The overhaul at Harvard Business Review
Stephanie Clifford of The New York Times writes Friday about the changes made at the Harvard Business Review to give it more appeal to a broader set of readers. Clifford writes, “The first part of that is making Harvard Business Review more current. “When the Review was founded in 1922, it dispensed Harvard Business School […]
Maine biz magazine launches
Ann Mostue of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed Maine Ahead editor in chief Tori Britton about the launch of the new business magazine. Here is an excerpt: Anne Mostue: So, what about the decision to start a business, let alone a print publication, during such a recession? This magazine was about two years in […]
Bloomberg Markets isn't being neglected
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York writes about how Bloomberg Markets is getting attention despite its parent company’s acquisition of BusinessWeek. Flamm writes, “This summer, the financial information giant hired Time Inc. veteran Michael Dukmejian as the title’s first full-time publisher, and he’s been busy pumping up advertising. Revenue — down 11% for the year […]
Chinese biz magazine regroups
Sky Canaves of The Wall Street Journal writes about how Chinese business magazine Caijing is struggling in the aftermath of the departure of its editor and a majority of its staff. Canaves writes, “The Nov. 23 issue underscores the uncertain future of the biweekly magazine. It was pulled together by a skeleton staff of fewer […]
Forbes claims biz magazine supremacy
Forbes magazine issues a release Wednesday where it claimed to be the business magazine leader, according to Mediamark Research & Intelligence’s MRI Fall 2009 report. Forbes’ audience is now larger than at any time in the company’s 92-year history, representing the largest audience reach for any business title in the last 15 years. Forbes’ total […]
Fast Company gets a boost
Lucia Moses of MediaWeek writes Monday about how Fast Company‘s parent company is making improvements to the monthly magazine. Moses writes, “With the February issue, Fast Company will get fresh typefaces designed to give it a greater sense of urgency. The magazine hired three new Web editors to build out the site’s design, ethonomics (Fast […]
What the cutbacks in biz mags mean
Nat Ives of Advertising Age writes about the job and issue cuts occurring at the top three business magaiznes — BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fortune. Ives writes, “The job cuts, another buyer said, won’t help in that effort. ‘By cutting their staff in any significant way, they’re really hurting the product in the long run,’ said […]
Fortune to cut number of printed issues
Shira Ovide of The Wall Street Journal reports that Fortune magazine plans to cut the number of issues every year to 18 from 25, and will have some layoffs later. Ovide writes, “It will focus more deeply on fewer topics and add new columns to help business professionals do their jobs more effectively. It will […]
Cox launches business magazine in Ohio
The Springfield News-Sun in Ohio reports that the Cox newspapers in the state will launch a business magazine called Springfield B2B in February 2010. The story states, “SpringfieldB2B will be mailed to a proprietary list of over 3,000 Springfield business decision makers and key economic stakeholders, including members of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce. […]
Economist editor on what makes the publication a must-read
Last night, on the “Charlie Rose” show, host Charlie Rose interviewed John Micklethwait, editor in chief at The Economist, about the magazine business and reporting global stories. Here is an excerpt: On what differentiates The Economist from its competitors “I think fundamentally what we’re trying to do is we’re trying to look at the world […]
