-year history, but its internal culture of ruthless favouritism and cushy cliques has for the most part escaped scrutiny, writes Andrew Crook.
Voting on The Age’s new business-sport-tabloid hybrid
Malcolm Farnsworth looks at the shrinking importance of the business section in The Age and perhaps a hidden agenda for the sports section.
The cruel irony of the business-news business
As the global financial crisis collapses companies around the world, the very journalists and titles that should be covering the carnage are being hit just as hard.
Bank margins: the empire struck back
Two leading members of the business commentariat this morning defended the decision by the Commonwealth Bank to increase variable mortgage rates by 10 basis points earlier this week.
