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 […]
Mixed results for business magazines in October
Business magazines reported results in terms of ad revenue and pages that were all over the place in October, with publications such as the Economist, Forbes and Fortune showing gains from the same month a year ago, but others reporting a drop, according to data posted on the Magazine Publishers of America web site. The […]
CNBC hires staff to prepare for Web site relaunch
Business news cable channel CNBC has hired six people to work on its website, which will relaunch on Dec. 4. CNBC.com is currently part of MSNBC.com. “We’ve recruited all-stars from across the industry to create a ‘game-changing’ site that perfectly complements our worldwide television network while offering a breadth and depth of business news coverage […]
Reuters and Forbes to provide TV content for TiVo
Business news wire Reuters and business magazine Forbes have agreed to develop video content for TiVo, according to a news release. The broadband video content from Reuters will include Reuters Showbiz Week, Reuters Technology Week and Reuters Oddly Enough: And Finally show, which is a wrap-up of the week’s most interesting offbeat stories. The content […]
Switch of MEs at Fortune aimed to rebuild brand
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York writes that the decision to change managing editors at Fortune by parent Time Inc. signals that the parent company is trying to stem some of the issues that the glossy has recently faced. Flamm wrote, “Fortune needs to crank it up. Portfolio‘s arrival will mean a tougher environment for […]
Weiss: Terry III has been good for BW
Former BusinessWeek reporter Gary Weiss, who now writes a column for Forbes.com called Muckraker, comments on his blog this morning about a New York Times story on his former boss — McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw. NcGraw-Hill is the parent of BusinessWeek. Weiss wrote, “He got a lot of razzing for that from some people at […]
Russian court overturns acquittal in murder of Forbes journalist
A new trial will be held in the murder of Paul Klebnikov, the editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, after the country’s Supreme Court overturned an earlier acquittal verdict, a wire service is reporting. The court, acting on an appeal by prosecutors, ordered a new trial with a new judge, a court spokesman […]
Did you get a column out of it?
Albany Times-Union business editor Marlene Kennedy attended the SABEW fall conference in New York last week, and on her way back home, she called her husband, who asked the dreaded question every columnist doesn’t want to hear. She wrote, “My husband is asking that annoying question again. He knows it’s tough pulling off a weekly […]
Nocera speculates about Portfolio's impact
New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera took questions from readers on the newspaper’s Web site on Tuesday, so I posed a question to him about what impact he believed the new Conde Nast Portfolio magazine would have on business journalism. I thought Nocera would provide an interesting perspective because he once worked for Fortune, […]
When divorce becomes a business issue
Peter Carlson of the Washington Post is highly amused by Forbes’ latest cover story, which discusses the angry battles that ensue between spouses when it comes time to end the marriage. Carlson wrote, “You’ve gotta love a magazine article that includes the phrase ‘siphoning bison,’ especially when the story is about the mean, rotten, evil […]
