Pulitzer winner joins Portfolio
Dan Golden has been named a senior editor at Condé Nast Portfolio, according to a release from the magazine. His appointment is effective in October.  In addition, Golden will contribute articles to the magazine.  Golden joins Portfolio from The Wall Street Journal where he was deputy chief of the Boston bureau. During his time at […]
Another staffer leaving Portfolio
Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily writes Wednesday that new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is losing another staff member, while at least one other recent high-profile hire may be contemplating going back to his old publication. Smith wrote, “Senior writer Katrina Brooker, who joined last year from Fortune, is returning to her old stomping […]
New senior editor at Portfolio
Hilary Stout has been named a senior editor at Condé Nast Portfolio, it was announced Monday by Joanne Lipman, editor of the new business magazine. Her appointment is effective in October. Former deputy editor Jim Impoco left the magazine last month after a falling out with Lipman. But Stout worked with Lipman at the Wall Street […]
Place your bets: The next business magazine to go under
Media Life Magazine reporter Diego Vasquez talks with The Reaper, the magazine industry insider who runs the web site MagazineDeathPool.com, to get a rundown on what magazine might next close in the wake of the Time Inc. decision to shutter Business 2.0. The Reaper has Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and Conde Nast Portfolio on his death […]
Portfolio hires former LA Times ME
New business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio has hired Doug Frantz, the former managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, to be a senior writer for the magazine and be based in Washington, according to a release. The release stated, “He first joined The Los Angeles Times in 1987 as a business reporter and later served […]
Business magazines for small business owners
Matt Alderton writes on The Shop Floor about 10 magazines that small business owners should read, and some of them are publications that don’t necessarily cater to small business issues. Alderton’s list included: BusinessWeek: This is the businessperson’s Bible. It’s a good value for the money, as it’s got everything you need to know about […]
The downside in business magazines
Steve Greenberger, executive vice president and media director at SLG Advertising in Greenwich, Conn., talks to Media Life magazine’s Diego Vasquez about what’s ailing the business magazine category, why Inc. and Fast Company’s gains may be fleeting, and his early thoughts on Portfolio. Here are some excerpts: There’s been a lot of speculation lately over the future of […]
Future of Business Media conference to be held in October
PaidContent.org is organizing a conference on the future of the business and trade media, to be held Oct. 30 in New York at the Waldorf Astoria. Speakers include Jim Spanfeller, the CEO of Forbes.com, and Gordon Crovitz, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Also speaking will be David Carey, the publisher of Conde Nast […]
Portfolio criticism is thinly veiled jealousy
Matthew Wurtzel of The Deal writes Friday that all of the criticism levied at new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is just coming from jealous competitors — something The Deal faced as well. Wurtzel wrote, “However, the hazing — if you will — of Portfolio is commonplace in business journalism. After all, Portfolio is not […]
Cuban: Murdoch got a bargain
Billionaire Mark Cuban, known in the business journalism world as the backer of the ShareSleuth.com web site, tells Lloyd Grove of Portfolio that he believes that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch got a bargain when he agreed to purchase Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, for $5 billion. In a […]
