Business magazines named 2021 Ellie finalists
Business magazines have been nominated as finalists in the 2021 National Magazine Awards, commonly known as the Ellies. Harvard Business Review was named a finalist in the special interest category. MIT Technology Review was named a finalist in the literature, science and politics category. Fast Company and Wired were named finalists in the design category. […]
Fortune’s Aspan on the greatness of Stephanie Meyers
Fortune senior writer Maria Aspan writes about Stephanie Meyers, the Inc. and Fast Company head of digital growth who died last week at 37. Aspan writes, “Annoyingly prompt and utterly reliable, Steph was the person you wanted running any project, party, or zombie-apocalypse survival strategy. She loved creating elegant, sly plans to achieve her long-term goals, and […]
Meyers, director of digital growth at Inc. and Fast Company, has died
Stephanie Meyers, group director of digital growth at Inc. and Fast Company magazines, died earlier this week. She was 37. “She was just a pillar of light in the organization who really touched everyone in a positive way,” said Richard Russey, senior vice president and publisher at Inc. magazine. “It will take some time for […]
Judge rules Fast Company senior editor must reveal confidential source
A federal judge for the Southern District of New York ruled that Fast Company senior news editor Marcus Baram must reveal his confidential source within two weeks. Shervin Pishevar, a venture capital investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, filed an application for discovery against Baram in October 2019 in an effort to force him to identify the […]
Why Fast Company lowered its event sponsorship rates
Kayleigh Barber of Digiday writes about why Fast Company lowered the sponsorship rates for its Innovation Festival event. Barber writes, “The strategy for selling the virtual Innovation Festival that took place from Oct. 5 through 9 was to ‘have a larger list of sponsors who are paying a little bit less, and that is exactly what […]
Fast Company has undergone a redesign
Mike Schnaidt, the creative director of Fast Company, writes about its redesign. Schnaidt writes, “We now have a stronger emphasis on branding. Our Next section features everything from a diagram of timber architecture to infographics on gene editing to a beautifully photographed Q&A with influencer chef Alison Roman. These pages make up just a few […]
Fast Company hires Rawlins as an editor
Fast Company has hired Aimee Rawlins as an editor on its Fast Company design team. Rawlins has been a freelance writer and editor since August 2017. She previously worked at CNN as its senior technology editor and at CNN Money as startups and innovations editor and as breaking news editor. Rawlins also worked at the […]
Fast Company, Bloomberg Businessweek among Ellie Award finalists
Fast Company was named Thursday as a finalist in the 2020 National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media in the design category. Bloomberg Businessweek for “The Elements” and MIT Technology Review for “The China Issue” were named finalists in the single-topic issue category. Bloomberg Businessweek for “Vanillanomics,” by Monte Reel was named a finalist […]
Fast Company hires Landy to be executive editor of digital
Benjamin Landy has been hired by Fast Company to be executive editor, digital. He replaces Paul Smalera, who left recently to join Medium. He starts Nov. 11. Landy has been the deputy editor at Vanity Fair’s The Hive. He has also covered politics, business, and technology. Previously, he was an editor at MSNBC and a policy […]
Fast Company seeks an assistant editor for its Impact section
Fast Company is looking for an assistant editor to work on its Impact section, covering the intersection of business and social good, focusing on social entrepreneurship, climate solutions, alternative economic models, corporate social responsibility and the future of food, transportation, and more. The monthly business magazine is looking for someone with interest and ideas about […]
