Shen tabbed to write Fortune’s Term Sheet

Lucinda Shen has been named as the primary writer of Fortune magazine’s private equity/venture capital email newsletter Term Sheet. She replaces Polina Marinova, who left the magazine last week. Shen has been writing for the IPO section of the newsletter in recent years. She has also filled in for Marinova. She has been writing about […]

What it’s like to work at Fortune and publish Term Sheet

Polina Marinova, who is leaving Fortune on Friday after five years and 1,300 articles, writes about her experience. Marinova writes, “At that point in time, I had only written a few general news stories and worked on Fortune’s social media strategy. There was no fire in me to learn about the crazy, complex world that […]

Fortune’s Murray to launch podcast series on leadership

Fortune magazine CEO Alan Murray plans to launch a podcast series later this month called “Leadership Next.” “I’m convinced something big is going on in the way people run large companies,” said Murray in an email. “It has become much less about telling people what to do, much more about inspiring, motivating, providing the North Star.  I […]

Fast Company, Bloomberg Businessweek among Ellie Award finalists

Fast Company was named Thursday as a finalist in the 2020 National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media in the design category. Bloomberg Businessweek for “The Elements” and MIT Technology Review for  “The China Issue” were named finalists in the single-topic issue category. Bloomberg Businessweek for “Vanillanomics,” by Monte Reel was named a finalist […]

The strategy behind Fortune’s print redesign

Fortune editor in chief Clifton Leaf writes about the strategy behind the print magazine’s redesign. Leaf writes, “To that end, my colleagues and I present this reimagined print magazine as well—the most ambitious redesign in our history. We’ve upgraded the paper stock to showcase the striking design that creative director Peter Herbert has laid out so masterfully […]

Digital Trends hires Segarra as gaming section editor

Lisa Marie Segarra has left her post as a writer at Fortune Magazine to join Digital Trends as a gaming section editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Time Inc. and also a breaking news reporter for The Record. She also held the post of staff writer at North Jersey Media Group. Additionally, she served […]

Fortune CEO Murray discusses changes to website, print publication

Fortune CEO Alan Murray spoke with Cheddar about the changes at the 90-year-old magazine, including the addition of a paywall. “We’ve increased our reporting staff by 40 percent over the course of the year,” said Murray. “…We believe that people are ready to pay for that.”

Fortune seeks a retail editor

Fortune seeks an editor to lead coverage of the retail industry from our headquarters in New York City. You will: Assign, edit, and publish news, analysis, and short features about the executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and companies behind the manufacture and sake of consumer retail goods, from Amazon to Abercrombie, Gucci to Nike, Macy’s to McDonalds […]

Fortune set to launch paywall in 2020

Fortune will be launching in January its paywall, which it has been building for more than two years now. The new paywall will feature three tiers to diversify between advertising, sponsorship and events revenue. The first tier, priced at $49.99 annually will give readers full digital access. The second tier, for $11 per month, will […]

Fortune CEO Murray: The facts do matter

Media companies and consumers of news need to focus more on facts and less on opinion, said Fortune CEO Alan Murray in a speech on Friday. “We have to get back to the point where certain facts are accepted,” said Murray. “It’s more important to be right than to be first.” Murray spoke Friday at […]