The demise of Wall Street — once again
The Deal executive editor Yvette Kantrow takes issue Friday with the November issue of Conde Nast Portfolio, which contains an article from Jesse Eisinger predicting the demise of Wall Street. Kantrow wrote, “So where do we start? First, let’s note that the ‘death of Wall Street’ story is a staple of end-of-a-boom reporting, mindlessly but […]
Assessing Conde Nast Portfolio
Keith Kelly of The New York Post takes a look Friday at business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio and notes that while ad sales continue to remain strong and outpace competitors, there are still issues on the editorial side, where web site managing editor Chris Jones recently announced he was leaving. Kelly wrote, “In fact, the […]
Portfolio website ME leaving
Irin Carmon of Women’s Wear Daily writes Thursday that Chris Jones, the managing editor of Portfolio.com, announced his resignation to his staff on Wednesday. Carmon wrote, “Jones, who gave notice to editor in chief Joanne Lipman a month ago, had told friends he was unhappy. Edward Felsenthal, formerly a deputy managing editor of The Wall […]
Bullish about business journalism
Paul Pendergrass, who writes the Jack Flack blog that analyzes the relationship between PR people and business journalists on Conde Nast Portfolio‘s web site, was interviewed by PR Week’s Hamilton Nolan about business journalism. Here is an excerpt: PRWeek: What do you think about the ongoing changes business news landscape itself? Pendergrass: I think it’s […]
American magazine tries to hit business news sweet spot
The American magazine, which launched one year ago, attempts to bridge the gap between traditional business magazines and “think” magazines, said publishing director Samuel Schulman on Sunday. “Forbes, Fortune and BusinessWeek have become magazines about ‘you,’ your career,” said Schulman at the fall Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference. “Conde Nast Portfolio is […]
Caruso no longer at Portfolio
Irin Carmon of Women’s Wear Daily reports Wednesday that Michael Caruso, an editor who helped new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio get off the ground, is no longer at the publication. Carmon wrote, “Caruso signed on last year as a contributing editor at large at Portfolio and came back as planned from a two-week vacation […]
"Fox Business Network" will be used on air
The Inside Cable News blog reports that, contrary to what Conde Nast Portfolio’s Jeff Bercovici posted earlier Friday, Fox Business Network will use its full name on the air. ICN wrote, “ICN has been tipped off to a number of FBN items this week like timeslots, talent pairings, and program names but has held off […]
Biz magazines pushing online ad sales, but not Portfolio
Matthew Karnitschnig of The Wall Street Journal writes Friday that the big three business magazines — BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fortune — are pushing their Web sites more to combat falling ad sales in the print publications — except for Conde Nast Portfolio, which continues to push ad sales in its magazine. Karnitschnig wrote, “Helping Portfolio has been […]
The beauty of the internal leak
Conde Nast Portfolio‘s Jack Flack writes Monday about how a Wall Street Journal story this morning used a Merrill Lynch CEO quote from a video shown internally to employees rather than the quotes from the company press release. Flack wrote, “The only real question in this case is whether the video was captured by an […]
The similarities between Conde Nast Portfolio and Fox Business Network
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow compares Friday the recent launch of business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio to the upcoming launch of Fox Business Network. Kantrow wrote, “Like Portfolio, Fox pledges to make business news fun and exciting — ‘You won’t fall asleep watching this; I can guarantee you that,’ gushes anchor Alexis Glick in a […]
