11 out of 16 biz magazines post first-quarter decline in ad sales
A majority of the 17 business magazines posted a decline in ad sales in the first three months of 2007, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed Monday by Talking Biz News. Eleven magazines saw declines, with five posting increases. Conde Nast Portfolio did not publish in the first three months of […]
Financial Times is tickled pink
Jon Fine of BusinessWeek writes in the latest issue about The Financial Times and how it’s thriving despite increased competition from The Wall Street Journal. Fine writes, “‘We are not going to be mesmerized by The Wall Street Journal,’ says FT editor Lionel Barber. ‘I am not sure it’s a huge advantage right now, in […]
Biz media once again turning analysts into stars
The Deal executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes Friday about how business journalism is once again turning a handful of buy-side banking analysts such as Richard Bove and Meredith Whitney into media darlings, just like they did with tech analysts in the late 1990s. Kantrow writes, “We’re not arguing that Whitney and Bove aren’t solid analysts […]
BusinessWeek stands by Toyota story
David Kiley of BusinessWeek writes on the magazine’s Auto Beat blog that the publication stands behind its recent Toyota story that quoted a former executive now at Chrysler despite the company’s claims that what he said was false. Kiley wrote, “In a wide-ranging interview with Businessweek editors and two correspondents that also included Chrysler LLC […]
Senior editor leaving BusinessWeek
Keith Kelly of The New York Post reports Wednesday that BusinessWeek senior editor Michael France, who oversees the corporation section, is leaving to join Brunswick Group as a partner. He leaves on April 18 Kelly writes that the magazine has also received 1,000 angry letters from subscribers about its redesign last year. He writes, “One source […]
Former BusinessWeek Washington bureau chief dies at 61
Lee Walczak, who worked at BusinessWeek for three decades and was its Washington bureau chief for 20 years, died Friday due to pancreatic cancer. He was 61, according to a story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The story stated, “At Business Week, his career spanned 37 years, starting as an editorial trainee in the Washington […]
Dark and mysterious BusinessWeek photos
Hal Morris, writing on his Grumpy Editor blog, doesn’t like the dark, black-and-white photos that BusinessWeek chose to illustrate two stories in the latest issue. Morris wrote, “Adding to the mysterious, top-secret flavor, notes Grumpy Editor, is that each photo contains no caption. Like frames from a foreign film, a ‘dark’ atmosphere is captured by […]
Barrett returns to BusinessWeek as AME for investigations
Paul Barrett, who left BusinessWeek magazine earlier this year to return to The Wall Street Journal, is now coming back to the business weekly, according to a memo from editor Stephen Adler distributed this morning to employees. Barrett had been with BusinessWeek for 15 months as assistant managing editor for investigations until leaving in January. […]
Pay falls for CEO of McGraw-Hill, parent of BusinessWeek
The Associated Press reports that the 2007 pay for McGraw-Hill CEO Harold McGraw III fell by 35 percent. McGraw-Hill is the parent of BusinessWeek, which is apparently struggling due to declining ad revenue. The AP story stated, “Harold McGraw III, head of the New York-based owner of BusinessWeek magazine and Standard & Poor’s, in 2007 […]
BusinessWeek, Portfolio, Economist, Bloomberg, Wired are Ellies finalists
Lucia Moses of MediaWeek reports Wednesday that the finalists for the National Magazine Awards, better known as the Ellies, have been announced, and among business magazines, Wired, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Bloomberg Markets and Conde Nast Portfolio are finalists. Moses reports that Wired is a finalist in three categories, BusinessWeek and The Economist are finalists in two categories, […]
