Prairie Business Magazine seeks editor

Prairie Business is seeking its next editor — one who can continue the magazine’s tradition of excellent business reporting of the Dakotas and Minnesota. This glossy magazine, with a circulation of 12,000, is affiliated with the Grand Forks Herald and Forum Communications. Its bread-and-butter is stories about business news, trends and people. The editor oversees one reporter, […]

Pulling the trigger on FW Inc.

Hal Brown, the publisher of FW Inc., writes about the launch of the new business magazine in Fort Worth, Texas. Brown writes, “The heart of our editorial focus (and frankly where my biggest passion for this product comes from) is the stimulating commentaries about some of the area’s best and brightest executives – entrepreneurs who […]

Missouri publisher to start new biz magazine

Springfield, Mo.-based Whitaker Publishing announced Thursday that it is starting a business magazine called Biz 417. Khadijah Forrest of KSMU writes, “Whitaker calls the publication ‘networking in print,’ or a place to meet area business personalities, become inspired by their successes and learn from their mistakes. “During Thursday’s launch at the eFactory in Springfield, officials […]

The creation of a Texas business magazine

Scott Nishimura is executive editor of FW Inc., a business magazine launching in Fort Worth, Texas next week. FW Inc. will publish quarterly for local entrepreneurs and C-level executives. Every issue will contain pieces from the area’s best and brightest executives, who unpack their professional journeys, sharing their stories and experiences; in-depth reporting on commercial […]

Nishimura to lead new Texas biz magazine

Longtime business journalist Scott Nishimura has been hired to launch a new business magazine called FW Inc. Jeff Prince of the Fort Worth Weekly writes, “FW Inc. will be published quarterly beginning this summer. “‘We’re going to have in-depth analysis, features on leading business people and entrepreneurs in Fort Worth, and a lot of fun […]

Harvard Biz Review plans to add subscribers by upping price

Joseph Lichterman of the Nieman Journalism Lab writes about how Harvard Business Review wants to add subscribers while increasing its price. Lichterman writes, “HBR thinks readers will be willing to pay more for a subscription because the magazine is adding new products it hopes will offer readers additional value for the added cost. “Last month, […]

Bloomberg Pursuits names new publisher

Bloomberg’s group advertising director Ali Salama has been named Bloomberg Pursuits publisher, effective immediately. Salama replaces Emma Winchurch-Beale, who has taken on a new role for Bloomberg Media as client lead overseeing all advertising sales categories in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Salama, who joined Bloomberg in 2014 as group advertising director, is an […]

D CEO, Crain’s Chicago among AAPB winners

The Alliance of Area Business Publishers presented its Editorial Excellence awards to newspaper and magazine business periodicals on Saturday, the climax of its three-day annual Summer Conference in Charlotte. BEST IN SHOW Most improved publication: Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, Hoa Vu, art director The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report has long been an attractive […]

Digital publishing lessons from Harvard Business Review

Joshua Macht and Eric Hellweg of Harvard Business Review about lessons the publication has learned with its digital operation. Macht and Hellweg write, “Let me give you one example. Early on, we would sign up subscribers to the magazine from our website, but we found that many of the customers who came to us from […]

How Bloomberg Pursuits differentiates itself

Capital New York spoke with Bloomberg Pursuits editor Emma Rosenblum about the magazine and its competitors. Here is an excerpt: CAPITAL: Who are your primary competitors, and how do you plan to out-perform them? ROSENBLUM: We live alongside luxury magazines such as W.S.J., T, Departures, ForbesLife, and How to Spend It. I think Bloomberg Pursuits […]