Salmon agrees with Nocera: WSJ is diluted
Felix Salmon of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Monday that he agrees with New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera about the changes at The Wall Street Journal hurting its longstanding excellent business news coverage. Salmon writes, “Murdoch is betting that the WSJ’s core business audience has nowhere else to turn, and Nocera himself says that […]
NYTimes biz section needs to run column from Democrat
Felix Salmon of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Sunday that the column by Ben Stein in the New York Times shows that the paper’s business section needs a counter column written by a Democrat. Salmon writes, “Putting the substance of the column aside for one minute, I’ll concede at the outset that this is an explicitly […]
No clear winner for Portfolio magazine cover designs
Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily writes Friday that conceptual covers and covers with CEOs on them seem to perform equally well for business glossy Conde Nast Portfolio. Smith writes, “Sources close to Portfolio estimated that both the February issue with a condiment-packed burger on the cover and the July one with Starbucks founder Howard […]
Where are the numbers backing up SUV story?
Felix Salmon of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Wednesday that the article about SUV sales on the front page of Wednesday’s New York Times is devoid of meaningful statistics backing up its claims. Salmon writes, “It’s hardly news, of course, that few people are very interested in buying SUVs right now. But Nick Bunkley’s article concentrates […]
WSJ subscription system is broken
Felix Salmon of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Wednesday about the difficulties he has had in switching his Wall Street Journal subscription from a U.S. delivery to a European delivery. Salmon writes, “You’d think it should be relatively easy to suspend my WSJ subscription in New York, and replace it with a WSJ Europe subscription here. […]
NYT biz columnist Nocera takes aim at former NYT boss Raines
New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera thinks that the criticism former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines levied in his latest column in Conde Nast Portfolio at business journalists for letting the oil companies off easy is malarkey. Nocera writes, “It’s about how all of us in business journalism are being sandbagged by those awful people […]
Fox Business just seven decades away from catching CNBC
Jeff Bercovici of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Monday that Fox Business Network‘s ratings growth so far this year means that it will surpass CNBC in about 70 years. Bercovici writes, “Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported that FBN averaged 8,000 viewers during daytime programming and 20,000 viewers in primetime in the first three weeks […]
The problems with energy reporting
Howell Raines of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Wednesday about the myriad problems with the current state of reporting about the big oil companies. Raines writes, “Then there’s the problem of letting general-assignment reporters, rather than energy specialists, cover gasoline prices mainly as a story of consumer suffering. About 40 percent of U.S. oil is produced […]
Portfolio selling ads on other sites
Jordan Golson of The Industry Standard writes about how business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is selling some of tis excess advertising on other Web sites. Golson writes, “Portfolio is addressing this issue by using a program offered by Adsdaq, which will put cookies on Portfolio visitors web browsers and find out when they’re on other […]
Portfolio still having trouble?
Sharon Waxman of Huffington Post writes that business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio may still be having some trouble with morale and now with thin ad sales. Waxman writes, “The thin display of ads in this month’s issue with Starbucks’ Howard Schultz as cover art (32 ad pages, according to a spokeswoman) was shocking to many, […]
