Tyson Foods trying to spin the news
Jack Flack of Conde Nast Portfolio looks Monday at how Tyson Foods try to spin a judge’s order over how it could label some of its chicken to its advantage. Flack wrote, “By being the first out with the news, the company ensured that the story was framed as the judge rejecting the complaint, instead […]
Vanity Fair writer joining Portfolio
John Koblin of The New York Observer writes Friday that David Margolick is leaving Vanity Fair to join business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio. Koblin wrote, “Margolick, who most recently wrote a profile of Eliot Spitzer, has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1996 and covered culture and politics there. He made his big […]
Biz magazines see drop in revenue, ad pages in 2007
The 17 business magazines that published in 2007 saw a 2.1 percent decline in ad revenue and a 5.7 percent decline in ad pages, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed Wednesday by Talking Biz News. In comparison, the total magazine industry reported a 6.1 percent increase in ad revenue and just […]
New Portfolio.com editor named
Dan Colarusso, the former business editor of the New York Post, has been named the new editor of Conde Nast Portfolio‘s web site, according to Irin Carmon of Women’s Wear Daily. Carmon wrote, “Colarusso will be subject to a somewhat unusual reporting structure, at least within Condé Nast — he answers both to editor in […]
Portfolio's online strategy dissected
Dorian Benkoil of Jack Myers Media Business Report writes about the online strategy of Conde Nast Portfolio. Benkoil wrote, “Carey projects that an estimated one-quarter of Portfolio’s total ad revenue will come from the website, growing to 30 percent in 2009. The largest share of advertising for Portfolio.com has been for financial brands, followed by […]
Changes looming at Conde Nast biz publications
Lucia Moses of MediaWeek writes Monday that the recent executive changes at Conde Nast means that there could be some changes at the top of the company’s business publications. Moses wrote, “Some speculate that new publishers also could be named for titles Glamour and Condé Nast Portfolio, now that their current publishers have taken on […]
Paying for FT.com content doesn't make sense
Felix Salmon of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Friday about all of the different reasons why it doesn’t make sense for The Financial Times to charge for content after someone looks at 30 free articles each month. Salmon wrote, “This is a silly decision, and I’m quite sure that eventually the whole site will go free. […]
Portfolio's goal: 900 ad pages in 2008
Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily writes Thursday that it’s the goal of business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio to have 900 pages of advertising in 2008. Smith wrote, “Sources close to the magazine and with access to circulation figures say the title has collected around 300,000 subscriptions and, on average, sold 85,000 newsstand copies an […]
Portfolio among media winners in 2007
Rachel Sklar of Huffington Post picks new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio as one of the winners in the media world in 2007. Sklar wrote, “Could it be? Is it possible that beleaguered and piled-upon Portfolio could be a….winner? After all the hoopla (read: money) leading up to its launch, expectations were high and criticism […]
Forbes: Business coverage extended enormously
Steve Forbes of Forbes magazine talked with Jerry Kronenberg of The Boston Herald about a variety of topics, including the future of the business magazine. Here is an excerpt: Rupert Murdoch recently bought The Wall Street Journal and launched the Fox Business Network, while Conde Nast created Portfolio magazine. What’s the future for Forbes magazine […]
