How Fast Company is growing across all of its platforms
Kayleigh Barber of Folio looks at how Fast Company magazine has been growing its revenue across all of its delivery formats. Barber writes, “Following a recent transition of leadership, with the appointment of Stephanie Mehta to editor-in-chief this past February and Amanda Smith as VP, publisher in April 2017, the focus of Fast Company is also leaning towards […]
Fast Company changes logo, design
Fast Company editor in chief Stephanie Mehta writes about the magazine’s new design and logo. Mehta writes, “So it isn’t surprising that creative director Mike Schnaidt approached our reboot with a human-centered design ethos. He’s incorporated a broader, bolder color palette, elegant new typefaces, and a welcoming vibe. Schnaidt notes that, increasingly, tech-driven companies themselves […]
The latest Fast Company cover is groundbreaking
Kali Hays of Women’s Wear Daily examines how the latest Fast Company cover is groundbreaking under new editor Stephanie Mehta. Hays writes, “The relatively new Fast Company editor in chief nabbed for the cover of the title’s October issue Arlan Hamilton, the black and queer woman who founded venture capital firm Backstage Capital and earlier this year started […]
Bloomberg hires Fast Company’s Carr for tech team
Tom Giles, Bloomberg’s executive editor of global technology, sent out the following announcement on Friday: We are very excited to welcome Austin Carr to Bloomberg’s Global Technology team. Austin joins from Fast Company, where he’s worked as a senior features writer covering the intersection of technology and design. In eight years at the magazine, Austin […]
Fast Company agrees to recognize union
Fast Company magazine has agreed to recognize the union representing its workers. The workers voted in June to unionize with the Writers Guild of America East. A “clear majority” of Fast Company‘s 40 editorial, social and photo staffers signed union cards to make the Writers Guild their collective-bargaining representative, the union announced at that time. […]
New Fast Company editor wants to hold companies accountable
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke of Women’s Wear Dailyinterviewed new Fast Company editor Stephanie Mehta about her plans for the magazine. Here is an excerpt: WWD: Reese Witherspoon is on the summer cover. Is putting more celebrities on the cover part of a new direction for Fast Company? Stephanie Mehta: Fast Company has always done crossover people. We […]
Khosla, editor at Fast Company Digital, leaves to become professor
Anjali Khosla, editor of Fast Company Digital, is leaving the magazine to become an assistant professor at The New School in the Journalism + Design program. At Fast Company, Khosla wrote features, news articles, and essays for print and online since 2012. In 2014, she and her colleagues won ASME’s Magazine of the Year award. Khosla […]
Fast Company rolls out two podcasts, YouTube series
Fast Company is introducing two podcast series and a YouTube video series a month after premiering three new YouTube weekly series, reports Sara Guaglione of MediaPost. Guaglione writes, “The two podcast series will be called ‘Secrets of the Most Productive People’ and ‘Creative Conversation.’ They will alternate with new episodes every Wednesday. “‘Secrets of the Most Productive People’ […]
Here is the statement Fast Company’s union organizers sent to management
Fast Company’s union organizing committee sent the following statement to the magazine’s management: Fast Company’s editorial, social, and photo staff has decided to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East. Because we are committed to Fast Company’s values of supporting progressive, forward-thinking business, we want to make sure we adhere to the best practices–in […]
Fast Company editorial staff votes to unionize
The Fast Company magazine staff has voted to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, reports Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business Flamm reports, “A ‘clear majority’ of Fast Company‘s 40 editorial, social and photo staffers signed union cards to make the Writers Guild their collective-bargaining representative, the union announced Wednesday. “Organizers at the […]
