Biz magazines race for online readers
Diego Vasquez of Media Life Magazine writes that the decision to name a new managing editor at Fortune magazine was in part spurred by growing competition among the biz glossies to attract readers to their online offerings. Vasquez wrote, “Both Business Week and Fortune were far slower than Forbes in developing their web presences, cutting […]
Will blogging be good for business journalism?
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow wonders about the effects of blogging on business journalism in the aftermath of a decision by Business 2.0 that it will encourage all of its writers to blog, and that they will be paid based on how many hits they receive. Kantrow wrote, “In Media Maneuvers terms, it might mean […]
Biz magazines had bad ad sales in September
Most of the major business magazines saw a decrease in advertising revenue in September compared to the same month a year ago, according to statistics on the Magazine Publishers of America web site. Only Barron’s, The Economist, Fast Company and Inc. showed increases in ad revenue. Barron’s ad sales increased 17.7 percent to $5.9 million […]
Kantrow: Blog beat papers in Google/YouTube talks
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow gives credit to Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch for being the first to report that there were talks between Google and YouTube. The two companies announced a $1.65 billion deal earlier this week. Kantrow wrote, “Reports about a possible Google Inc.-YouTube Inc. hook-up first surfaced on Friday, Oct. 6, not in […]
All Business 2.0 writers will be blogging soon
Josh Quittner, the editor of Business 2.0, stated at a conference earlier this week that he anticipated all of the writers at the Time magazine to be blogging as a way to differentiate itself. Rohit Bhargava wrote, “As editor of what I would consider one of the more forward thinking publications in the market today, […]
A rare time for business magazines
Has there ever been a time where there was more upheaval and change in the business magazine business than what has occurred in the past four to six months? I can think of only one other period — the time between September 1929 and February 1930, when both BusinessWeek and Fortune launched to compete against […]
August is good ad sales month for business magazines
Business magazines posted a second straight strong month in terms of ad sales in August after reporting bad numbers in June, according to statistics on the Magazine Publishers of America web site. For August, all business magazines except for Fortune and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance showed an increase in sales from the same month in 2005. […]
Forbes' wesbite traffic numbers questioned
New York Times reporter Peter Edmonston wrote in Monday’s newspaper that the traffic numbers for Forbes.com are being questioned by some of its competitors as being the No. 1 Internet site for business news. Edmonston wrote, “But a closer look at the numbers raises questions about Forbes.com’s industry-leading success. For its claim of a worldwide […]
Fortt leaves San Jose paper for Business 2.0
Jon Fortt will leave the San Jose Mercury News and join Business 2.0 magazine as a senior dditor, based in San Francisco, it was announced by editor Josh Quittner. Fortt joins the magazine on Sept. 6 and will help edit the “What Worksâ€? and “What’s Nextâ€? sections of the magazine. “Jon has a great breadth […]
July: A great month for business magazines
For those of you who have been paying attention, you’ll remember that Talking Biz News wrote about a month ago about how many of the business magazines — including BusinessWeek, Business 2.0 and Money — had incredibly an incredibly bad June in terms of ad sales, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America. […]
