Murdoch's first change will be WSJ.com
Steven Zeitchik of Variety writes that the first change that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch will make with Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, is to change the newspaper’s web site. Zeitchik wrote, “While the site has been one of the few great success stories of a print-to-Web transition for […]
Black Enterprise unveils new web site
Black Enterprise magazine unveiled a redesigned website on Wednesday that includes original interactive content pertaining to small business, wealth building, careers and homeownership. The site also has enhanced search capabilities for all the magazine’s lists, including a current and historical archive of the BE 100s, the top-grossing black-owned businesses in the nation, the Top 50 Colleges for […]
Reviewed.com claims it's better than Consumer Reports
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Monday about Reviewed.com and its founder, Robin Liss, who has yet to turn 23 but claims her consumer products web site is better than Consumer Reports in many areas. Friedman wrote, “Days shy of her 23rd birthday, Liss is the founder and chief executive of Reviewed.com, a network of […]
The CEO behind Xinhua Finance Media, which has issues
James Areddy and David Reilly of The Wall Street Journal profiled Fredy Bush on Saturday. Bush is the CEO of Xinhua Finance Media, the China-based company that went public earlier this year and is the parent of U.S. news service Market News International. Areddy and Reilly wrote, “Still, in early March, prospects seemed bright for […]
Red Herring on its last legs
Owen Thomas of ValleyWag is reporting that the struggling tech magazine Red Herring is apparently about to be evicted from its offices. This comes after the magazine stopped producing a print publication in favor of a web site and starting a social network site. Thomas wrote, “That emergency Friday-night meeting at Red Herring, the once-storied […]
The Internet is changing business journalism
Jerry E. Lewis, editor of the Boulder County Business Report, writes in the latest issue about the changes that the Internet is forcing upon business journalism in the wake of the summer conference of the Alliance of Area Business Publications being held in Denver. Lewis wrote, “Once again, we all got a big dose of […]
How a small newspaper goes above and beyond with biz coverage
A few weeks back, Talking Biz News posted an item about the Frederick News-Post newspaper in Maryland creating a business blog — a unique proposition for such a small paper. Business editor Cliff Cumber provides an update on the blog, and some other interesting ways that the paper is trying to cultivate its business readers. […]
Why the media love Apple so much
Terrence O’Brien writes on the Switched web site that there is an end reason why the business media have such a crush on Apple, its products, and its leader, Steve Jobs — the backlash when things start to go wrong will give them even more to write about. O’Brien wrote, “Though the tech site CNET gives […]
Expanding Inc. and Fast Company online
Ed Sussman of Mansueto Ventures, the parent company of Inc. and Fast Company, talked to DM News in a Q&A about how the two business magazines are expanding their presence online. Sussman said, “IncTechnology.com rolled out about four months ago with about 100 up-to-date technology guides for small business owners and their technology staff. We’re […]
A business magazine with a sense of humor
Anyone who launches a new business magazine in this day is bonkers. The publishers of the already flourishing self-help magazine ‘Going Bonkers – The Self-Help Magazine with a Sense of Humor’ couldn’t agree more, so that’s why they’re doing it. On July 1, ‘Going Bonkers Business Edition – The Business Magazine with a Sense of […]
