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 […]
Biz magazines see drop in revenue, ad pages in 2007
The 17 business magazines that published in 2007 saw a 2.1 percent decline in ad revenue and a 5.7 percent decline in ad pages, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed Wednesday by Talking Biz News. In comparison, the total magazine industry reported a 6.1 percent increase in ad revenue and just […]
No biz news like fluffy biz news
Thomas Anderson, associate editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, assesses Fox Business Network‘s strategy for competing against CNBC in the January issue. Anderson wrote, “Don’t expect Fox Business to revolutionize the format. On weekends, it’s the same old infomercials for get-rich-quick schemes and other junk you find on CNBC. ‘We decided we couldn’t boil the ocean,’ says Kevin […]
Business publications still helping penny stocks
Thomas Anderson, the associate editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance who earlier this year wrote about how speculative penny stock companies were using business magazines to pump up their stock prices, now writes about how they’re advertising in newspapers. Anderson wrote, “Why have companies and promoters chosen now to go glossy with penny stock ad campaigns, […]
Place your bets: The next business magazine to go under
Media Life Magazine reporter Diego Vasquez talks with The Reaper, the magazine industry insider who runs the web site MagazineDeathPool.com, to get a rundown on what magazine might next close in the wake of the Time Inc. decision to shutter Business 2.0. The Reaper has Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and Conde Nast Portfolio on his death […]
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 […]
Using the business media to hype a penny stock
Tom Anderson, associate editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, writes how a Chinese company that recently began trading in the U.S. markets is using ads in business magazines to pump up its stock price. Anderson wrote, “Full-page advertisements that appeared in BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fortune make Guangzhou Global Telecom (symbol GZGT, quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board) […]
