Portfolio among media winners in 2007
Rachel Sklar of Huffington Post picks new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio as one of the winners in the media world in 2007. Sklar wrote, “Could it be? Is it possible that beleaguered and piled-upon Portfolio could be a….winner? After all the hoopla (read: money) leading up to its launch, expectations were high and criticism […]
Pooley story about Murdoch is best of 2007
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman picks Eric Pooley’s profile of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch in Time magazine as he was trying to acquire The Wall Street Journal and launch Fox Business Network as the best story of the year. Friedman wrote, “Everyone in the media world was obsessively predicting what he might do next. Our speculation became […]
Changes coming to Columbus business section
Elizabeth Connor, who became the business editor at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in October, writes Monday about some changes coming to the section. Connor wrote, “One of my goals as business editor is to have more local stories in the section. We will be making a few other changes to the business section — in addition […]
Forbes: Business coverage extended enormously
Steve Forbes of Forbes magazine talked with Jerry Kronenberg of The Boston Herald about a variety of topics, including the future of the business magazine. Here is an excerpt: Rupert Murdoch recently bought The Wall Street Journal and launched the Fox Business Network, while Conde Nast created Portfolio magazine. What’s the future for Forbes magazine […]
Ending 2007 with, yes, an item about Murdoch and Dow Jones
Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times has his toasts and roasts to the top people in the deal-making world in 2007, and News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch makes it onto both lists. Sorkin wrote, “To Rupert Murdoch, who did the impossible, again. You bought virtually the only asset in the world that wasn’t […]
Paul Steiger has left the building
Former managing editor Paul Steiger writes a front-page column in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal where he reminisces about his career and examines the future of newspapers. Steiger wrote, “It was the fall of 1999, and the newspaper I edited, The Wall Street Journal, was awash in money. Thanks to the dot-com boom and the lush […]
"Disappointing" vs. "dramatic" holiday sales
Nathan Burchfiel of The Business & Media Institute writes that some reporters covering the holiday retail sales seem to be using the words “dramatic” and “disappointing” too loosely. Burchfiel wrote, “According to MasterCard SpendingPulse, retail sales were up 3.6 percent during the holiday season – 2.4 percent excluding gas prices. But because it’s not as […]
Vlasic joins NYT as Detroit bureau chief
Bill Vlasic, who has covered the auto industry for the Detroit News and BusinessWeek, among others, has joined the New York Times as its Detroit bureau chief, according to a memo from Times business editor Larry Ingrassia posted on the Jalopnik blog. Ingrassia wrote, “With more than a dozen years’ experience covering the industry, most […]
When will WSJ.com become free?
Motley Fool contributor Rich Duprey writes Thursday that he got a renewal notice for his Wall Street Journal subscription in the mail today that tells him he can save money if he also subscribes to the paper’s Web site. Duprey wrote, “Yet my renewal notice told me that if I renew now I get both […]
The Amazon.com media spin
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs writes Thursday that Amazon.com aims to get the business media to play along with its game by issuing a press release stating that its online sales this Christmas season were the highest ever. Fuchs wrote, “In this holiday season, of course, online retail is growing at approximately a 20% clip, […]
