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 […]
Monthly biz magazine to launch in New Orleans
A New Orleans publishing company plans to launch a monthly business magazine for the city called Biz New Orleans. The first issue will be in October. A related daily blog page and email newsletter will launch prior to the print edition in September. “New Orleans needs a great business magazine and now it will have […]
Barron’s to publish Penta as glossy magazine
Barron’s announced Wednesday that it will publish its Penta wealth-management quarterly as a glossy magazine insert beginning with the Sept. 29, 2014, issue. Until now, Penta has been published as a newsprint section of Barron’s. “This is a great advance for Penta,” said Ed Finn, editor and president of Barron’s, in a statement. “We launched […]
Bloomberg Media to roll out new products in October
Joe Pompeo of Capital New York writes about the changes being made at Bloomberg Media under new leader Justin Smith. Pompeo writes, “Capital has learned that media group employees were informed last week that the first in a planned suite of ‘digital-led multi-platform brands,’ a politics site being developed by high-profile political journalists and ‘Game […]
AAPB names national contest winners
The Alliance of Area Business Publishers presented 108 Editorial Excellence awards to newspaper and magazine business periodicals June 21, 2014, the climax of its three-day annual Summer Conference in Baltimore. Participation – and competition – was up this year. There were 659 entries from 43 publications in the competition. That number is up from 573 […]
Computerworld publishing last print edition next week
Scott Finnie, the editor in chief of Computerworld, posted the following on the magazine’s website: On June 23, we will publish the last print issue of Computerworld. It was 47 years ago, almost to the day, that Computerworld‘s very first issue rolled off the presses: June 21, 1967. The newspaper’s first publisher was the late […]
Fast Company seeing decline in online readers
ValueWalk notes that business magazine Fast Company‘s online readership is in decline, according to ComScore data. Its story notes, “Year-to-year, Fast Company has seen their Total Visits is decline 8%, Total Page Views is down 16%, Average Visits per Visitor is down 11% and Average Minutes per Visit is down 13%. Even the Median Income for […]
Report on Business wins five National Magazine awards
Report on Business Magazine, published by The Toronto Globe and Mail, won three gold and two silver awards at the 37th annual National Magazine Awards in Canada. A story on its website states, “The gold medal in magazine covers went to Report on Business art director Domenic Macri for a cover featuring Larry Fink, head […]
