A business news copy desk wins praise
Zac Crain of D Magazine can appreciate a great cutline, outstanding headline and an even better subhead when he reads one, and he thinks he’s found the perfect trifecta in Tuesday’s business section of the Dallas Morning News. Writes Crain: “As you can see (probably) from this photo of today’s business section, for this story […]
Bloomberg Businessweek’s design darling
Zeke Turner of Women’s Wear Daily writes Monday about Richard Turley, the creative director at Bloomberg Businessweek. Turner writes, “Turley’s recipe for success at Businessweek is one part rigid slavery to the grid — he chose type size and letting that would allow for 66 lines on a page, divided nicely into 11 modules that […]
Bloomberg Businessweek's design darling
Zeke Turner of Women’s Wear Daily writes Monday about Richard Turley, the creative director at Bloomberg Businessweek. Turner writes, “Turley’s recipe for success at Businessweek is one part rigid slavery to the grid — he chose type size and letting that would allow for 66 lines on a page, divided nicely into 11 modules that […]
Meet Bloomberg Businessweek’s 34-year-old creative director
Dan Frommer of The Business Insider interviews Bloomberg Businessweek creative director Richard Turley, whose redesign of the magazine has drawn rave reviews. Here is an excerpt: What should a business magazine look like in 2011? It should look like a magazine. You kind of have to celebrate the fact that you’re on paper and that […]
Meet Bloomberg Businessweek's 34-year-old creative director
Dan Frommer of The Business Insider interviews Bloomberg Businessweek creative director Richard Turley, whose redesign of the magazine has drawn rave reviews. Here is an excerpt: What should a business magazine look like in 2011? It should look like a magazine. You kind of have to celebrate the fact that you’re on paper and that […]
The evolution of B2B magazines
Susan Currie Sivek, a journalism professor at California State University, Fresno, writes for MediaShift about how business-to-business magazines are adapting to reader demands. Sivek writes, “Today’s successful B2B magazines have redefined themselves as multi-platform brands that provide a variety of information and services to their audiences and advertisers. “‘We wouldn’t be here if we continued […]
Forbes redesign produces results
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer of Forbes, writes Monday about how the magazine’s redesign has been integrated with other changes and what the results have been so far. Dvorkin writes, “The Forbes 400 issue (the first to be re-architected and redesigned) sold 34% more copies on the newsstand, compared with the same issue a […]
FT.com site to turn pink
Lara O’Reilly of New Media Age writes that The Financial Times website will undergo a redesign aimed at boosting subscriptions and to make it look more like the printed paper. O’Reilly writes, “The revamped FT.com site will show articles on a pink background – currently only the landing page is pink – and will also […]
North Bay Business Journal goes to smaller print size
The North Bay Business Journal, which covers Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties in California, announced that it will be printed in a smaller size. Editor Brad Bollinger writes, “First, with the paper size you see here today — about 1 1/2 inches shorter in depth — we are adopting what is becoming the standard in […]
Richmond paper brings back standalone business section
The Richmond Times-Dispatch, a Media General paper, is added to its business coverage, returning its standalone business section for the first time since it was cut in 2006. A brief in the paper states, “The new section can be found after the Sports section on most days. “With a section front Tuesday through Saturday, we’re […]
