BusinessWeek making changes at the top?
The Gawker blog is reporting that Kathy Rebello, the head editor at BusinessWeek.com and an executive editor at the weekly glossy, is on the way out and that the staff is happy about the switch. Gawker wrote, “During her absence, however long it may be, her duties will be performed by Rebello’s mag co-executive editor […]
Forbes preparing lifestyle spinoff
Nat Ives of Advertising Age reports Friday that Forbes is preparing a spinoff magazine called Forbes Executive Life Woman that will launch in October and then have four issues in 2008. Ives wrote, “And it’s true that the ranks of executive women are growing. The other business books are certainly trying to capitalize on that, […]
Forbes plans to launch local versions of its web site
BusinessWeek’s Steve Baker attended the Folio Publishing Summit in Chicago earlier this week and heard Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller speak about its future growth plans. Baker wrote that the web site is pushing forward with an aggressive growth strategy that includes: Within the next 18-24 months, Forbes.com plans to launch local-language editions in German, Russian […]
Good month for BusinessWeek and Economist, not for Time pubs
Business glossies BusinessWeek and the Economist saw double-digit inccreases in advertising revenue and ad pages in February, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America, while the business magazines from Time Inc. saw declines. BusinessWeek reported a 16.5 percent increase in ad revenue to $21.5 million and a 12 percent increase in ad pages […]
Men billionaires bad; Women billionaires good
Julia Seymour, writing on the Newsbusters web site, notes that the media coverage of Forbes list of billionaires has evolved into a battle of the sexes. Seymour wrote, “If I were a rich man, the media would likely bash me. But if I were a female billionaire, I would become ‘good news’ according to ABC […]
Forbes grows online without cannibalizing print
James Spanfeller, the CEO of Forbes.com, spoke in England about the success the business media organization has had with attracting web site visitors without hurting its print publication. Oliver Luft wrote, “He added that Forbes was prepared for a platform agnostic publishing world where the focus was on providing business news on a local basis. […]
CNNMoney.com has most traffic of biz news sites
CNNMoney.com was the most visited business-destination Web site of 2006, according to 12-month averages of the Nielsen/NetRatings Financial News and Information category, a story in Direct Marketing News stated. Nicole Smith wrote, “The site beat competitors Forbes.com, Marketwatch.com, BusinessWeek.com and WSJ.com in number of unique visitors, page views and gross-usage minutes. “CNNMoney.com hopes to solidify […]
Separating Forbes' ME from his Blackberry and cell phone
Forbes managing editor Dennis Kneale was on the “Today” show this morning showing what happens when you take a high-powered business journalist away from his Blackberry, his cell phone and his e-mail. The results were not pretty, apparently. David Ewalt, who writes the Digital Download blog for the business magazine, muses, “Could you survive without […]
When biz publications contradict each other
TheDeal.com executive Editor Yvette Kantrow takes a look at some recent business magazine coverage and points out that there are others in the business media world who have concluded something totally opposite. Kantrow wrote, “A story in the latest issue of Fortune asks, ‘What’s trendy on Wall Street’? Its answer: shell companies, or Spacs — […]
Suspects don't show in retrial of murder of Forbes editor
The trial to determine who killed Forbes editor Paul Klebnikov in Russia started in Moscow on Thursday, but two of the defendants failed to show for the hearing, according to the New York Times. Steven Lee Myers wrote, “The Prosecutor General’s Office declined to discuss the events on Thursday, which like the previous trial occurred […]
