A rare time for business magazines
Has there ever been a time where there was more upheaval and change in the business magazine business than what has occurred in the past four to six months? I can think of only one other period — the time between September 1929 and February 1930, when both BusinessWeek and Fortune launched to compete against […]
CN Portfolio: The last of the big magazine launches
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York writes in the weekly business newspaper that Conde Nast’s launch of Portfolio magazine next year will likely be the last huge, multi-million dollar magazine launch in the industry. Flamm wrote, “Conde Nast says that it won’t back away from new launches, either–even ones as expensive as Portfolio’s. “‘If we […]
NY Times' Eichenwald joins Conde Nast Portfolio
New York Times business reporter Kurt Eichenwald is leaving the newspaper to become a member of the new business magazine, Conde Nast Portfolio, according to a memo posted this afternoon on the Jim Romenesko blog. Eichenwald will start at the magazine on Oct. 1 and be a senior writer and investigative reporter. The first issue […]
Another hire at Conde Nast Portfolio
The editorial team at new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is beginning to take shape as editor Joanne Lipman has hired another staff member, this time poaching from her former employer, The Wall Street Journal, reports the New York Post’s Keith Kelly. Kelly wrote, “Her latest WSJ hire: Jesse Eisinger, who wrote the Long & […]
Portfolio's launch will have extravagant spending
Women’s Wear Daily reporter Stephanie Smith compared the launch of business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio to a first-born baby. The parent will spend a ton of money making sure the first few years are as comfortable as possible. Smith wrote, “Over its year-and-eight-month development, Portfolio no doubt will receive as much money, manpower and corporate […]
Conde Nast Portfolio hires web editor
Conde Nast Portfolio, the new business magazine being started next year to compete against Fortune, Forbes and BusinessWeek, has hired away the director of programming of Yahoo! Finance to run its Web site, which will also launch next year, according to a brief in Women’s Wear Daily. Stephanie Smith wrote, “YahooFinance veteran Chris Jones will […]
LATimes editor leaves for Portfolio
Amy Wallace, the deputy business editor of the Los Angeles Times, is leaving the newspaper later this summer to become a senior writer at Conde Nast Portfolio, the new business magazine slated to begin publishing in 2007, according to Women’s Wear Daily. Sara James reported, “Wallace, who is a veteran at covering the entertainment industry, […]
Conde Nast Portfolio makes three more hires
The New York Post’s Keith Kelly is reporting Friday that Conde Nast Portfolio, the new business magazine slated to begin publication next year, has made three new hires. They are New York Observer media reporter Gabriel Sherman, Details feature writer Kevin Gray and Wired writer Susan Murcko, who will become a senior editor. Kelly reported […]
Sloan and Nocera assess state of business journalism
Newsweek columnist Allan Sloan and New York Times columnist Joseph Nocera both assessed the current state of business journalism for Marketwatch’s Jon Friedman in his Monday column. Friedman wrote, “This is a crucial period in the annals of business journalism, which has periodically been a fairly predictable (though some might substitute the word “sleepy”) segment […]
Cooper leaves Time for Portfolio; McLean stays at Fortune
Women’s Wear Daily is reporting that Time reporter Matt Cooper is leaving the general interest magazine for a job at new business glossy Conde Nast Portfolio, while Fortune star Bethany McLean has turned down offers from both Portfolio and the New York Times. WWD reporter Sara James wrote, “Cooper was the Time reporter caught up […]
