Primack on negotiating the exclusive
Dan Primack of Fortune.com writes about how a public relations person should negotiate with a business journalist when offering the reporter an exclusive. Primack writes, “Paul Gillis argues that giving an exclusive can create enemies for your company, in the form of reporters who didn’t get the exclusive. In some cases, he may be right. […]
Forbes, Fortune have competing covers about top women
Amy Wicks of Women’s Wear Daily reports Tuesday on the covers of the latest issues of Forbes and Fortune, which both purport to provide readers with the most powerful women in business. Wicks writes, “Fortune, which has Oprah Winfrey on its cover, scores the advantage with its exclusive interview and photo session with the queen […]
Biz magazines outperform industry in third quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 14 business magazines that report advertising data to the Publishers Information Bureau outperformed the rest of the magazine industry, according to data released Monday that was analyzed by Talking Biz News. The magazines reported a 7.9 percent increase in advertising revenue and a 5.4 percent rise in advertising pages. That […]
Most influential biz journalists in terms of corporate governance
The National Association of Corporate Directors named on Monday its 100 most influential people in terms of issues related to corporate governance and included 11 business journalists on its list. Those listed were: Charles Gasparino of Fox Business Network; Andrew Ross Sorkin, Eric Dash, Gretchen C. Morgenson, Louise Story and Joe Nocera of The New […]
Business journalism, circa 1955
Yvette Kantrow, the executive editor of The Deal, writes Thursday about what it’s like to pick up a copy of Fortune magazine from 1955 and see how business journalism can still be excellent in telling a good story — and still, unfortunately, bury a lead. Kantrow writes, “But nestled among the cheeky clairvoyance is a […]
Fortune.com’s new prominence
Joe Pompeo of The Business Insider writes Tuesday about Fortune.com, which has been rebuilt under managing editor Dan Roth. Pompeo writes, “Asked how he thinks the ‘reinvented’ Fortune.com will stack up to Forbes.com, Roth replied: ‘At this point, I’m focusing on building up Fortune.com and making sure it complements the work being done at CNNMoney.’ […]
Fortune steals Primack away from Reuters
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Dan Primack, editor-at-large with Thomson Reuters, has given his notice with the wire service to take a job at Fortune.com, which is overhauling the financial part of its site to feature his work. Primack is the creator and writer of the peHUB Wire, a daily e-mail publication from Reuters read by […]
Fortune launches on iPad
Steve Smith of minonline writes abou the launch of Fortune‘s iPad edition. Smith writes, “Fortune clearly is aiming to convince readers of the added value of the iPad version. This week’s cover story ‘Is Google Over?’ boasts an animation in which the Google logo melts into a multi-colored puddle. Many of the sections have embedded […]
Biz magazines outperform industry in second quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 14 business magazines published in the United States outperformed the overall magazine industry in the second quarter in terms of advertising revenue and ad pages. The financial and business magazines reported ad revenue of $328.1 million in the second three months of the year, up 11.3 percent from the same […]
The media biz reporter shuffle
A number of business journalists who cover the media business are changing jobs. Devin Leonard, who has been writing for the New York Times recently, has been hired by Bloomberg Businessweek alongside Felix Gillette, who recently joined the magazine from the New York Observer. Leonard had also covered the music industry for Fortune. He started […]
