Fortune senior editors Easton, Sellers leaving to start own firm
Fortune senior editors Nina Easton and Pattie Sellers are leaving the business magazine to start their own content company. Valentina Zarya of Fortune writes, “Sellers and Easton are both veteran journalists and longtime employees of Fortune, where they were, until very recently, senior editors. On Thursday, they announced that they will be starting a new chapter […]
When Intel’s Andy Grove challenged Fortune’s Bethany McLean
Rik Kirkland writes on LinkedIn about the time when he was Fortune deputy editor and Intel CEO Andy Grove challenged young business journalist Bethany McLean. Kirkland writes, “In May 1996, when I was deputy editor, Andy wrote a cover story for FORTUNE, ‘Taking on Prostate Cancer,’ in which he clinically examined the choices he had […]
SABEW names Best in Business winners
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) announced Thursday the winners and finalists in its 21st annual Best in Business Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding business journalism that was published or aired in 2015. Adding up winners and finalists, Bloomberg led with seven honors, while The New York Times earned six honors — […]
Apple reporter DeWitt leaving Fortune to start own site
Longtime Apple reporter Philip Elmer-Dewitt is leaving Fortune to start a subscription site dubbed Apple 3.0, reports Peter Kafka of Re/code. Kafka writes, “The move is worth noting in part because Elmer-DeWitt is a longtime fixture among Apple chroniclers. And in part because he’s going to try to go into business for himself. That’s a hard task, […]
Fortune hires four, starts “Venture” site
Fortune has hired a new editor, Lauren Covello, previously managing editor of Entrepreneur.com, the digital arm of Entrepreneur magazine, to run the new vertical called “Venture” on Fortune.com. Covello joined Entrepreneur in July 2013 after more than five years at Fox Business, where she was a reporter, editor and booker. Prior to that, She was an assistant buyer at Saks […]
Fortune starts sports business section of website
Fortune launched earlier this week a sports business section to its website, following on the heels of a page for coverage of news about entrepreneurs and start-ups. It’s the 16th section page on the website and continues a retooling of the website under digital editor Aaron Task, who joined the magazine three months ago after […]
Hindus upset with Fortune cover
Charles Pulliam-Moore of Fusion writes about how some are upset with the latest cover of Fortune’s international edition, which depicts Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as Vishnu, one of the three Trimurti central to Hinduism and uses the word “invades.” Pulliam-Moore writes, “Between the image and the headline of the article, entrepreneur and blogger Anil Dash explained, Fortune […]
Fortune, known for big business coverage, gets entrepreneurial
The business magazine known for its coverage of big business because of its Fortune 500 list wants to spend more time covering smaller operations and their issues. Fortune.com has quietly launched a section on its website for coverage about entrepreneurs and is looking for an editor to oversee that content. The content includes a mix […]
Yahoo Finance hires Daniel Roberts
Daniel Roberts is joining Yahoo Finance as a writer, covering technology and the business of sports. He starts Jan. 11. As part of his new role he will also contribute to Yahoo Sports, leveraging his expertise in that area. Roberts spent more than five years at Fortune magazine, where he wrote a wide range of […]
How Fortune changed in 2015
Fortune editor Alan Murray writes about how the business magazine has changed in the past 12 months. Murray writes, “The biggest change has been in the digital arena, where we now publish 80 to 100 stories a day, read by nearly 17 million people a month. Our video audience has grown fivefold, and we have […]
