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New York Times Responds to Recent Updgrades at WSJ.com

New York Times Expands Business & Technology Coverage Online

New and Redesigned Sections Launch; First of Many Steps to Enhance Online Business and Technology Coverage

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Times announced today significant expansions of its online business coverage with a redesigned Technology section, the introduction of an Economy section and Green Inc., a blog on energy and the environment. In the coming months, NYTimes.com will expand the Small Business, Personal Technology and Your Money sections; introduce more journalists; deepen coverage within its DealBook franchise; and continue to add new tools and multimedia features throughout its online and mobile business pages.

Who's Who Behind 'Heard on the Street'

NEW YORK (Sept. 8, 2008) — The Wall Street Journal announced today it is partnering with Dow Jones Newswires to revamp and expand its venerable Heard on the Street column to provide readers with a far broader mix of agenda-setting analysis and commentary.

The Heard on the Street column has been an everyday fixture in the Journal and a staple in every business executive's daily diet since the 1960's. The new Heard column is truly global with more than a dozen dedicated news staff located in the U.S., Europe and Asia contributing to a daily newspaper column in all three editions of the paper and providing updates during global trading days that will be featured first in several real-time information services from Dow Jones Newswires and later in the subscriber content of WSJ.com.

"Heard on the Street will echo around Wall Street and the world with a resonance well beyond its traditional influence," said Robert Thomson, managing editor for The Wall Street Journal and editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Company. "Business readers are overwhelmed by information, so what they crave is intelligent analysis and market-moving insight -- that is precisely what the revamped Heard will provide, in print, on the web and, crucially, on Newswires. Our commitment to that high quality content is reflected in our investment in an outstanding team of reporters and the expanded real estate devoted to their work in the Journal."

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Norm Pearlstine Joins Bloomberg News

Appointment Reunites Pearlstine with Bloomberg News Founder Winkler

NEW YORK -- Bloomberg today announced that it has named Norman Pearlstine its Chief Content Officer, a newly-created position. In this role Pearlstine will partner with Bloomberg News Founder and
Editor-in-Chief Matthew Winkler to seek growth opportunities for its television, radio, magazine and online products and to make the most of the existing Bloomberg News operations.

    In making the announcement, Bloomberg L.P. President Dan Doctoroff, to whom both Pearlstine and Winkler will report, said, "Norm's exceptional accomplishments as the top news executive at Time Inc. and at The Wall Street Journal, coupled with his most recent work as a Senior Advisor for telecom and
media at The Carlyle Group, give him experience that will prove invaluable to Bloomberg News.  He and Matt Winkler, working side by side, will be one of the most powerful teams in journalism.  Norm will be a tremendous asset to Bloomberg as we continue to shape new media for this century."

CNBC 's David Faber Wins 2 Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., December 4, 2007 – CNBC received two Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting, which recognize outstanding achievement in business and financial reporting. The 5th annual awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in a luncheon ceremony held at the Rainbow Room in New York City.

We are honored to be recognized with two Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting," said Mark Hoffman, CNBC President.  "These awards represent CNBC's goal and commitment to continually provide viewers with the in-depth news and information they have come to expect from us."

CNBC's monthly primetime business news magazine, "Business Nation," won in the category of Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News Story-News Magazines and Long Form for its piece, "Prescription....and Pay-offs," reported by CNBC's David Faber, chief correspondent of "Business Nation."  CNBC's Mitch Weitzner is executive producer and Alison O'Brien served as a producer on the story.

CNBC also received an Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic for the network's two-hour original documentary, "Big Brother, Big Business," reported by CNBC correspondent David Faber. CNBC's VP Long Form and Special Programming, Josh Howard, served as executive producer and additional credits include producer Lori Gordon, coordinating producer Alison O'Brien and editor Patrick Ahearn.

Jim Cramer Inks Multi-Year Deal to Remain with CNBC

ENGLEWOOD, N.J., November 28, 2007-CNBC today announced that Jim Cramer, host of "Mad Money w/Jim Cramer" (6PM & 11PM ET), has signed a multi-year deal to remain with the network.

"Jim has played an integral part in CNBC's rebirth. He is not only one of the most respected and successful Wall Street minds but also happens to be a great entertainer," said Mark Hoffman, CNBC
President. "I'm thrilled Jim will remain part of the CNBC family. When Jim Cramer speaks, people listen, and so does the market."

In addition to hosting "Mad Money," Cramer will continue his "Stop Trading" segment with CNBC's Erin Burnett during "Street Signs" (2PM-3PM ET). Cramer will also begin contributing original content to the "Mad Money" homepage (madmoney.cnbc.com) on CNBC.com, the network's official website.

"With my program, CNBC has given me the opportunity to break down the traditionally complicated stock market to engage and educate the next generation of Wall Street investors," says Jim Cramer. "Doing 'Mad Money' everyday is my passion and I'm excited to be a part of this incredible network. This is the only team I want to play for."

MarketWatch.com Names Therese Poletti, Benjamin Pimentel to Editorial Team Covering Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MarketWatch.com has named Therese Poletti technology columnist and Benjamin Pimentel technology reporter.

Poletti, an award-winning staff writer at the San Jose Mercury News for the last seven years, will deliver real-time breaking news commentary to MarketWatch.com's audience of institutional and retail investors while providing fresh views of large, ongoing news topics in technology. Pimentel, previously a reporter with 14 years of experience at the San Francisco Chronicle, will cover manufacturers and fabrication equipment vendors in the semiconductor industry.

NYTimes.com Launches Enhanced Technology Section Overseen By Lawrence Ingrassia

Redesigned Section Includes Content From Around the Web
Blogrunner Aggregates the Most Relevant Technology News

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NYTimes.com today launched an expanded and enhanced version of its technology section (www.nytimes.com/technology) with a different look, further aggregation of top publications and more tech news updates throughout the day. New content providers to the section, IDG Media Brands and paidContent.org, will contribute their reporting to The Times’s coverage of breaking news. Content feeds are provided by Blogrunner.com, a feed aggregator owned by the Times Company that monitors blog postings and the online conversations they inspire. The enhanced section offers readers a more comprehensive understanding of the technology industry, companies and trends, as well as a breakdown of policy issues affecting the business of technology.

The technology section fully integrates Blogrunner with a module on the section front that features frequently updated links to other sources reporting on technology, both blogs and traditional media publications, chosen by Times editors for their significance. This editing process enables readers to get a thoughtful overview of the day’s top print and online coverage, all on one site.

“This new site further enhances The New York Times’s dominant position among the influential readers who frequent our business and technical sections,” said Vivian Schiller, senior vice president and general manager, NYTimes.com. “With the deployment of Blogrunner to aggregate the most relevant content from around the Web, we will further solidify our position as the online ‘must-read.’”

“This section is essentially all you need to understand everything that is happening, on any given day, in the world of technology,” said Lawrence Ingrassia, business and financial editor, The New York Times. “With our reporters breaking news throughout the day on the BITS blog and the aggregation of the best outside content, Times readers will be able to find, consolidated in one place, the most critical and compelling stories about technology each day.”