Tag: Fortune

Biz magazine ad revenue growth doubles rest of industry

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 13 business magazines reported ad revenue of $588.2 million in the first six months of 2011, up 8.6 percent from the first six months of the previous year, far outpacing the 4.0 percent increase for the entire magazine industry, according to data released Thursday by the Publishers Information Bureau and […]

WSJ wins three Loebs; Bloomberg and NYTimes win two

The first two Loeb Awards — and three of the first four — announced Tuesday night went to Dow Jones & Co. news operations. Julia Angwin, Emily Steel, Scott Thurm, Christina Tsuei, Paul Antonson, Jill Kirschenbaum and Jovi Juan of The Wall Street Journal received the Loeb Award for “What They Know” in the online […]

Fortune.com ME Roth leaving for LinkedIn

Dan Roth, who oversees Fortune‘s online presence, resigned Wednesday for a job at LinkedIn, he announced on Twitter. Roth stated, “Sad to be leaving the incredible journalists here; excited about what comes next.” Previously, Roth was a senior writer at Wired magazine, where he wrote about Google founder Larry Page’s quest for cell phone dominance; […]

Fortune launches Arabic editions

Fortune launched two local Arabic-language editions in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, it was announced Tuesday. These are the first two markets where Fortune Arabia will be available, followed by an additional five local editions — Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Levant (which will include Lebanon, Jordan and Syria) and Qatar — scheduled for release […]

Fortune hires senior writer from NYT

Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer sent out the following announcement to the staff on Monday afternoon: I’m very happy to share the news that Miguel Helft is joining FORTUNE as a Senior Writer based in San Francisco covering all manner of tech stories and other goings on in Silicon Valley. He will also write for […]

Quittner, former Business 2.0 editor, leaving Time

Josh Quittner, the former editor of the tech-oriented business magazine Business 2.0 and later a columnist with Fortune, is leaving Time Inc., reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “Quittner, a 15-year veteran of the nation’s largest publisher, said he is leaving to join Flipboard, a small Palo Alto-based start-up as its […]

Gilman, Pearlstein to be honored with special Loeb Awards

Hank Gilman, the deputy managing editor of Fortune magazine, will receive this year’s Lawrence Minard Editor Award from the Loeb Foundation, while Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Both will receive their awards on June 28 at a dinner in New York when the rest of the Loeb winners […]

CNNMoney.com redesign is launched

CNNMoney.com launched a redesigned website Monday that gives expanded economy, technology and finance coverage as well as new tools such as a portfolio function. The new site, which draws an average of 13 million unique visitors a month, also features a beta tablet view and increased social media integration, as well as two new partnerships […]

Fortune's MEs, one with top hat, get ready to ring NYSE bell

Dan Roth, (left) the managing editor of Fortune.com, and Andy Serwer, the managing editor of Fortune, are preparing to ring the closing bell of Friday’s New York Stock Exchange trading to recognize the release of this year’s Fortune 500 list.