New editor Leaf on what’s ahead for Fortune magazine

Caysey Welton of MIN interviewed new Fortune editor in chief Clifton Leaf about the business magazine’s future. Here is an excerpt: min: Do you have any new initiatives you plan to launch as editor or can we expect any big changes to the brand? Leaf: We do have a few ambitious editorial projects in the works—and, yes, there […]

The story behind Fortune’s beginning

Clifton Leaf, the new editor in chief at Fortune, writes about how the business magazine started nearly 90 years ago. Leaf writes, “‘Business is our life,’ said Henry Luce in a speech he delivered in March 1929, just 11 months before launching Fortune magazine. ‘It is the life of the artist, the clergyman, the philosopher, […]

Washington Post hires Fortune’s Newmyer

Washington Post national editor Scott Wilson, politics editor Steven Ginsburg, national politics editor Rachel Van Dongen and deputy politics editor Amy Gardner sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We are excited to announce that Tory Newmyer will be joining the PowerPost team to anchor our forthcoming newsletter on financial services and economic policy. This […]

Bloomberg Gadfly hires Gandel from Fortune

Bloomberg Gadfly executive editor Tim O’Brien and senior executive editor David Shipley sent out the following announcement to the staff: Greetings Folks — David Shipley and I are pleased to let you know that Stephen Gandel will be joining Gadfly’s New York team on April 24, where he will be covering the equity markets. Mark […]

What Fortune’s new editor sees in its future

Fortune magazine needs to reach its readers by telling the same story across multiple platforms and by chronicling how business is affecting society, said its new editor in an interview Wednesday. Clifton Leaf, who had been deputy editor since 2014, also said that the Time Inc. business magazine will be expanding its conference offerings in […]

Leaf named new editor of Fortune, Lashinsky named executive editor

Clifton Leaf, currently the deputy editor, has been named editor in chief of Fortune magazine. He replaces Alan Murray, who is now chief content officer of parent company Time Inc.  Leaf continues to report to Murray, who becomes president of Fortune in addition to his role as chief content officer. Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky has been […]

Remembering Fortune’s first photographer on International Women’s Day

Kacy Burdette of Fortune writes about the magazine’s first photographer, the famous Margaret Bourke-White, on International Women’s Day. Burdette writes, “After getting approval from the board, he asked 24-year-old photographer, Margaret Bourke-White, to come to New York. He explained to her his idea, that ‘the camera should explore every corner of industry, showing everything, from […]

What’s behind Time’s video-first personal finance brand Coinage

Time Inc. has launched a video-first personal finance content operation called Coinage that is running across 22 of its websites. Coinage plans to produce at least 600 short-form videos by the end of 2017. The first of these videos included one on how to improve your credit score, and how much Super Bowl players made […]

Fortune seeks audience engagement editor

Fortune, which boasts massive franchises like the Fortune 500, Most Powerful Women and World’s Greatest Leaders, is seeking an Audience Engagement Editor to help oversee its social media presence, SEO strategy, newsletter production and audience growth.  The Editor will collaborate with writers and editors on everything from daily news to lists  Daily responsibilities will include packaging posts for social […]

Fortune’s Wieczner wins ASME Next Award

Fortune magazine reporter Jen Wieczner is one of five winners of the second-annual ASME Next Awards for Journalists Under 30. The winners will be honored at the Ellie Awards Annual Gala on Feb. 7 and receive certificates of recognition later the same day at the inaugural ASME Next-MPA Next Conference. The ASME Next Awards are […]