Fortune combines print and digital staffs, announces promotions
Fortune editor Clifton Leaf sent out the following announcement on Thursday: That masthead — you’ll notice as you read through the latest issue — has changed. We now have ONE roster of hugely talented people (rather than “print” and “digital” teams), which I’m happy to say reflects the true nature of how we work. We […]
Fortune launching education program with UNC biz school
Fortune magazine and the UNC-CHapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School are working together to create new online programs for business leaders scheduled to launch in fall 2017. Programs will be designed for both emerging and mid-level business leaders by UNC Executive Development and taught by Kenan-Flagler professors. The programs will incorporate Fortune’s video content, including interviews […]
Fortune/Time launch The CEO Initiative
Fortune president and Time Inc. chief content officer Alan Murray wrote the following on Monday: Less clear, however, is whether this administration can successfully address the truly big issues facing American society: our broken health care system, the failing education system, or the swelling angst of a huge strata of citizens in danger of being left behind […]
New editor Leaf on what’s ahead for Fortune magazine
Caysey Welton of MIN interviewed new Fortune editor in chief Clifton Leaf about the business magazine’s future. Here is an excerpt: min: Do you have any new initiatives you plan to launch as editor or can we expect any big changes to the brand? Leaf: We do have a few ambitious editorial projects in the works—and, yes, there […]
The story behind Fortune’s beginning
Clifton Leaf, the new editor in chief at Fortune, writes about how the business magazine started nearly 90 years ago. Leaf writes, “‘Business is our life,’ said Henry Luce in a speech he delivered in March 1929, just 11 months before launching Fortune magazine. ‘It is the life of the artist, the clergyman, the philosopher, […]
Washington Post hires Fortune’s Newmyer
Washington Post national editor Scott Wilson, politics editor Steven Ginsburg, national politics editor Rachel Van Dongen and deputy politics editor Amy Gardner sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We are excited to announce that Tory Newmyer will be joining the PowerPost team to anchor our forthcoming newsletter on financial services and economic policy. This […]
Bloomberg Gadfly hires Gandel from Fortune
Bloomberg Gadfly executive editor Tim O’Brien and senior executive editor David Shipley sent out the following announcement to the staff: Greetings Folks — David Shipley and I are pleased to let you know that Stephen Gandel will be joining Gadfly’s New York team on April 24, where he will be covering the equity markets. Mark […]
What Fortune’s new editor sees in its future
Fortune magazine needs to reach its readers by telling the same story across multiple platforms and by chronicling how business is affecting society, said its new editor in an interview Wednesday. Clifton Leaf, who had been deputy editor since 2014, also said that the Time Inc. business magazine will be expanding its conference offerings in […]
Leaf named new editor of Fortune, Lashinsky named executive editor
Clifton Leaf, currently the deputy editor, has been named editor in chief of Fortune magazine. He replaces Alan Murray, who is now chief content officer of parent company Time Inc. Leaf continues to report to Murray, who becomes president of Fortune in addition to his role as chief content officer. Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky has been […]
Remembering Fortune’s first photographer on International Women’s Day
Kacy Burdette of Fortune writes about the magazine’s first photographer, the famous Margaret Bourke-White, on International Women’s Day. Burdette writes, “After getting approval from the board, he asked 24-year-old photographer, Margaret Bourke-White, to come to New York. He explained to her his idea, that ‘the camera should explore every corner of industry, showing everything, from […]
