Consumer Reports begins ad campaign
Richard Perez-Pena of the New York Times writes Monday about the new advertising campaign for Consumer Reports, which traditionally has done little or no advertising. And the ads have a target — extended warranties on new cars. Perez-Pena wrote, “Kenneth Weine, a vice president of Consumers Union, said the ad campaign is a way to […]
Knoxville paper starts business news web site
The Knoxville News Sentinel is launching a new business news Web site on Monday. A story Sunday stated, “The site combines the resources of the News Sentinel, the Greater Knoxville Business Journal and the Book of Lists in one easy-to-use location that also provides information not duplicated in the print products. “Visitors to Knoxvillebiz.com will […]
Hartford Biz Journal names new editor
Peter Mantius has been named the new editor of the Hartford Business Journal, according to a story in the weekly business paper. He replaces Vincent Valvo. The story stated, “Peter Mantius, who led the Long Island Business News and was a financial and political reporter at the Atlanta Constitution for 17 years, has been named […]
Neal Awards winners named
Editors from IDG/CXO Media’s CSO magazine received the coveted Grand Neal Award at the 54th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, held Friday at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. CSO earned the Grand Neal from a pool of 1,045 entries. CSO’s article, “Red Gold Rush,” pulled together trends in the security field, connecting unusual […]
Portfolio editor's mother amused by the attention
Conde Nast Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman told a group of Columbia University journalism students that she’s been surprised at the attention the new business magazine has garnered, writes John Koblin of the New York Observer. Koblin wrote, “Ms. Lipman briefly touched on the well-publicized controversy Portfolio has faced in its first year by saying: ‘I […]
Buyouts cut long-time staffers from Chicago Tribune business desk
Longtime Chicago Tribune stock market columnist Bill Barnhart is among five longtime business journalists who have accepted a buyout offer from the paper and will be leaving. Also departing are Barnhart’s colleagues John Dowd, an assistant business editor who edits his column; Bill Sluis, who edits one of the real estate sections and writes on economic […]
Wall Street turned on its head
TheDeal executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes Friday that the recent coverage of Eliot Spitzer and Blackstone Group head Stephen Schwarzman has turned business news in The New York Times upside down. Kantrow wrote, “Nowhere was the confusion more apparent than in The New York Times, which both broke the Spitzer news and was handed the […]
Battle for CNET board escalates
John Letzing of Marketwatch reports that CNET Networks Inc. is considering an appeal of a court decision permitting a group of investment firms seeking greater control of the tech biz media company to nominate new members of its board. Letzing wrote, “In a statement, CNet said Thursday that, ‘We are reviewing the Court’s written opinion […]
Friedman is rooting for Fast Company
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Friday that he hopes business magazine Fast Company can survive and thrive while competing against bigger biz glossies such as BusinessWeek and Fortune. Friedman wrote, “When John Byrne, who now leads BusinessWeek’s Internet effort, was editing Fast Company, it was recognized as a serious, creative publishing force. “It still […]
Why top real estate stories appear elsewhere
Bill Goss, the real estate editor for the New York Times, has been taking questions from readers this week, and one wanted to know why all of the good real estate stories appear in other sections of the paper, like Business and the A front. Goss replied, “There’s a simple reason that you find news […]
