BusinessWeek story taken off Internet after error discovered
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE A story in the latest issue of BusinessWeek has been taken off the magazine’s Web site after an error was discovered in its content. The story, titled “How Much are Twitter’s Tweets Really Worth” now simply contains the text, “This story contained a factual error that rendered its premise incorrect. The […]
Biz magazine ad revenue declined 22% in 2009, ad pages dropped 28.7%
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Advertising in 15 business magazines in 2009 fell by $340 million, or 21.7 percent, to $1.23 billion, due to the lingering recession, according to a Talking Biz News analysis of numbers released Tuesday by the Publishers Information Bureau. Advertising pages in those same 15 magazines fell by 28.7 to 12,844.59 pages, […]
BusinessWeek will survive, but won't regain old luster
Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman, a former BusinessWeek staffer, writes Friday that the weekly magazine now owned by Bloomberg will improve in 2010, but it won’t regain its former leading status among business news glossies. Friedman writes, “It’s not so much that industry observers are dying to know what’s on the cover. No, they’ll be […]
If BusinessWeek fails, it's petty cash to Bloomberg
Diego Vasquez of Media Life Magazine talked to magazine consultant Marty Walker about what 2010 holds in store for the industry, and one question focused on the future of BusinessWeek, recently acquired by Bloomberg LP. Here is an excerpt: What does the future hold for Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek? Can it return to profitability with the staff […]
Some good changes at BusinessWeek
Former BusinessWeek reporter Gary Weiss notes some good things happening at BusinessWeek under Bloomberg ownership, including the publication of a 3,000-word plus article. Weiss writes, “First there is a long takeout by Daniel Golden describing how for-profit colleges are targeting the military. Dan is a Bloomberg reporter, and he is modestly described as just that […]
Biz journalists who grade college papers
Joe Weber, the former chief of correspondents at BusinessWeek who now teaches at the University of Nebraska, writes Sunday about how some of his former magazine colleagues — Rob Hof, Rick Melcher, Bill Symonds and Lauren Young — helped him grade papers. Weber writes, “Sometimes, the real-world folks agree with our judgments. Often, they don’t. […]
All-Bloomberg cover on BusinessWeek
Former BusinessWeek reporter Gary Weiss notes that the latest cover of the magazine is written by Bloomberg News reporters, a first since Bloomberg bought the magazine. Weiss writes, “What they produced was provocative and needed to be told, describing how the Street has defeated Wall Street reforms. Certainly the cover (left) is as hard-hitting as […]
Top biz journalism events of the decade
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The first decade of the 21st century began with business journalists facing criticism for their boosterish coverage of companies during the tech bubble and ended with many of the same reporters facing more criticism for failing to warn consumers about the current economic crisis. In between, the world of business journalism […]
PR exec: Big difference between BW and Bloomberg BW
Public relations executive Norman Birnbach says he saw a notable difference between the old BusinessWeek and the first issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek — but he’s not saying if that’s good or bad. Birnbach writes, “I read through the first Bloomberg BusinessWeek issue — the one after most of the columnists and longtime reporters had either […]
Business mags No. 2 category among dead glossies in 2009
Vanessa Voltolina of Folio reports that of the 428 magazines that folded in 2009, only regional publications had more deaths than the business magazine category, according to data from MediaFinder.com. Voltolina writes, “But while the number of ceased titles may be fewer than years past, there have also been fewer launches. There were only 275 […]
