Georgia Trend biz magazine sold to Morris
Business magazine Georgia Trend has been sold to Morris Publishing, which primarily owns newspapers, for an undisclosed amount. Damon Cline of the Augusta Chronicle writes, “The 31-year-old Georgia Trend magazine is distributed in all 159 Georgia counties. Its affiliated products include the annual Small Business Guide, the annual Business Georgia publication, the website georgiatrend.com and the […]
Real Deal seeks editor of its magazine
The Real Deal — the leading publication covering the New York City, South Florida and Los Angeles real estate markets — is looking for a full-time editor to work on its main New York monthly magazine. The job includes coming up with story ideas, assigning/working with reporters, editing stories, collaborating with designers on art/layout concepts […]
Entrepreneur magazine redesigns, cuts two issues
Entrepreneur launched a redesign with its latest issue, and the business magazine is also cutting two print issues a year from its schedule. The magazine combined its January and February issues and will also be combining the July and August issues, editor Jason Feifer told Talking Biz News in an email. “That’s become pretty standard in the […]
Inc. has most profitable year in a decade, expanding overseas
Inc. magazine has had its most profitable year since it was purchased by Joe Mansueto in 2005, reports Sara Guaglione of MediaPost. Guaglione writes, “CRO John Donnelly pointed to a list of positive numbers for the publication, which focuses on content for entrepreneurs, start-ups and small business, as evidence that Inc. is ‘the fastest-growing business […]
Harvard Business Review rolls out redesign, cuts number of issues
Harvard Business Review has launched a redesign with its January-February 2017 issue that includes heavier paper stock and more photos. The magazine is also cutting the number of issues it publishes annually to six from 10 but says that each issue will have more feature articles. And the newsstand price is increasing to $18.95 from […]
Directors & Boards editor Kristie is retiring after 35+ years
James Kristie, the editor and associate publisher of Directors & Boards, is retiring after more than three decades running the publication. Kristie is likely the longest-tenured magazine editor currently in the publishing industry, beginning his 36th year as editor of Directors & Boards in September. Kristie says his idols are Jim Michaels, who was editor […]
Bloomberg ends print Bloomberg Pursuits
Bloomberg Pursuits is folding its print product, reports Becky Peterson of Folio, as the luxury magazine will cease print publication after its current December issue. Peterson writes, “The digital edition will live on, and online content will remain free to all audiences. In addition, the October-launched show ‘Bloomberg Pursuits’ will continue to air on Bloomberg TV, and luxury […]
Roanoke Business magazine ceases publication
Roanoke Business magazine announced that its December issue would be its last. Publisher Bernie Niemeier wrote, “Telling the story of businesses in Roanoke, Blacksburg and the New River Valley as the region diversifies its economy has been exciting, but for an advertising-supported magazine it just hasn’t proven viable. “Looking back, our team produced 54 monthly […]
Murphy named Bloomberg Businessweek editor; revamped magazine in 2017
Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait and Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith sent out the following announcement on Thursday: To everybody in Bloomberg Businessweek from John Micklethwait and Justin Smith, We know that Ellen is talking to many of you about her departure from Bloomberg Businessweek. We have booked some time to speak to all […]
Harvard Biz Review cutting print issues in 2017
The Harvard Business Review will drop from 10 print issues a year to six in 2017 and will instead publish six new online series, each of which will be a multi-day, multimedia package organized around a single concept, reports Shan Wang of Nieman Lab. Wang writes, “The metaphor of the print magazine is useful for understanding the editorial structure […]
