Fortune announces hires, promotions
Fortune editor Alan Murray sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I am very happy to announce a big group of new hires and well-deserved promotions of Fortune staffers. First, in an exciting move, Leena Rao will be joining Fortune as a Senior Writer, based out of our San Francisco office, leaving her current post […]
Fortune.com seeks digital editor
The Digital Editor, Fortune, will shepherd the brand, which boasts massive franchises like Most Powerful Women and 100 Best Companies to Work For, into the digital future. This is a key role for a bright mind interested in measuring current digital success and driving future growth. Those who don’t possess a deep enthusiasm for tech, […]
How to disrupt the biz press newsletter business
Daniel Mark Harrison, former Asia correspondent for TheStreet.com, writes about strategies that would disrupt the lucrative newsletter business used by Forbes, Fortune and others. Harrison writes, “Disruption happens when a technology that has implied scale-bound leverage is utilized to offer an ultimately (empirically speaking) lower-quality product to a market that cannot afford or does not […]
Biz journalism legend Sloan has left Fortune
Allan Sloan, considered one of the top business journalists of the past 50 years, has left Fortune magazine, where he was a senior editor at large. A Fortune spokeswoman confirmed Friday to Talking Biz News that Sloan left at the end of 2014. His last piece appeared in the Dec. 22, 2014 issue. His bio […]
Smith, senior features editor, leaves Fortune
Timothy Smith, the senior features editor at Fortune, has left the business magazine. A magazine spokeswoman confirmed he left earlier this month. He joined the magazine as a writer in 1994. Before he came to Fortune, Smith worked for 12 years at The Wall Street Journal, serving as a Page One writer and editor, Atlanta […]
Bellstrom hired to take over Fortune’s Broadsheet
Kristen Bellstrom, a senior editor at Money magazine, has been hired by Fortune magazine to run its Broadsheet email about the world’s most powerful women. She replaces Caroline Fairchild, who left for a job with LinkedIn. Bellstrom, who will start on March 9, will also edit and manage the Most Powerful Women channel on Fortune.com. […]
LinkedIn hires two more business journalists
LinkedIn announced Tuesday that it has hired two more business journalists. On the heels of appointing former The Wall Street Journal’s social media and analytics editor for Asia, Maya Pope-Chappell, to editor in New York earlier this year, the company has also hired Caroline Fairchild, best known for the Fortune “Broadsheet” daily newsletter as a San Francisco-based editor and […]
Fortune seeks audience engagement editor
The Audience Engagement Editor, Fortune, will build audience through editorial partnerships, search engine optimization and newsletter optimization, while bolstering its ongoing social media efforts. He or she must be eager to stay current with the quickly evolving digital universe and have a passion for news and analysis. You will: Work with editorial staff to come […]
Fortune hires new creative director, NBR’s Gharib
Fortune editor Alan Murray sent out the following announcement on Wednesday morning: I am pleased to announce several new hires and video launches at Fortune to start off the new year: Michael Lawton will be joining us as Fortune‘s new creative director, where he will be overseeing a redesign of the print magazine and closer integration with our digital […]
The first female AME at Fortune magazine
Kathryn Auten, a UNC-Chapel Hill business journalism major, interviewed Wyndham Robertson, who was the first female assistant managing editor at Fortune, about her career. Here is an excerpt: Auten: Could you tell me about some of your experiences as an editor? Robertson: I liked being an editor. I was considered a very heavy-handed editor. I […]
