Barron’s Penta unveils new design, content
Barron’s Penta will go this weekend from a newsprint insert into the weekly financial newspaper to a glossy magazine with additional coverage areas. The new coverage areas are real estate and fashion for the September issue, said editor Richard Morais in a phone interview with Talking Biz News. The December issue will add a section […]
Why Vanity Fair covers business stories
Peter Day of the BBC writes about Vanity Fair magazine’s coverage of business news stories. Day writes, “In the October edition the editor Graydon Carter discloses at least one reason for this odd phenomenon. “Twenty years ago, just after he took over, there was a low ebb in the publication’s fortunes. Circulation was sagging, advertising […]
Forbes in a new publishing world
Michael Wolff writes for Town & Country magazine about how the Forbes family lost control of its magazine and what will happen to it in the future. Wolff writes, “Forbes now maintains a skeleton staff; in effect anyone can write for it, with little vetting or oversight or alignment with the brand. In some sense […]
Macworld magazine is shutting print edition
International Data Group is shutting down Macworld Magazine, the long-time Apple periodical, reports Seth Weintraub of 9to5Mac.com Weintraub writes, “The Macworld.com website will remain open [although as a shell of its former self -ed] with a reduced staff according to Miller, who himself is leaving in a month. “As a former contributor and fan of […]
Willing to eat oatmeal and pay the employees first
Lora Valicra of Mainebiz interviewed Jon Whitney, the publication’s founder, about its early days as part of its 20th anniversary celebration. Here is an excerpt: MB: How did you get the idea for what later became Mainebiz? JW: By 1994 I was looking for something else to publish. I thought the Portland area and southern […]
New biz magazine launching in Delaware
A publishing company with titles in locations north of New York and west of Philadelphia is planning a new business magazine called Delaware Business Times. Joe DiStefano of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes, “Waltz has hired former Gannett Corp. vp/digital media Michael J. Mika (ex boss at of Delaware Online, the Wilmington News Journal site) as […]
Real Deal seeks editor in New York
The Real Deal, a 60,000-circulation news magazine that provides an inside look at the big players and major deals in the New York City real estate market, is seeking an editor. The position will involve working on TheRealDeal.com, which receives more than 7 million pageviews a month, as well as the monthly print magazine and […]
California biz magazine names ME as its new editor
Comstock’s, a business magazine in Sacramento, Calif., has named Christine Calvin, formerly its managing editor, as its new editor, reports Cathie Anderson of the Sacramento Bee. Anderson writes, “Calvin, 31, assumed leadership of Comstock’s editorial staff after Doug Curley resigned earlier this month. Curley, Comstock’s editor for 10 years, said he left the post after […]
Deal values Forbes at high price
Peter Kafka of Re/code writes about the deal announced Friday selling a majority stake of Forbes to international investors and notes that the deal, which values the media company at $475 million, seems high. Kafka writes, “The fact that Forbes was able to find a buyer at anything close to that price will surprise many […]
Steve Forbes on the magazine’s future
Steve Forbes, the CEO and editor in chief of Forbes Media, posted the following on Friday morning in the wake of the announcement that the company was selling a majority stake to international investors: While being profoundly disruptive, the web has opened up enormous opportunities as old boundaries are destroyed. The $80 billion bid by […]
