Inc. hires Time’s Saporito
Bill Saporito, an assistant managing editor at Time magazine, has been hired by Inc. magazine. He will be an editor at large, responsible for the lead section of Inc., and will also write features, says James Ledbetter, editor of Inc. He will start in April. “Bill is the consummate professional prose machine, a guy who […]
Bloomberg Businessweek leads NMA nominations
With three nominations, Bloomberg Businessweek topped the business and financial publications among those nominated as National Magazine Awards 2015 finalists. Here are the business titles nominated as finalists: Harvard Business Review and Inc. are finalists in the special interest magazine category. Wired is a finalist in the design category. Bloomberg Businessweek‘s “85th Anniversary Issue,” Dec. […]
Inc. hires Webb to be tech columnist
Amy Webb, the author of “Data, a Love Story,” has been hired as Inc. magazine’s newest tech columnist. Her new quarterly column will spot tech trends for Inc.’s audience, which is entrepreneurs at the fastest-growing private companies in the country. The first column will debut in the April issue. Webb’s consultancy, WebbMedia, produces yearly tech […]
CNBC, Inc. magazine strike content sharing deal
CNBC and Inc. magazine announced a deal Monday in which the two business news entities will hold conferences on entrepreneurship and share content on their respective websites. Under the terms of the agreement, CNBC and Inc. will create three conferences across the United States next year. The first conference will take place in Spring 2015. […]
Inc. magazine grabbing the biz glossy spotlight
Christine Haughney of The New York Times writes for Monday’s paper about the rise of Inc. magazine. Haughney writes, “But Inc. appears to be picking up on more than just an industry trend. According to the Alliance for Audited Media, the magazine’s total circulation over the last decade grew 22 percent to 763,962, from 625,824, […]
Bercovici jumps to Inc. from Forbes
Award-winning tech and media writer Jeff Bercovici is jumping ship from Forbes to become the San Francisco bureau chief of Inc., reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “Bercovici, who has the current Forbes cover story on Pinterest, has been at Forbes for a little over four years, but only moved to […]
As Inc. turns 35, it’s new editor is full of ideas
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke of the New York Observer writes about Inc. magazine and its new editor James Ledbetter as the magazine turns 35 years old. Bloomgarden-Smoke writes, “The challenge for Mr. Ledbetter is to beef up the web presence while retaining the targeted identity of the magazine. “‘I saw some holes that needed to be filled, […]
Inc. had most ad pages of any biz magazine in July
Inc. magazine led all business magazines in advertising pages with its July/August 2014 issue, which had 72 ad pages, according to this graphic in the Monday New York Times. That’s after gaining the second-most ad pages in the first half of 2014 among all business magazines, up 10 percent. It was one of only two […]
Inc. magazine celebrating its 35th anniversary
Inc. magazine, which caters to small business owners and entrepreneurs, is celebrating its 35h anniversary. Editor Jim Ledbetter writes, “It’s been very exciting to plot out the commemoration of Inc’s 35th anniversary. We’ve used it as an opportunity to reach back into the history of the publication, and the history of American business, with firsthand […]
Inc. adds new columnists
Inc. magazine has signed several news columnists for both the magazine and the web site, part of its expansion under president/editor-in-chief Eric Schurenberg and editor Jim Ledbetter, who joined earlier this year. The new columnists are: Entrepreneurial computing legend Michael Dell has begun his monthly “Dell On Dell” column on Inc.com. Addressing the topics of […]
