Jack Welch and the business media
Tom O’Boyle of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who wrote a book about former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, writes about Welch’s relationship with the business press. O’Boyle writes, “Although Jack Welch was the epitome of the modern celebrity CEO, his greatest genius wasn’t in reading a balance sheet or executing a business strategy, but rather in […]
Covering finance and learning on the job
Mina Kimes, a writer at Fortune, was interviewed by Aaron Lammer in a podcast about her career in business journalism. Among Kimes’ comments in the podcast: “I don’t know if I thought anything about business journalism. In high school, I was reading arts and music journalism.” “It would be great if somewhere we could convince […]
Fortune publisher gets a promotion
Todd Larsen, the former Dow Jones & Co. president who now oversees Time’s magazine division, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: In order to best organize ourselves for success in the future, I believe we must find ways to work more strongly across our titles and across the company. The collective strength of our […]
Welch stops contributing to Reuters, Fortune
Stephen Gandel of CNNMoney.com reports that former General Electric CEO Jack Welch has stopped writing commentary for Reuters and Fortune magazine in the wake of the controversy last week about him criticizing the federal government’s unemployment data. Gandel writes, “Welch said he will no longer contribute to Fortune following critical coverage of the former CEO […]
Fortune changes its iPad strategy
Fortune is introducing Monday a new iPad edition that presents readers with a visually appealing mix of free and paid content, an effort to make the app worth swiping through even if you’re not a subscriber, reports Nat Ives of Advertising Age. Ives writes, “Fortune’s iPad app, like those of most magazines, had previously opened […]
Ex-Dow Jones president to join Time Inc.
Todd Larsen, who left the role of president of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, earlier this year, will take a job at Time Inc. overseeing its magazine unit, according to a story in The Journal. Keach Hagey writes, “In his new role, Mr. Larsen will oversee some […]
The importance of CNNMoney.com
Douglas McIntyre of 24/7WallSt.com writes about why CNNMoney.com’s success is tied to its partnerships. McIntyre writes, “CNNMoney’s success almost certainly draws from its arrangement as a three-legged stool. It can relay on the traditional business reporting from Fortune, and its company lists that include the Fortune 500. It can rely on Money for personal finance. […]
Big three biz magazines outperforming industry
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The three largest business magazine titles — Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes and Fortune — outperformed the overall glossy industry during the first six months of the year, according to data released by the Publisher’s Information Bureau. Forbes reported as 16.4 percent increase in ad revenue and a 13 percent rise in ad pages for […]
Reuters, WSJ, Milwaukee and Detroit papers among Loeb winners
Felix Salmon of Reuters and The Wall Street Journal are winners of Gerald Loeb Awards, considered the Pulitzer Prizes of business journalism. Salmon won in the blogging category. Reuters also won in the news service category for “Shell Games” by Brian Grow, Kelly Carr, Laurence Fletcher, Nanette Byrnes, Matthew Bigg, Joshua Schneyer, Cynthia Johnston and […]
CNNMoney launches Fear & Greed Index, investing content
CNNMoney launched Wednesday the Fear & Greed Index, a new tool that tracks how emotion is driving the stock market on a daily basis. The Fear and Greed Index goes live alongside CNNMoney’s new investing section, which offers financial analysis and commentary from a combination of CNNMoney and Fortune reporters including Dan Primack, Paul La […]
