CNBC's Bartiromo to write column for USA Today
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo, whose regular column in BusinessWeek was cancelled when the magazine was purchased by Bloomberg, will now write a regular column in USA Today. A release stated that the column will be in a question-and-answer interview format — similar to what she was doing for BusinessWeek — and will “provide readers with […]
Arndt named ME of Crain's Chicago
Michael Arndt, a former BusinessWeek staffer, has been named the managing editor of Crain’s Chicago Business. He replaces Brandon Copple, who left earlier this summer. Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune writes, “Arndt most recently was Chicago-based editor for innovation and design coverage at Bloomberg Businessweek, a role he assumed with BusinessWeek before that magazine’s […]
“Death of Equities II” from the NY Times
Howard Gold, executive editor of MoneyShow.com, believes that business journalism has just experienced a seminal moment — the repeat of BusinessWeek‘s infamous “Death of Equities” cover from 1979 that was spectacularly wrong about the future of the stock market, which rose dramatically in the next two decades. Gold writes, “Well, last Sunday, The New York […]
Bloomberg Businessweek names deputy photo editor
Bloomberg Businessweek announced Tuesday that Karen Frank has been hired as deputy photo editor. “Frank brings a deep knowledge of business and great ideas for how to make our photography even more distinctive,’ said Josh Tyrangiel, editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, in a statement. “She has experience working with world class photographers across a variety of […]
Site covering biz schools launches
John Byrne, the former editor in chief of BusinessWeek.com, has launched a new site covering graduate business schools called Poets&Quants.com. It’s the first new site from Byrne’s company C-Change Media. “With Poets&Quants, our goal is to become the go-to place for serious applicants to the best MBA programs in the world,” said Byrne, chairman of […]
How Consumer Reports takes on companies
Devin Leonard of Bloomberg Businessweek writes in the latest issue about Consumer Reports magazine, which in the past few months has taken on both Toyota and Apple and won. Leonard writes, “By the late ’90s, however, consumer appetites had moved beyond the utilitarian to Lexuses and stainless steel six-burner “professional grade” Viking stoves. Consumer Reports […]
Former BW senior correspondent joins PR firm
Kerry Capell, a former senior correspondent for BusinessWeek in its London bureau, has been hired by the Ruder Finn public relations firm as a senior vice president. Capell will report to Kathy Bloomgarden, co-CEO of Ruder Finn Inc. She last wrote for Bloomberg Businessweek in the April 1 issue. Capell joined BusinessWeek in 1995 and […]
Bloomberg Businessweek hires NYT tech writer Stone
Brad Stone, a technology correspondent for the New York Times, has been hired by Bloomberg Businessweek to cover the same topic and company coverage from the magazine’s San Francisco bureau. He will start Aug. 2. “Brad is one of the top journalists in his field and brings a deep knowledge of the tech industry to Bloomberg […]
WSJ, Miami Herald, NPR stories win National Press Club awards
Business stories from The Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald and National Public Radio were recognized in the annual National Press Club journalism awards, announced Wednesday. Journal reporters Andy Pasztor and Susan Carey won the Dornheim Award for their coverage of the crash of a Colgan Air turboprop near Buffalo. They revealed the minimal training […]
Biz magazines outperform industry in second quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 14 business magazines published in the United States outperformed the overall magazine industry in the second quarter in terms of advertising revenue and ad pages. The financial and business magazines reported ad revenue of $328.1 million in the second three months of the year, up 11.3 percent from the same […]
