New editor: Fortune’s future is in building its brand
The future of Fortune magazine is in building the brand of the magazine as well as its staff writers, said new editor Alan Murray on Friday. Fortune “is an iconic brand of business journalism,” said Murray. “And I am a big believer in brands.” Murrya mentioned technology coverage, the Fortune 500, the Most Powerful Women, […]
Biz journalists win Front Page Awards
The Newswomen’s Club of New York named Thursday the winners of the 2014 Front Page Awards, and six of them came from business journalism. Jennifer Reingold of Fortune won in the business reporting category for “Squeezing Heinz.” In the wire services categories, Megan Twohey of Reuters won in in-depth reporting for “The Child Exchange” while Janet […]
Fortune.com’s traffic up 27.5 percent since launch
Fortune.com, which launched in June after nearly a decade of the business magazine placing its content on CNNMoney.com, has seen its traffic increase by more than 25 percent in its first four months online. The site recorded 10.2 million unique visitors and 39.5 million page views in September, according to Omniture. That’s up 27.5 percent […]
The woman behind Fortune’s Most Powerful Women
Lois Romano of Politico profiles Patricia Sellers, Fortune’s senior editor at large and a formidable player in the world of business journalism. Romano writes, “She is on a first-name basis with every female corporate powerhouse in the country and offers a blunt assessment of why more talented women are not at the top of the […]
Warren Buffett, Paul Anka sing to Carol Loomis
Billionaire Warren Buffet and singer/songwriter Paul Anka sang their version of “My Girl” to recently retired Fortune writer Carol Loomis at the Most Powerful Women summit on Monday. Caroline Fairchild of Fortune writes, “At Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, CA, Buffett and singer-songwriter Paul Anka paid tribute to longtime Fortune writer Carol […]
Fortune expands, promotes for Most Powerful Women franchise
Fortune editor Alan Murray sent out the following announcement on Monday: As we kick off the 16th annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel today, I want to share some exciting news about the expansion of that franchise on our digital platforms and some related staff promotions. Today marks the debut of the […]
Fortune’s Carol Loomis talks about her 60-year career
Ryan Chittum of the Columbia Journalism Review spoke with Fortune‘s Carol Loomis, who recently retired from full-time writing at the business magazine after 60+ years. One of the highlights is Loomis discussing how her famous stories about derivatives originated. Here is an excerpt: CL: There were actually two of them. One in 1994 and one […]
Fortune seeks a social media editor
Fortune is seeking an experienced editor to oversee its profiles on various social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn) and manage its audience engagement and growth. Experience The ideal candidate will have a business news/journalism background and must have at least one year of professional experience in online journalism, preferably with branded social media accounts. […]
New Fortune editor Murray on his challenges
New Fortune editor in chief Alan Murray writes for the Sept. 22 issue about his challenges, which he says are “making sure that Fortune’s great journalism is available to you on multiple platforms so that you get the information, analysis, and insights you need wherever, whenever, and in whatever form you choose.” Murray writes, “As […]
Assessing the biz news site redesigns
Ricardo Bilton of Digiday looks at how some business news sites — Quartz, Fortune and Bloomberg — redesigned themselves to be more appealing. On Quartz, Bilton writes, “Qz.com is now home to The Brief, a summarized list of top stories from not only Quartz itself but other news sites as well. It’s a significant departure from […]
