Fast Company's Safian says business magazines should be fun
Robert Safian, who became editor of Fast Company magazine earlier this year, is on a hot streak. The magazine, which has been sold twice in the past decade, is trying to recapture its past glory. Safian, who also oversees the business side of the magazine, has seen the magazine garner a Gerald Loeb Award as […]
Changes at Fast Company
Irin Carmon of Women’s Wear Daily reports Tuesday of changes at the top of the Fast Company masthead by new editor in chief Robert Safian. Carmon wrote, “Will Bourne has been promoted to executive editor from deputy editor, with outgoing executive editor Keith Hammonds moving to the role of contributing editor. Charles Fishman, formerly a […]
Expanding Inc. and Fast Company online
Ed Sussman of Mansueto Ventures, the parent company of Inc. and Fast Company, talked to DM News in a Q&A about how the two business magazines are expanding their presence online. Sussman said, “IncTechnology.com rolled out about four months ago with about 100 up-to-date technology guides for small business owners and their technology staff. We’re […]
Wall Street Journal wins two Loeb Awards
The Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Marketwatch, The New York Times and Syracuse Post-Standard were winners of the 2007 Gerald Loeb Awards given out Monday evening in New York. Charles Fishman of Fast Company magazine and columnist Steve Bailey of the Boston Globe also received awards, considered the Pulitzer Prizes of business journalism. […]
Byrne named editor in chief of BusinessWeek.com
BusinessWeek announced Thursday that executive editor John A. Byrne has been named executive editor/editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek.com, the influential and award-winning website. In his new role, Byrne will be responsible for the editorial operations of BusinessWeek.com and will guide the further integration and collaboration between the print and online editorial staffs. BusinessWeek.com has recently seen rapid growth, […]
Inc. and Fast Company now environment friendly
Beginning with the June issue of Inc. magazine, all Inc. and Fast Company newsstand and subscriber copies will be printed on 100 percent recycled paper.  “Printing our magazines on fully recycled paper and being a leader on the environmental front is a great way to reinforce the message we send to our 1.44 million subscribers […]
Fast Company unveils new web design, but it will change
Ed Sussman, president of Mansueto Digital, unveiled the new Web site design for Fast Company magazine on Monday, but he also said that it would be constantly changing. Sussman wrote, “A few months back we thought we should wait to release it with dozens of other planned changes we have been working like crazy to […]
Crain's Chicago, Marketwatch win Eppy Awards
The web sites for Crain’s Chicago Business and Marketwatch won in the business categories at the Annual Eppy Awards, which are sponsored by Editor & Publisher and MediaWeek magazines and honor the top media-affiliated Web sites in 33 categories. Crain’s Chicago won in the best business web site with less than 1 million unique visitors per […]
Vamos named first O’Neil chair in biz journalism at SMU
Mark Vamos, former editor-in-chief of the national business magazine Fast Company and a former senior editor of both Newsweek and BusinessWeek, has been appointed the William J. O’Neil Chair in Business Journalism and senior lecturer at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He will start in August with the […]
Self-promotion and a rehashed article
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow takes a look at the latest issue of Fortune magazine and the editor’s note from Andy Serwer and comes away wondering what the big deal is all about. Kantrow wrote, “He tells us about the issue’s ‘outstanding design,’ exemplified by the ‘evocative, glossy, golden ‘5” on its cover, which touts […]
