Stock lists and the biz media
Consultant Geoff Considine ponders the use of stock picks in various business publications and wonders what consumers actually do with such lists in a post on the Seeking Alpha web site. Considine, who has a consulting firm in Colorado that helps portfolio managers, wrote, “I have always had something of an issue with stock pick […]
Ugly month for ad sales for biz mags in November
Virtually every major business magazine reported negative ad sales in November in terms of ad revenue, according to data posted on the Magazine Publishers of America web site. Only the Economist and Fast Company saw an increase in ad dollars in November compared to the same month in 2005. The British-based magazine was up 9.6 […]
Microsoft coverage should look past Vista
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs wrote Monday in his Business Press Maven column that there has been too much coverage of Microsoft focusing on its new Vista software when there are many products and issues at the company. Fuchs wrote, “Not that Vista sales aren’t vitally important — at least in the short run. But Forbes weighed […]
Good biz journalism = good investment?
Forbes.com columnist Gary Weiss noted on his blog Sunday that Houston Chronicle business columnist Loren Steffy had a thought-provoking column on Friday about the New York Times Co.’s two-tiered stock structure. In short, Steffy wrote that if the Times didn’t want the money from investors, it should have never gone public. Former Times’ ombudsman Daniel […]
The end of serious biz journalism is near
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow wants to know why Forbes magazine has continued to publish a list of the most valuable fictional characters. Kantrow wrote, “What can we say? We enjoy a good chuckle as much as anyone — although this doesn’t exactly make you weep with laughter — but when a well-known business magazine […]
Pfizer plays biz media like a fiddle
TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs noted that drug company Pfizer’s public relations strategy in the past week should be used as a case study because of the way it manipulated the business press. On Tuesday, the company announced that it was cutting 2,000 salespeople, or about 20 percent of its sales force. Its sales force had been […]
Forbes' Russian edition in huge controversy
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the Russian edition of Forbes magazine is in a dispute with the billionaire wife of Moscow’s mayor that set off a firestorm in the country this week. The December issue was pulled, the editor in chief resigned in protest and Forbes magazine in the U.S. demanded that the […]
New mag seeks gap between investment tips and analysis
Isaac Kardon writes in the New York Sun about American magazine, the new business glossy that just started, and noted that the publication is drawing its inspiration from what Fortune magazine was like when it was launched in February 1930. The editor is James Glassman, who has edited Roll Call and the New Republic. Kardon […]
Forbes pulled in-text ads after reporters complained
The growing trend of media outlets placing links in stories to advertising for products was explored in the Wall Street Journal on Monday by David Kesmodel and Julia Angwin, and their reporting noted that Forbes.com dropped such ads because journalists felt uncomfortable. Kesmodel and Angwin wrote, “Forbes.com, owned by Forbes Media LLC, tested in-text advertising […]
Preview of new CNBC web site now available
A preview of the new CNBC web site, which goes live on Dec. 4, is now available here. The current web site can be seen here. Compare the two for yourself. It promises exclusive live events, video on demand, tools for personal stock portfolios and global coverage. You can program a ticker for the stocks […]
