Fortune to launch Turkish edition
Business magazine Fortune will launch a local edition in Turkey beginning this fall, it was announced Monday. Fortune Turkey will be published monthly, in the Turkish language, through a license agreement between Time Inc. and Vatan-Imako, a joint venture of Vatan Dergi Grubu A.S., the third largest magazine group in Turkey, and the Greek publishing group, Imako […]
Got to get my picture on the cover
Wallace Immen of The Toronto Globe and Mail writes that there’s a golden payoff for an executive who gets a feature write-up in the business press or a photo on the cover of a financial magazine. That’s according to results of a new study of how the compensation of 1,500 CEOs of companies in the United […]
Bickering between Portfolio and Fortune
Amy Wicks of Women’s Wear Daily writes Wednesday that there’s been some snippy comments back and forth between business magazines Fortune and Conde Nast Portfolio about stories. Wicks wrote, “And that’s not the only story the two business magazines share. Both cover the New York Yankees, with Portfolio proclaiming ‘Crisis at Yankee Inc.,’ and Fortune’s […]
Fortune's future looks promising
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Thursday that Time Inc.’s Fortune magazine has a seemingly promising future despite talk of its demise earlier this year due to the launch of competitor Conde Nast Portfolio, a new editor, and an advertising slump. Friedman wrote, “The real growth will come online, and the competition there is even […]
Business magazines underperform vs. industry in second quarter
Advertising dollars in 15 business-related magazines fell 5.5 percent in the second quarter of the year, while ad pages dropped 10.2 percent, according to data from the Publishers Information Bureau analyzed by Talking Biz News. In comparison, the overall magazine industry saw a 5.2 percent increase in ad dollars and just a 1.9 percent decline […]
New BusinessWeek executive editor to be named Monday
Ellen Pollock, a long-time reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal, is expected to be named executive editor of BusinessWeek on Monday, writes Richard Perez-Pena of The New York Times. She will replace John Byrne, who became the top editor at BusinessWeek Online last month. Perez-Pena wrote, “For five years, Ms. Pollock has worked […]
Memo to Murdoch: Your WSJ will need to cover your company
Former Wall Street Journal managing editor Norman Pearlstine writes in the Sunday Los Angeles Times that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch will need to allow the Journal to cover his company if he is successful in acquiring Dow Jones & Co., its parent. Pearlstine said, “To overcome the journalists’ skepticism and that of the public, […]
Wall Street Journal already on the decline
Toronto Star business columnist David Olive argues Sunday that The Wall Street Journal is already seeing a decline in influence among its readers even before its potential acquisition by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, who will just accelerate the issue. Olive wrote, “In explaining his motive for shoving that shard of ice into Journal veterans’ […]
Winners and losers in WSJ purchase by Murdoch
Stephen Foley of The Independent newspaper in London has his list of winners and losers once News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch completes his apparent purchase of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal. They include: Bloomberg, Reuters/Thomson: Thanks to the ‘Journal’ and the upcoming Fox Business Channel, News Corp is likely […]
Fast Company's Safian says business magazines should be fun
Robert Safian, who became editor of Fast Company magazine earlier this year, is on a hot streak. The magazine, which has been sold twice in the past decade, is trying to recapture its past glory. Safian, who also oversees the business side of the magazine, has seen the magazine garner a Gerald Loeb Award as […]
