The Audit

Hurray for the Dolans!

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 26, 2009 at 05:25 PM

Those are words I never thought I'd write. Cablevision is going to start charging readers to view its content, according... More

What Took You So Long, Gannett?

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 26, 2009 at 10:36 AM

Gannett, the biggest newspaper chain, has finally cut its dividend, and in a major way. It's a long overdue move... More

Reuters on the Scope of Unrest in Europe

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 26, 2009 at 10:12 AM

Reuters has a nice roundup of unrest in Europe—much of it labor protests—it says is being caused by the financial... More

Wired and the Math Formula of Doom

A hit, followed by a miss

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 26, 2009 at 08:42 AM

Part of the problem in explaining the genesis of the financial crisis is that much of it was just so... More

One Black Swan You’ll Never See

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 25, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Nassim Nicholas Taleb of Black Swan fame has a provocative column this morning in the Financial Times—a little too provocative.... More

Journal Inside the Citi Mess

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 25, 2009 at 08:59 AM

The Journal has a very readable story this morning on the tensions between Citigroup and the government. It shows the... More

Santelli and the White House

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 24, 2009 at 03:10 PM

Rick Santelli continues to make a fool of himself, touring the media to defend his call for a "tea party"... More

FT’s Murrow Moment

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 24, 2009 at 10:35 AM

Nationalization is inevitable—and sooner rather than later. That according to the Financial Times's New York banking reporter Francesco Guerrera. I... More

Murdoch Fires Back at the Times

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 24, 2009 at 08:35 AM

The Wall Street Journal fired back at The New York Times story yesterday about Murdoch's newspaper affinity dragging down News... More

Ansberry’s Grim Tales of the Non-Retired

By Dean Starkman   Feb 23, 2009 at 02:49 PM

I suspect I'm not the only one who read this WSJ story about workers in their 70s and 80s scuffling... More

A Nice Get On Stanford From the Chronicle

By Dean Starkman   Feb 23, 2009 at 02:44 PM

This Houston Chronicle story from last week contains an interesting interview with a pair of ex-employees, who describe how... More

NYT on WSJ

By Dean Starkman   Feb 23, 2009 at 08:54 AM

The New York Times does a nice job keeping an eye on its downtown rival this morning, reporting interesting details... More

WSJ Widens Lead On Citi

By Dean Starkman   Feb 23, 2009 at 07:55 AM

The Journal breaks the news that the erstwhile subprime leader is asking the government for more help with an idea... More

Frontline Disappoints

A surprisingly weak effort on the financial crisis; do-over needed

By Elinore Longobardi   Feb 23, 2009 at 06:54 AM

Dismay. That was our response to Frontline’s recent documentary on the financial crisis. And our problem wasn’t even with the... More

Santelli’s “Tea Party” Illustrates Press Failure

The mobs want to string up the wrong people

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 20, 2009 at 04:21 PM

As the light from the torches gleans from a million pitchfork tines after Rick Santelli's bizarre, gasket-blowing performance on CNBC... More