Portfolio matching competitors with newsstand sales
Irin Carmon and Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily write Tuesday that new business magaizne Conde Nast Portfolio appears to be matching its competitors in terms of newsstand sales. Carmon and Smith wrote, “Sources close to the magazine with access to its closely guarded circulation data say the title since the beginning of the year […]
Bloomberg hires John Helyar
Bloomberg News announced internally Monday that it has hired noted business journalist John Helyar as an enterprise reporter based in Atlanta. Helyar previously worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, as a senior writer for Fortune, and as a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. Helyar has written “The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of […]
Fortune can't decide about Steve Jobs
Erick Schonfeld writes on TechCrunch about the Steve Jobs profile in the latest issue of Fortune magazine and wonders what it says about the publication’s journalism. Schonfeld wrote, “Once again, Steve Jobs is on the cover of Fortune magazine. He is there because Apple is the most admired company in America. No, wait. He is […]
Fortune's tech advertising up 35 percent this year
One of the benefits of folding Business 2.0 has been an increase in tech advertising in Fortune magazine, writes David Kaplan of PaidContent.org. Kaplan wrote, “But Vivek Shah, president, Fortune/Money Group says that the move has already started to pay off. Following his appearance on a panel at the Magazine Publishers Association’s 24/7 Digital Media […]
Business journalism will survive, but newspapers will evolve
Newspapers need to evolve to survive, but business journalism will always be in demand, said Fortune editor at large Allan Sloan in a speech at Southern Methodist University on Tuesday. Meredith Shamberger of The Daily Campus wrote, “‘There’s a business in business journalism and there’s certainly a business in journalism,’ he said. ‘Somewhere in all […]
McLean talks about Enron experience
Bethany McLean, the Fortune writer who was one of the first business journalists to question the accounting at Enron, spoke Monday at Cleary University in Michigan, according to a story in the Livingston Press & Argus. The story stated, “‘The surprising thing was most people didn’t really know,’ McLean said of Enron’s employees. ‘I think […]
Time Inc. business magazines get new ad chief
Fortune|Money Group president Vivek Shah announced Wednesday that Kirk McDonald will become chief revenue officer for the business magazines, effective March 3. McDonald was previously the senior vice president of sales, marketing and client service for DRIVEpm and Atlas Enterprise, both key units of Microsoft’s advertising business. Reporting to Shah, McDonald will oversee the Fortune|Money Group’s worldwide advertising sales […]
Fortune's shake-up in international coverage
Keith Kelly of The New York Post writes Wednesday about the departure of Robert Friedman, Fortune‘s international editor, and what it means for the magazine. Kelly wrote, managing editor Andy “Serwer insisted the move doesn’t mean less international coverage. Europe Editor Peter Gumbel will remain in Paris, and Asia Editor Clay Chandler will continue to […]
Business Journalist of the Year deadline is Feb. 1
The Business Journalist of the Year award, which has been given every year since 1999, is accepting applications until Feb. 1, according to a notice on its web site. Past winners include Peter Elkind of Fortune in 2007, Martin Dickson of The Financial Times in 2005, Catherine Arnst of BusinessWeek in 2004, and Richard Behar […]
Mehta named Fortune's global editor
Stephanie Mehta, a senior writer at Fortune magazine, has been named the publication’s global editor, according to a memo from managing editor Andy Serwer. The memo, posted on Fishbowl NY, stated, “Our International Editor, Robert Friedman, is leaving the magazine after seven years on the job. Robert worked very hard in helping build our global franchise […]
