Harvard Business Review overhaul pays off

Jeremy Peters of the New York Times writes Monday about the Harvard Business Review and the success of its recent changes. Peters writes, “According to the Review’s figures, unit sales on the newsstand, where copies cost $16.95, are up 19 percent. New blogs and additional content on its Web site have pushed up visits. Page […]

Bloomberg.com overhaul about building prestige

The goal of the redesign of Bloomberg.com is to bring all the various moving parts of Bloomberg’s news operations together and do more than just just compete against it financial news rivals — it wants prestige, writes David Kaplan of PaidContent.org. Kaplan writes, “‘Over the years, Blooomberg, has continued to add a lot of terminal […]

Change in design at the WSJ

Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson sent out the following announcement to the staff on Tuesday: Over the last few years, the Wall Street Journal has developed into a newspaper recognized internationally for its visual style. As Creative Director since 2008, Tomaso Capuano has spearheaded that transformation, crafting the new magazine, recasting the paper […]

Bloomberg View to launch Wednesday as company redesigns website

Dylan Byers of Adweek reports that Bloomberg View, the new opinion section of Bloomberg News, will launch on Wednesday as part of the company’s redesigned website. Byers writes, “Bloomberg View’s first columns will come from Ron Klain, the former chief of staff to Vice Presidents Al Gore and Joe Biden; author William Cohan; and Tufts […]

AllThingsD launches redesign

AllThingsD, the Dow Jones & Co. website that covers tech news, has been redesigned. Co-executive editors Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg write, “As you will see, in the new set-up, all blog posts belong to AllThingsD and no longer operate under a variety of column names. “We thought long and hard about this change, which […]

Washington state paper changing business coverage

The Bellingham Herald in Washington state is changing some details of its business news coverage due to layoffs at the paper. An item on its website states, “Several changes to Business coverage will occur this week as The Bellingham Herald continues to focus on Whatcom County while restructuring due to a decrease in national advertising. […]

SmartMoney.com has a new look

Janet Paskin, the editor of SmartMoney.com, writes about the personal finance magazine’s new look on the Internet. Paskin writes, “You’ll still find breaking news and advice from our award-winning staff, in addition to our full suite of portfolio and market-research tools and weekly favorites like ‘Ten Things They Won’t Tell You.’ But we’ve also reached […]

CNBC opens new London studio

Business news network CNBC has opened a new studio in London, reports Kevin Coy of News on News. Coy writes, “The new studio accommodates 10 cameras and multiple presentation positions, giving CNBC anchors and journalists the ability to present from anywhere in the studio using a range of visual tools.  It includes one of the […]

CNNMoney.com redesign is launched

CNNMoney.com launched a redesigned website Monday that gives expanded economy, technology and finance coverage as well as new tools such as a portfolio function. The new site, which draws an average of 13 million unique visitors a month, also features a beta tablet view and increased social media integration, as well as two new partnerships […]

CNNMoney to launch redesign next week

Chris Peacock, the executive editor and vice president of CNNMoney.com, writes about the upcoming changes to the business news website. Peacock writes, “You’re busy and want to quickly find what you’re looking for. Ease-of-use is at the heart of our redesign. With a streamlined navigation, you can easily drill down into sections to get the […]