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 […]
Editorial dispute at Chinese biz magazine
David Barboza of The New York Times reports Tuesday on the inner turmoil at Chinese business magazine Caijing, which has led to mass resignations of its staff. The magazine has relationships with The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. Barboza writes, “And Hu Shuli, considered the most powerful business editor in China, may be forced to […]
CFO magazine on the block
Jason Fell of Folio reports that The Economist is looking to sell CFO magazine. Fell reports, “According to a pair of sources familiar with the process, the Economist Group has been in negotiations with a number of potential buyers, possibly since January. ‘It’s been a pretty well-guarded secret,’ one source who wished to remain anonymous […]
WSJ. struggles to find niche
Irin Carmon of Women’s Wear Daily takes a look at the one-year-old WSJ., the Wall Street Journal‘s upscale magazine, and how it is adapting to the changing environment. Carmon writes, “The September issue, appearing this weekend, has a package on ‘the changed state of luxury,’ examining post-recession changes in diamonds, accessories, real estate and Champagne. […]
Order The Economist via cell phone
Nat Ives of Advertising Age takes a look at the program from The Economist that allows consumers in New York to order a copy of the magazine from their cell phones and have it delivered the next day. Ives writes, “The Economist’s on-demand delivery service aims to make it easier for occasional readers to buy […]
Toledo newspaper launching biz magazine
The Toledo Blade announced Friday that it has started a quarterly business magazine. A story on the paper’s Web site states, “The first edition of Toledo BIZinsider, a 40-page publication, is being mailed this week to 10,000 leaders in metro Toledo and another 5,000 copies will be distributed at various business offices. “The free publication […]
Shakeup at Canadian Business magazine
Marco Ursi of Masthead magazine in Canada reports that six staffers of Canadian Business, as well as the founding editor in chief of MoneySense, all lost their jobs on Thursday. Ursi writes, “Sources within Rogers Publishing Inc. told Masthead that executive editor Scott Steele, features editor Andy Holloway, staff writers Sharda Prashad and Jeff Sanford, […]
FT to launch luxury magazine
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York writes Thursday about plans by the Financial Times to launch a luxury magazine called FT Wealth, with the first issue coming out on Oct. 16. Flamm writes, “The magazine is aimed at what it calls global citizens with personal assets of more than $1.65 million, in addition to the […]
