Venture capitalist wants to know where biz journalists will come from
Venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky, who has also done his fair share of writing in business publications, has an interesting post on his “Infectious Greed” blog. Kedrosky wrote, “Business news is newly hot in 2006/2007. Consider that last year CNBC was the only cable news network that grew its audience significantly, with, according to MediaWeek, its […]
Top 10 biz journalism events for 2006
Yes, I am once again succumbing to the easy temptation of a list, an odious form of journalism that I don’t like. But the people, they seem to like these lists. So here are the top 10 events in business journalism for 2006: 10. The failure of business journalists to accurately report about the holiday […]
In 2007, the sexy media will be in business news
Marketwatch columnist Jon Friedman writes Wednesday that the media’s most compelling battles will occur in business journalism with the launch of the Fox business news cable channel and the Conde Nast Portfolio business magazine. Friedman stated, “Who will win? Who knows. Portfolio has deliberately kept mum about its contents, style and tone. Likewise, Fox News […]
Portfolio hires another from the WSJ
Conde Nast Portfolio magazine, which will publish its first issue in April 2007, has hired away another top-notch business journalist, and once again the new hire is coming from The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post reports. Keith Kelly wrote, “Elsewhere in the Condé Nast constellation, Joanne Lipman is back on a hiring streak […]
Attorney: Eichenwald missed story in Lay coverage
John Hueston, a partner at Irell & Manella in Los Angeles and the former lead prosecutor at the trial of disgraced Enron CEO Ken Lay, now says that former New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald’s writing about the Lay case “missed the mark,” according to a story in Corporate Crime Reporter. In 2003, Eichenwald wrote […]
Switch of MEs at Fortune aimed to rebuild brand
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York writes that the decision to change managing editors at Fortune by parent Time Inc. signals that the parent company is trying to stem some of the issues that the glossy has recently faced. Flamm wrote, “Fortune needs to crank it up. Portfolio‘s arrival will mean a tougher environment for […]
Nocera speculates about Portfolio's impact
New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera took questions from readers on the newspaper’s Web site on Tuesday, so I posed a question to him about what impact he believed the new Conde Nast Portfolio magazine would have on business journalism. I thought Nocera would provide an interesting perspective because he once worked for Fortune, […]
Biz magazines race for online readers
Diego Vasquez of Media Life Magazine writes that the decision to name a new managing editor at Fortune magazine was in part spurred by growing competition among the biz glossies to attract readers to their online offerings. Vasquez wrote, “Both Business Week and Fortune were far slower than Forbes in developing their web presences, cutting […]
Eichenwald takes a big risk
Former New York Times investigative business reporter Kurt Eichenwald told Corporate Crime Reporter that he’s taking a big risk by joining the as-yet unpublished Conde Nast Portfolio biz magazine. Said Eichenwald, “Probably the scariest thing I have ever done was to leave the New York Times. And it’s true, magazine’s fail often, but most magazines […]
Portfolio lures Morris from Fortune
Betsy Morris, a long-time Fortune reporter who has been based out of Atlanta, is leaving the magazine for a job at Conde Nast Portfolio, the new glossy that will debut next year, the New York Post’s Keith Kelly reported. Kelly wrote, “‘I have to say, I’m sorry to leave, but I’m really ready for a […]
