Fortune.com hires Griffith from PandoDaily
Erin Griffith, who covers New York start-ups for PandoDaily, has resigned to accept a position at Fortune.com. Fortune announced the hire on its Twitter feed. The Time Inc. magazine is in the process of hiring reporters and editors for its website, which will split off later this year from CNN and CNNMoney.com. Griffith worked as […]
Vanity Fair, Fortune switch roles
Eric Starkman, a public relations professional, writes that Vanity Fair magazine and Fortune magazine appear to have switched roles with the hard-hitting business coverage appearing in the former about Yahoo’s CEO. Starkman writes, “I can’t do justice summarizing McLean’s prodigious reporting in this space, but suffice to say that McLean shatters many myths, including that […]
Fortune.com seeks news editor
Fortune.com is looking for an experienced, energetic and innovative editor to oversee our growing coverage of business news. The ideal candidate will have previous online news editing experience, a passion for breaking stories on the web, a proven track record of using social and search to stay on top of trending news, and excellent headline […]
Fortune.com seeks London editor
Fortune.com is looking for an experienced business journalist to become its first editor in London. The ideal candidate will have previous online news editing experience, a passion for breaking stories on the web, a proven track record of using social and search, and excellent headline and line editing skills. This person will be expected to […]
Fortune.com seeks news editor
Fortune.com is looking for an experienced, energetic and innovative editor to oversee our growing coverage of business news. The ideal candidate will have previous online news editing experience, a passion for breaking stories on the web, a proven track record of using social and search to stay on top of trending news, and excellent headline […]
Chatzky begins writing column for Fortune
Personal finance journalist Jean Chatzky will begin writing a regular column for Fortune.com called “Money Sense From Jean Chatzky.” The first column, about financial bullies, can be found here. Chatzky’s column will run weekly online — but she will be contributing to all platforms — so her column could appear in the print magazine at […]
Why Time Inc. should buy Forbes
Lucia Moses of Adweek writes Tuesday about why a Time Inc. purchase of Forbes magazine makes sense even though it already owns Fortune. Moses writes, “Fortune has a meager online presence, having been a channel of JV partner CNNMoney.com over the course of their 8-year partnership. (Fortune doesn’t say what its dedicated traffic is, but […]
Loomis inducted into NY Journalism Hall of Fame
Fortune senior editor-at-large Carol Loomis was inducted into the Deadline Club’s New York Journalism Hall of Fame on Thursday. Anne VanderMey of Fortune writes, “Loomis, who started at the magazine 60 years ago, was one of the first prominent female financial journalists. She began as a research associate at age 24 and climbed through the […]
Life as a freelance business journalist
Ken Otterbourg left the traditional journalism world of daily newspapers in early 2010 and hasn’t looked back. For nearly four years, Otterbourg has made a living as a freelance business journalist, publishing his work in national publications such as Fortune, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. His work can be found at […]
Biz journalist: Let us attend IPO road show meetings
Dan Primack of Fortune argues that business journalists should be allowed to attend a company’s road show meetings with potential investors in its initial public offering. Primack writes, “To be clear, I’m not accusing Twitter or any other company of surreptitiously breaking the rules. I’m accusing them all of participating in business-as-usual, which is de facto […]
