Fast Company wants to hire two new staff writers
Erin Schulte, a senior editor at FastCompany.com, has posted this on the business magazine’s website: Now, Fast Company is expanding our people and profiles coverage, and is looking for new writers to tell the ongoing stories of the most creative and dynamic people in business. Ideal candidates will have journalism experience with business and/or entertainment […]
Fast Company launches Chinese edition
Business magazine Fast Company and Chinese media conglomerate 21st Century Media Corp. have partnered to launch Fast Company China. Fast Company China magazine, which has obtained legal approval from the Chinese government, has a target circulation of 164,000. The magazine will also have a website (fastcompany.cn) and a mobile application. Additionally, sponsored networking events are […]
Ad agency to provide content on Fast Company site
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business writes about how ad agency Ogilvy & Mather has struck a deal with Fast Company magazine to provide content on one of the business glossy’s websites. Flamm writes, “Starting next week, Ogilvy will have its own micro-site connected to the business magazine’s stand-alone website, Co.create, which focuses on […]
Fortune is finalist for National Magazine Award
Fortune magazine is one of the four finalists in the general excellence category for the 2013 National Magazine Awards, run by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The other finalists are National Geographic, New York and Wired. Two business magazines are finalists in the single issue category. They are Bloomberg Businessweek for “Election Issue,” Oct. […]
Fast Company co-founder discusses its start and objectives
Bill Taylor, one of the cofounders of the business magazine Fast Company, talks with Channelline CEO Robert Cohen about his objectives in creating the magazine.
Big three biz magazines outperforming industry
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The three largest business magazine titles — Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes and Fortune — outperformed the overall glossy industry during the first six months of the year, according to data released by the Publisher’s Information Bureau. Forbes reported as 16.4 percent increase in ad revenue and a 13 percent rise in ad pages for […]
Sluggish performance by business magazines in first quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The three largest business magazines — Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes and Fortune — posted positive results in the first quarter, but virtually every other title struggled, particularly those geared toward small businesses and personal finance topics, according to an analysis of Publishers Information Bureau data by Talking Biz News. Of the big […]
Fast Company journalist wins Asia Society prize
April Rabkin of Fast Company magazine has won the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia from the Asia Society for a three-part series of stories illuminating how Chinese society is changing. The stories are: “Follow the Billionaire,” in which she profiles recycling tycoon Chen Guangbiao and his efforts to transform Chinese philanthropy, […]
Rules for Fast Company’s success
Alan Webber, the founder of Fast Company magazine, writes about the lessons he learned from starting the business glossy. Here are a few of them: 1. You have to believe in your own idea. I genuinely believed that Fast Company was ‘destined’ to happen–even though it took more than 3 years to go from business […]
Fast Company launches innovation site
Lucia Moses of Adweek reports that Fast Company magazine has launched a site called FastCoExist.com that will focus on innovation. Moses writes, “Fast Company says the spinoff will highlight world-changing innovations and new ideas and technologies that will improve the planet. “The site enters an arena that’s already crowded with online and print players like […]
