Ugly month for ad sales for biz mags in November
Virtually every major business magazine reported negative ad sales in November in terms of ad revenue, according to data posted on the Magazine Publishers of America web site. Only the Economist and Fast Company saw an increase in ad dollars in November compared to the same month in 2005. The British-based magazine was up 9.6 […]
South China Morning Post biz editor forced to resign
Stuart Jackson, the South China Morning Post business editor, was forced to resign, and the move was seen as a rebuke of the paper’s editor, former BusinessWeek editor Mark Clifford. Jackson was also an American and had been on the job for less than a year. Jackson and Clifford had worked together at BusinessWeek, and […]
Fine: WSJ redesign shows biz journalism will lead the way
BusinessWeek media columnist Jon Fine writes about the Wall Street Journal’s redesign and notes that the paper has always been at the forefront of trying new and different things and using the Internet to break news. That’s why, he believes, that business news will be at the fore of changes in the media. Fine wrote, […]
Jax biz editor leaves for Money
Jennifer Merritt, who had been the business editor of the Florida Times-Union newspaper in Jacksonville for the past 18 months, has left the paper to become special projects editor for Money magazine in New York. In her new job, Merritt is in charge of special projects such as the Best Places to Live, Best Jobs, […]
Mitchell resigns from CJR Daily
Mark Mitchell, the assistant managing editor of CJR Daily who often took on business journalists with his criticism, has left the online outlet of the Columbia Journalism Review. In an e-mail to some business journalists and sources, Mitchell wrote, “I have resigned from my job at the Columbia Journalism Review and will no longer be […]
Preview of new CNBC web site now available
A preview of the new CNBC web site, which goes live on Dec. 4, is now available here. The current web site can be seen here. Compare the two for yourself. It promises exclusive live events, video on demand, tools for personal stock portfolios and global coverage. You can program a ticker for the stocks […]
Fortune's take on private equity opposite rival BusinessWeek's
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow noted that Fortune magazine’s recent story on private equity presented a totally different angle than rival BusinessWeek focused on earlier this month. Still, she argues, both missed the point. Kantrow wrote, “Private equity’s practitioners aren’t barbarians, [Fortune’s] Nov. 27 story suggests, but rather, management geniuses. In fact, it urges public […]
Mixed results for business magazines in October
Business magazines reported results in terms of ad revenue and pages that were all over the place in October, with publications such as the Economist, Forbes and Fortune showing gains from the same month a year ago, but others reporting a drop, according to data posted on the Magazine Publishers of America web site. The […]
Former BW Asia editor in hot water with new staff
Former BusinessWeek Asia editor Mark Clifford, who has been editor of the South China Morning Post for most of this year, has upset many of his staff members for firing employees involved in putting together a mock newspaper front page for another editorial staff member who was leaving the paper. Clifford objected to an expletive […]
Switch of MEs at Fortune aimed to rebuild brand
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York writes that the decision to change managing editors at Fortune by parent Time Inc. signals that the parent company is trying to stem some of the issues that the glossy has recently faced. Flamm wrote, “Fortune needs to crank it up. Portfolio‘s arrival will mean a tougher environment for […]
