Business Insider unveils new design
The Business Insider website has a new design Wednesday morning. “It has been about three years since we made significant changes to the design,” said founder and editor in chief Henry Blodget in an email to Talking Biz News. “We figured it was time to make some!” There were three primary goals with the redesign: […]
Biz weekly focusing more on context, not breaking news
Kevin Bumgarner, the editor of the Pacific Business News in Honolulu, writes about how the American City Business Journal paper’s redesign changes the way it covers news. Bumgarner writes, “We know that many of you use print and PCs, tablets and smartphones to get information at different times. When you need to get information as […]
Inc. magazine unveils redesign with June issue
Inc.’s June issue shows a redesign that is aimed at meeting the changing needs of its readers and integrating the print publication with its online operation. The redesigned magazine features upgraded paper quality, richer cover stock, new typefaces, more white space, more photography and an entirely new structure that sets Inc. In the next 12 months, […]
The overhaul of Wired
Lauren Indvik of Mashable writes about the complete overhaul of Wired magazine, which rolled out its redesign with the June issue. Indvik writes, “There was something about the previous version of Wired — the bright colors, bold fonts, perhaps the splashy photos and graphics — that made it feel distinctly like a magazine about science […]
Free Press overhauls Sunday biz section
Christopher Kirkpatrick, the business editor of the Detroit Free Press, writes about the changes to the paper’s Sunday business section, now called Michigan Business. Kirkpatrick writes, “It’s replete with features providing sophisticated statewide news. Our new “Building Michigan’ page offers development news about metro Detroit and around the state. Check our feature on Page 2B […]
South Carolina paper adds Sunday Money section
The Greenwood Index-Journal in South Carolina has added a Sunday financial news section called Money. A story on its website states, “The Money section – Section E in the newspaper – includes stories about business, technology, retail sales, banking, finance, tourism, real estate, environmental issues and energy. It’ll include profiles on businesses and their leaders, […]
American City Business Journals papers see results with changes
The early results of American City Business Journals‘ overhaul of its San Jose, Calif., paper has resulted in a growth in circulation, online readers and revenue, so the Charlotte-based owner of 40 business weeklies plans to begin rolling out the changes to its other papers. “We’re pretty close to rolling out the design in other […]
Assessing the new Reuters.com
Justin Ellis of the Nieman Journalism Lab writes Wednesday about the revamped Reuters.com website and what it means for business news consumers. Ellis writes, “On the new Reuters.com, articles will be more or less elements on the page designed to point readers in a direction they may have some interest in. If you wound up […]
Bloomberg Businessweek cover wins top biz cover of the year
The Bloomberg Businessweek cover from its Feb. 6-12, 2012, edition was named the top cover among business and technology magazines by the American Society of Magazine Editors on Wednesday. The other finalists in the category were Bloomberg Businessweek, April 30-May 6, 2012 for “My Life in Private Equity,” and Smithsonian, September 2012, for “The Genius […]
Sneak peek at the new Reuters.com
Attached is a screen grab for the redesigned Reuters.com. It is more than a redesign, however. The overhaul includes a new content management system, new mobile applications and a new program interface. “As you’ll see from the preview, we’ve focused on putting news stories into context with a rapid flow of news, analysis and market […]
