Reaction to WSJ redesign is mixed
Comments about the redesigned Wall Street Journal are beginning to permeate the Internet, and the reaction is mixed. Jonathan Berr, writing on BloggingStocks.com, said that the redesign was about three yeaars too late. He said, “The design itself will take some getting used to. The Journal is 20 percent narrower which will make it easier […]
In 2007, the sexy media will be in business news
Marketwatch columnist Jon Friedman writes Wednesday that the media’s most compelling battles will occur in business journalism with the launch of the Fox business news cable channel and the Conde Nast Portfolio business magazine. Friedman stated, “Who will win? Who knows. Portfolio has deliberately kept mum about its contents, style and tone. Likewise, Fox News […]
Ugly month for ad sales for biz mags in November
Virtually every major business magazine reported negative ad sales in November in terms of ad revenue, according to data posted on the Magazine Publishers of America web site. Only the Economist and Fast Company saw an increase in ad dollars in November compared to the same month in 2005. The British-based magazine was up 9.6 […]
South China Morning Post biz editor forced to resign
Stuart Jackson, the South China Morning Post business editor, was forced to resign, and the move was seen as a rebuke of the paper’s editor, former BusinessWeek editor Mark Clifford. Jackson was also an American and had been on the job for less than a year. Jackson and Clifford had worked together at BusinessWeek, and […]
Fine: WSJ redesign shows biz journalism will lead the way
BusinessWeek media columnist Jon Fine writes about the Wall Street Journal’s redesign and notes that the paper has always been at the forefront of trying new and different things and using the Internet to break news. That’s why, he believes, that business news will be at the fore of changes in the media. Fine wrote, […]
Jax biz editor leaves for Money
Jennifer Merritt, who had been the business editor of the Florida Times-Union newspaper in Jacksonville for the past 18 months, has left the paper to become special projects editor for Money magazine in New York. In her new job, Merritt is in charge of special projects such as the Best Places to Live, Best Jobs, […]
Mitchell resigns from CJR Daily
Mark Mitchell, the assistant managing editor of CJR Daily who often took on business journalists with his criticism, has left the online outlet of the Columbia Journalism Review. In an e-mail to some business journalists and sources, Mitchell wrote, “I have resigned from my job at the Columbia Journalism Review and will no longer be […]
Preview of new CNBC web site now available
A preview of the new CNBC web site, which goes live on Dec. 4, is now available here. The current web site can be seen here. Compare the two for yourself. It promises exclusive live events, video on demand, tools for personal stock portfolios and global coverage. You can program a ticker for the stocks […]
Fortune's take on private equity opposite rival BusinessWeek's
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow noted that Fortune magazine’s recent story on private equity presented a totally different angle than rival BusinessWeek focused on earlier this month. Still, she argues, both missed the point. Kantrow wrote, “Private equity’s practitioners aren’t barbarians, [Fortune’s] Nov. 27 story suggests, but rather, management geniuses. In fact, it urges public […]
Mixed results for business magazines in October
Business magazines reported results in terms of ad revenue and pages that were all over the place in October, with publications such as the Economist, Forbes and Fortune showing gains from the same month a year ago, but others reporting a drop, according to data posted on the Magazine Publishers of America web site. The […]
