SABEW makes Best in Business all online
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers announced that its 2009 Best in Business contest will accept entries only online. Mark Scarp writes, “Also, entries received by Jan. 13, 2010, will pay a discounted rate. The final deadline is Jan. 25, 2010. “’SABEW has invested in a significant amount of technology to receive entries […]
Bloomberg should buy Newsweek
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman, a former Bloomberg staffer, argues that the growing news and data company should have acquired general interest magazine Newsweek instead of BusinessWeek. Friedman writes, “Knowing that Bloomberg truly hopes to expand its capabilities to a non-Wall Street marketplace, Let me make my pitch: Why not try to buy Newsweek from […]
Executive editor Byrne decides to leave BusinessWeek
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE John Byrne, the executive editor at BusinessWeek, has decided to leave the magazine when it is sold to Bloomberg LP. Bloomberg had earlier told the staff that Byrne would be retained, along with Ellen Pollock, the other executive editor. In an e-mail to the staff, Byrne writes, “After spending 22 years […]
Reynolds funds business journalism fellowships at Harvard
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has received a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to establish a new fellowship for business reporters, according to an AP story. The story states, “The grant of more than $900,000 from the Las Vegas-based foundation will cover the cost of annual fellowships for one business […]
The future contents of BusinessWeek
Former BusinessWeek staffer Gary Weiss writes that he has seen what the future content of the magazine will look like under Bloomberg LP’s ownership when he read a story on Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney general and a rising star in the Democratic party, describing how Cuomo took cash from lawyers with business before his […]
Let's not make BusinessWeek another Time
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon writes about the danger of turning BusinessWeek.com into Time.com in the wake of the hiring of Josh Tyrangiel to be the magazine’s editor after his success in increasing visits and page views at the general interest magaizne. Salmon writes, “I’m an admirer of Tyrangiel too. But it would be depressing if […]
Chinese biz magazine regroups
Sky Canaves of The Wall Street Journal writes about how Chinese business magazine Caijing is struggling in the aftermath of the departure of its editor and a majority of its staff. Canaves writes, “The Nov. 23 issue underscores the uncertain future of the biweekly magazine. It was pulled together by a skeleton staff of fewer […]
Barron's site goes all-free content for four days beginning Saturday
Barron’s said Monday that will make its subscription content available to all users for four days beginning this Saturday in conjunction with this weekend’s issue featuring the new section targeting high net-worth individuals. This is the second issue of PENTA, which targets ‘pentamillionaires,’ individuals with at least $5 million in assets. The Barrons.com open house continues […]
Author on Bloomberg Press closing
John Wasik is a personal finance columnist for Bloomberg News, and his last two books, “The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome” and “The Audacity of Help: Obama’s Economic Plan and the Remaking of America,” have been published by Bloomberg Press, which announced Friday that it was closing. Here is what Wasik had to say about the closing: “They […]
TheStreet.com has highest gain in visitors in October
TheStreet.com had the highest percentage gain in visitors among all Web sites in October, according to the latest data from the comScore Media Matrix. TheSreet.com reported 8.5 million visitors in October, up 96 percent from the 4.4 million it reported in September. The next-closest increase was the 71 percent increase reported by BuddyTV. General Motors […]
