Bloomberg Businessweek outperforms other biz glossies in third quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bloomberg Businessweek reported a 49.5 percent increase in advertising revenue and a 39 percent rise in ad pages during the third quarter, continuing its rebound after a lackluster performance in 2008 and 2009. The magazine, acquired by Bloomberg in late 2009, reported ad revenue of $49.7 million and ad pages of […]
Be more careful with the “no nonsense” phrase
Mike Hoban of Fast Company magazine wants business journalists to be more careful in using the “no nonsense” phrase to describe managers and executives. Hoban writes, “Business writers are fond of using that expression as a compliment of sorts, but it’s unclear what it means. Does it mean a manager–male or female–who wears No Nonsense […]
Fast Company names new West Coast editorial director
Nancy Miller has been named the new West Coast editorial director for Fast Company, according to Matthew Fleischer of Fishbowl LA. Fleischer writes, “Miller comes to Fast Company from Wired, where she was a senior editor in charge of Hollywood and entertainment coverage. Before that, Miller worked as a staff writer for Entertainment Weekly and […]
Biz magazine ad revenue growth doubles rest of industry
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 13 business magazines reported ad revenue of $588.2 million in the first six months of 2011, up 8.6 percent from the first six months of the previous year, far outpacing the 4.0 percent increase for the entire magazine industry, according to data released Thursday by the Publishers Information Bureau and […]
Bloomberg Businessweek ad pages up 49 percent in first quarter
Bloomberg Businessweek saw a 49 percent increase in advertising pages in the first three months of the year, according to data released Wednesday by the Publisher’s Information Bureau. Its ad revenue rose 65 percent to $46.2 million for the quarter, easily the best performance among the business magazines. Fast Company and Wired magazine also posted […]
Biz magazines named finalists for National Magazine Awards
Five business magazines were named finalists Tuesday for the annual National Magazine Awards, given out by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Fast Company is a finalist in the general excellence category for its July-August, September and November issues. Bloomberg Markets is a finalist in the lifestyle, finance and technology category. Fortune is a finalist […]
Biz magazine ad revenue up nearly 10 in 2010, outperforming industry
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 13 business magazines reported ad revenue of $1.17 billion in 2010, up 9.6 percent from the previous year, far outpacing the 3.1 percent increase for the entire magazine industry, according to data released Monday by the Publishers Information Bureau and analyzed by Talking Biz News. Ad pages also rose 7.2 […]
Fast Company, Wired honored
Business magazines Fast Company and Wired were named to University of Mississippi journalism professor Sami Husni‘s list of the 25 most notable magazine launches of the past 25 years. For Fast Company, Husni wrote, “Fast Company proves that the good survives. With its launch before the dot com bust of the 90s, Fast Company has […]
Fast Company names new executive editor
Rick Tetzeli is the new executive editor of Fast Company magazine, joining the monthly from Time Inc. Jocelyn Hawkes of Fast Company writes, “He was the top editor at Entertainment Weekly for six years and previously was an editor at Fortune, where he oversaw technology coverage and had a meteoric rise to the No. 2 […]
Biz magazine performance better, but still down in first quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Business magazines continued to see their advertising revenue and pages decline in the first three months of the year, but at a slower pace than in 2009, according to an analysis of Publishers Information Bureau data by Talking Biz News. The sector also performed better than the overall magazine industry The […]
