Forbes to launch Ukraine edition
Forbes announced Wednesday the launch of its latest local-language edition, Forbes Ukraine, through a licensing agreement with United Media Holding. The first issue of the magazine will appear in the first quarter of 2011. Forbes also has licensee editions in China, Croatia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Latvia, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Turkey. […]
Hedge fund drops legal action against biz magazine
Hedge Fund Elliott Management has stopped its legal action against AR: Absolute Return + Alpha to get the magazine to disclose its source that provided the money manager’s latest quarterly investment letter. On the magazine’s site, a story states, “‘The fact they filed this notice of voluntary discontinuance means they knew their motion was meritless […]
Hedge fund wants biz magazine to disclose source
New York hedge fund Elliot Management Corp. has filed a legal complaint against business magazine AR: Absolute Return+Alpha asking a judge to force it to disclose how it obtained its quarterly letter to investors. Jason Fell of Folio writes, “Now, the magazine says it will issue a formal response to Elliot Management by way of […]
Bloomberg Markets seeks advertisers
Nat Ives of Advertising Age reports that the monthly Bloomberg Markets is looking to increase its number of advertisers. Ives writes, “Bloomberg wants the magazine to attract a broader array of advertisers than just the energy companies, banks, derivatives brokers and arcane investment vehicles that usually predominate. “So Bloomberg Markets is introducing a redesign by […]
Memphis biz magazine adds issues
Maria Burnham of the Memphis Daily News reports that the Memphis Business Quarterly will now publish six issues a year, up from the four it used to produce. Burnham writes, “In its quarterly incarnation, the magazine focused heavily on business profiles and features – news that had some shelf life, a requirement for publishing on […]
Black Enterprise turns 40
Steve Smith of minonline writes about Black Enterprise magazine as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. Smith writes, “The milestone is being marked by the special current issue that highlights entrepreneurs who will drive the next 40 years of Africn-American leadership in business. As well, the Labor Day weekend Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge is […]
Changes online and in newsroom for Forbes
Folio magazine’s Jason Fell has some details about what’s going on at Forbes magazine under new leader Lewis Dvorkin. Fell writes, “Dvorkin says he is starting with a ‘re-architecture’ of Forbes.com—of how it’s produced, its structure, its user interface and design. ‘Forbes.com has grown so big so fast it’s time to simplify things for a […]
Magazine award winners named
Computerworld and SC Magazine took top honors as the 2010 winners of the annual Magazine of the Year competition. The contest is part of the annual Azbee Awards of Excellence sponsored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors. A panel of judges selects 10 finalists in categories for publications with revenues of $2 million […]
Biz magazines outperform industry in second quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 14 business magazines published in the United States outperformed the overall magazine industry in the second quarter in terms of advertising revenue and ad pages. The financial and business magazines reported ad revenue of $328.1 million in the second three months of the year, up 11.3 percent from the same […]
Oregon Business launches real-time news stream
Oregon Business has launched the first online real-time stream dedicated to business news on its website, OregonBusiness.com. The service will deliver statewide business and economic information in real time, editor Robin Doussard said. Oregon Business is the nation’s first business publication and first magazine to use Nozzl Media’s proprietary real-time streaming technology. News content for BUSINESS NEWS NOW will […]
