Arizona Republic biz columnist departs amid reorganization
Arizona Republic business columnist Jon Talton is leaving the paper as part of a reorganization that resulted in the elimination of his column, according to a Phoenix Business Journal article. Chris Casacchia wrote, “‘I chose not to accept other opportunities that the company offered,’ he wrote in a note to friends and colleagues. ‘For six-and-a-half […]
Portfolio preview doesn't shed much
The special preview of Conde Nast Portfolio for charter subscribers arrived my mailbox today, and the cover promises a “behind-the-scenes look at the development of the magazine and web site.” Having read the preview, I still am not sure I know anything more than what I already knew about the magazine. It includes the basic […]
Forbes preparing lifestyle spinoff
Nat Ives of Advertising Age reports Friday that Forbes is preparing a spinoff magazine called Forbes Executive Life Woman that will launch in October and then have four issues in 2008. Ives wrote, “And it’s true that the ranks of executive women are growing. The other business books are certainly trying to capitalize on that, […]
Biz media faces the music
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs writes Friday that the business media’s coverage of Starbucks annual meeting showed how well an executive can get journalists to write what he or she wants. Instead of focusing on the issues at Starbucks outlined in a recent memo from chairman Howard Schultz, the business media decided to write about the coffee […]
More on Cramer spouting off
USAToday’s Matt Krantz takes a look Friday at “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer talking on a videocast on TheStreet.com about how he manipulated stocks and how business journalists are used by investors. (Note that Cramer back away from many of his statements Thursday.) Krantz wrote, “Cramer didn’t return messages left with CNBC or multiple e-mails […]
Get your face on Wired's cover
Wired magazine is offering the opportunity for some of its subscribers to have their faces on the July cover, reports MediaWeek’s Lucia Moses. She wrote, “As part of a collaboration with Xerox, one of its advertisers, Wired, starting March 23, will invite subscribers to go to the magazine’s Web site and upload a photo and […]
Inc. and Fast Company owner happy with magazines
Joe Mansueto, who bought Inc. and Fast Company two years ago, has been happy with their performance. Folio magazine’s Marrecca Fiore, writing about a speech Mansueto gave at the Folio Publishing Summit in Chicago earlier this week, wrote, “After winning the auction, Mansueto’s strategy was to create an independent publishing company and to invest in technology […]
Google Finance gets a boost
Dominic Jones, writing on the Seeking Alpha web site, notes that a recent change to Google searches could mean a boost in traffic to the Google Finance site and hurt rival Yahoo Finance. Jones wrote, “While a boost in traffic to Google Finance from the main Google search pages is obvious, it’s unclear just how […]
CNBC's Goldman burned by source?
CNBC Silicon Valley bureau chief Jim Goldman was likely burned by a source when he reported earlier this week that Motorola was going to purchase Palm, according to Eric Buscemi on BloggingStocks.com. To date, no deal has been announced. Buscemi wrote, “More and more information pointed to Motorola as the likely acquirer. Ed Zander, Motorola’s […]
Cramer backs away from some, but not all, of his statements
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, who earlier this week was criticized for his comments on a videocast on TheStreet.com for saying that he performed unethical stock trading while running his fund and then later making disparaging remarks about business journalists, has backtracked somewhat. In an interview on the Don Imus radio show, he said that […]
