Technology changing business journalism
Technology threatens to replace traditional business news sources with independent Web sites and blogs, making news gathering more democratic but raising questions about the veracity of stories, Myron Kandel, founding editor of CNN Financial News, said Thursday, according to a story by Michael Diamond of the Asbury Park Press. Kandel’s speech capped a Monmouth University […]
Business 2.0 editor lands at TechCrunch
Erick Schonfeld, who had been editor at large at the Time Inc. business glossy Business 2.0 that is being shut down after its October issue, is becoming co-editor of the TechCrunch blog along with founder Michael Arrington, according to Matt Richtel of the New York Times. Richtel wrote, “No shrinking violet himself, Mr. Schonfeld says […]
Time Inc. revamping biz magazine unit
Nat Ives of Advertising Age writes Thursday that Time Inc. is overhauling its business magazine unit, including naming publishers at Fortune and Money magazines. The unit recently decided to shutter Business 2.0. Ives wrote, “The restoration of the publishing positions, which were eliminated in April 2006 when Time Inc. formed the group by combining the […]
BusinessWeek.com's page view woes
Peter Kafka of Silicon Valley Insider writes Wednesday that the real reason why BusinessWeek.com has seen a decrease in its page views is not because it doesn’t have — as some have suggested — enough fresh content, doesn’t do enough with video, and has lousy design and navigation. Kafka wrote, “None of this rings true. (Disclosure: […]
NewsBios passes 7,000 bios sold mark
NewsBios, the service that provides profiles of influential business journalists, says it has now sold more than 7,000 journalist dossiers, each for $69.95. Unlike ‘official’ bios and resumes that news organizations and individual reporters provide the public, NewsBios dossiers include pertinent public information about the reporters and editors it investigates. Recent “best sellers” include Andrew […]
Another staffer leaving Portfolio
Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily writes Wednesday that new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is losing another staff member, while at least one other recent high-profile hire may be contemplating going back to his old publication. Smith wrote, “Senior writer Katrina Brooker, who joined last year from Fortune, is returning to her old stomping […]
Business 2.0 circulation offer goes to help Fortune?
Hal Morris, writing on the Grumpy Editor blog, wonders whether a recent subscription offer for Business 2.0, which was shuttered earlier this week, was actually designed to pump up circulation for sister publication Fortune. Morris wrote, “Grumpy Editor notes a big two-for-one mailout a month ago sought to drum up renewals to Business 2.0, which […]
Business 2.0 editor Quittner talks about changes due to closing
Business 2.0 editor Josh Quittner talked with Talking Biz News about the decision to shutter the magazine and move some of its editorial staff to sister Time Inc. publication Fortune. Time Inc. decided Tuesday to close the nine-year-old magazine, effective with the October issue. It declined to sell the magazine to other bidders. Mansueto Ventures, […]
The sky is falling
TheDeal.com’s Yvette Kantrow writes that the business media has suddenly turned bearish on covering the markets, but wonders if the analysis is a bit too simplistic. Kantrow wrote, “So what do the big mags make of our current situation? BusinessWeek, for one, is out to point fingers and lay blame, as its main piece dredges […]
Decision on Business 2.0 next week?
Jason Fell and Bill Mickey write on Folio’s web site that a decision on the future of Business 2.0 magazine could come from Time Inc. next week. — a statement that the company denies. Fell and Mickey wrote, “What will become of Business 2.0? Time Inc. apparently is considering a number of options, including folding […]
