Why are personal finance magazines advising to buy now?
Yvette Kantrow, the executive editor of The Deal, writes that personal finance magazines that are recommending their readers buy stocks now don’t really know what they’re talking about. Kantrow writes, “So we trundle down to our local newsstand — we know, so very 20th century of us — to see what words of wisdom we […]
Kiplinger's Personal Finance names Bodnar as next editor
Janet Bodnar, deputy editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine since 2005, has been named its new editor, succeeding retiring editor Fred W. Frailey. Bodnar came to Kiplinger’s as a writer in 1979, following jobs at The Providence Journal and Washington Post newspapers. She is a nationally recognized columnist, book author and speaker in the field […]
Attracting personal finance readers online who aren't print subscribers
Doug Harbrecht is new media director for Kiplinger in Washington, D.C. Â He joined the 85-year-old organization in 2006, after a 20-year career in the Washington bureau of BusinessWeek magazine, where he covered Congress, the White House, politics, and international ecnomics and trade before moving to online side in 1996. First as online news editor, then […]
Biz magazines post bad second quarter in advertising
Many business magazines posted a decline in ad revenue and ad pages during the second quarter, according to data from the Publishers Information Bureau. Some publications bucked the trend. The Economist reported a 21 percent gain in ad revenue to $34.4 million and a 2.2 percent increase in ad pages to 648.5 for the quarter. […]
Kiplinger launches small business coverage on Web site
Kiplinger.com, the Web site of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, launched Wednesday a section for small business coverage at the same time it reported record visits and page views. In May, Kiplinger.com registered its best month ever with 13.8 million page views, up 115 percent from May 2007, and 2.1 million unique visitors, up 110 percent from May […]
NYTimes' Dealbook named best business blog
Dealbook, a blog edited by mergers and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times, was named the best business news blog in the annual EPpy awards, presented by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek. In addition, BusinessWeek’s web site won the award for best business web site with more than 1 million unique visitors […]
Knight-Bagehot fellows named at Columbia
Ten Knight-Bagehot fellows in economics and business journalism have been named by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the 2008-2009 academic year. They include journalists from The Miami Herald, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Associated Press and Dow Jones Newswires. The mid-career fellowships provide full tuition and a […]
11 out of 16 biz magazines post first-quarter decline in ad sales
A majority of the 17 business magazines posted a decline in ad sales in the first three months of 2007, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed Monday by Talking Biz News. Eleven magazines saw declines, with five posting increases. Conde Nast Portfolio did not publish in the first three months of […]
Kiplinger adds business travel news on web site
Kiplinger.com, the Web site for the personal finance magazine, announced Monday the addition of a business travel center in a bid to attract more visits. The online center serves as a guide for businesses and their employees to make the most of their travel dollars using resources from Kiplinger.com and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. The new […]
Kiplinger: Our advice has been on target
Knight Kiplinger, the editor of the personal finance magazine that carries his name, writes Tuesday that past advice the magazine has given would have helped readers today. Kiplinger wrote, “In the July 2002 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, while the Dow was continuing to fall toward a bear-market low of 7286 in October, I published […]
