The advantages of Kiplinger's
Janet Bodnar, the new editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, writes in the latest issue about how it’s able to stand apart from other business glossies. Bodnar writes, “While other magazines have been rife with layoffs and buyouts, our editorial staff hasn’t suffered the same fate. Furthermore, we have behind us the Kiplinger brand — noted […]
Kiplinger's editor says goodbye
Fred Frailey, the retiring editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, said goodbye to readers in t he February issue by talking about its new editor, Janet Bodnar. Frailey writes, “I met Janet Bodnar 22 years ago. Before Ted hired me as his deputy, he asked her to take me to lunch. Janet was then a young […]
Kiplinger: We’re in same boat as others, but will remain independent
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Austin Kiplinger, the patriarch of the Washington-based company that publishes the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, said Thursday that he believes the company will remain independent, but it’s struggling just like others to adapt to the changing publishing world. “I think we’re in the same boat with the whole information world,” said […]
The new boss at Kiplinger's
Jennifer Nycz-Conner of the Washington Business Journal interviewed Janet Bodnar, who becomes the new editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance next month. Here is an excerpt: If you’re doing your job really well, what are you doing as editor? You really have to inspire your staff. You have to be excited about what you do. You […]
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 […]
