Fast Company seeks startups reporter
Fast Company is looking for a reporter to cover startups for fastcompany.com. We’re looking for someone obsessed with innovative companies, and the people who make those companies faster, more creative, and better able to keep up with an ever-changing business landscape. This reporter will be responsible, in particular, for covering startups—we’re looking for the most […]
Fast Company seeks business reporter
Fast Company is hiring a business writer with a background in financial journalism to produce several news articles a week for fastcompany.com. This reporter will be responsible, in particular, for covering companies that are either headed to IPO or have already gone public, as well as the fintech industry. Duties: Publish 3-5 original, midsize, news-pegged […]
Inc. and Fast Company owner: Print magazines need multi-pronged strategy
Joe Mansueto founded Morningstar Inc., the Chicago-based independent investment research company, out of his house. He said he’s always been an entrepreneur, and it’s his biggest contribution to the management team of the company. “One of the things I’ve always enjoyed was working with a group of people to accomplish something,” he said. Now Mansueto […]
Fast Company launches new IOS app
Robert Safian, the editor of Fast Company magazine, writes about the redesigned IOS app for the publication. Safian writes, “Which is why, when we were approached by Adobe a year ago about collaborating on a new format for magazine apps, we embraced the opportunity. The process has helped us hone our understanding of mobile usage […]
Quartz hires Truong as West Coast tech reporter
Alice Truong, Fast Company’s West Coast correspondent, has been hired by the business news site Quartz. She will start her new job — Quartz’s first San Francisco-based tech reporter — in December and report to tech editor Dan Frommer. Truong had been with Fast Company since July 2013. She previously was a special contributor for […]
Fast Company hires McCracken as tech editor
Tech journalist Harry McCracken, who resigned from Time magazine a month ago, will be joining Fast Company as its technology editor. His first day will be July 21. McCracken writes, “Why Fast Company? Well, I’ve been a fan since its first issue appeared almost two decades ago. But what I’m excited about is its future. […]
Fast Company seeing decline in online readers
ValueWalk notes that business magazine Fast Company‘s online readership is in decline, according to ComScore data. Its story notes, “Year-to-year, Fast Company has seen their Total Visits is decline 8%, Total Page Views is down 16%, Average Visits per Visitor is down 11% and Average Minutes per Visit is down 13%. Even the Median Income for […]
Fast Company wins magazine of the year
Fast Company, the magazine about business, technology and design, won the coveted title of Magazine of the Year on Thursday for its print and digital coverage. Leslie Kaufman of the New York Times writes, “At the National Magazine Awards, which are given by the American Society of Magazine Editors and are the industry’s top honors, […]
Fast Company is finalist for Magazine of the Year
Fast Company was named Thursday as one of five finalists for Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The National Magazine Awards will be presented on Thursday, May 1, at the New York Marriott Marquis. Bloomberg Businessweek and Money also received two nominations, while Wired received five nominations, including a nomination […]
Mansueto interested in acquiring Forbes
Joe Mansueto, who owns Fast Company and Inc. magazines, is interested in acquiring Forbes, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “Reached via email, he declined to comment on Forbes. “He’s no stranger to the publication, since he was listed as the 260th wealthiest person in America on the most recent Forbes […]
