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 […]
Trade magazine advertising falls 30%
Jason Fell of Folio reports that trade magazine advertising pages fell 30.2 percent through the first half of 2009, according to American Business Media’s Business Information Network numbers released Tuesday. Revenues were down 26.5 percent. Fell writes, “ABM also noted that b-to-b trade show revenue, as tracked by Center for Exhibition Industry Research, was down 18.6 […]
Economist to provide single-issue susbcription service
Stephen Brook of The Guardian in London writes about how The Economist is offering a subscription service that allows consumers to order a single copy to be delivered to their home the next day. Brook writes, “The service does not require readers to commit to subscribing to the magazine for any period and the cost […]
The increase in niche business journalism
Frank Washkuch of PRWeek writes Friday about how the decrease in size of the big business magazines and other business publications has resulted in niche business journalism sites and publications. Washkuch writes, “The transition to a more niche business journalism environment mirrors developments in the general interest consumer press –– both, after all, are largely dependent on […]
