Four biz mags finalists for Digital Ellies
Four business magazines — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Inc., Harvard Busines Review and the Economist — have been named finalists for the National Magazine Awards for Digital Media. Nicknamed the Digital Ellies for the Alexander Calder stabile “Elephant,” which is given to each winner, the awards will be presented at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers […]
Anderson, formerly Montreal Gazette biz editor
Hugh Anderson, the former business columnist and business editor of the Montreal Gazette, died Wednesday from cancer. He was 74. Jan Ravensbergen of the Gazette writes, “Of British working-class roots, Anderson joined The Gazette in May 1981, after finance-writing stints with the Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. He became The Gazette’s […]
NYPost biz reporter departs for Daily Beast
New York Post business reporter Peter Lauria is leaving the News Corp. paper to accept a job with The Daily Beast web site. Peter Kafka of Media Memo writes, “The twist is that while Peter Lauria is leaving his gig covering media moguls at the New York Post, he’s staying in the business. He’s moving […]
Bloomberg names Sheekey to run new government data service
Bloomberg L.P. announced that Kevin Sheekey would return to the company as chairman of a division that will offer comprehensive information about government and business. In addition, he will oversee government relations and communications, based part-time out of the company’s London office, with a focus on expanding Bloomberg’s presence globally. Sheekey returns to Bloomberg, where […]
SABEW names Best in Business award winners for 2009
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers released Wednesday the winners of its annual Best in Business contest for 2009. With 13, the New York Times captured the most awards. In the entire contest, there were 163 winners out of a total of 796 entries, the second highest entry total in the history of […]
An ag biz reporter and cow poop
Los Angeles Times staff writer Zohreen Adamjee interviewed the paper’s agriculture business reporter P.J. Huffstutter about how she got her story about the problems California farmers face turning cow manure into electricity. “You are leaving everything tied to Los Angeles behind,” said Huffstutter. “It is fields of green as far as the eyes can see…This […]
Fortune's new look
Keith Kelly of the New York Post writes Wednesday about the redesigned Fortune magazine. Kelly writes, “‘We’re redesigning it from a graphic and design point of view and to some extent from an editorial point of view,’ said Managing Editor Andy Serwer of the new issue, which has a March 22 cover date. “Serwer said […]
Canadian biz glossy undergoes redesign
Val Maloney of Masthead reports that Canadian business magazine Profit unveiled a redesign with its March issue. Maloney writes, “Profit editor Ian Portsmouth says the magazine has always focused on growth companies, but has expanded its reach to small and medium business owners who aren’t actively seeking to expand their businesses. ‘As a result of […]
WaPo CEO defends decision to cut standalone business section
Washington Post Co. CEO Donald Graham defended his company’s decision to put business news inside its paper’s A section instead of giving it a standalone section in a speech Tuesday to the Economic Club of Washington. Dow Jones Newswires reporter Judith Burns writes, “Graham defended the Post’s decision to end its standalone business section, saying […]
San Jose Mercury News returning to standalone biz section next week
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE San Jose Mercury News editor Dave Butler sent the following announcement to the paper’s staff on Tuesday evening: “I am pleased to announce that as of next week will be returning to a stand-alone Business section every day of the week! (Or at least, that’s the plan!) “As you all know, […]
