Hartford Biz Journal moves to biweekly print schedule
The Hartford Business Journal announced Monday it will move to a biweekly print schedule as it focuses more on its digital news offerings. A story on its website states, “Beginning Oct. 14, HBJ will unveil a new redesigned print news publication that will publish every other week and lends itself more toward features, long-form stories, […]
Toronto Star expands business coverage
The Toronto Star is expanding its business coverage, writes business editor Duncan Hood. Hood writes, “We’ll cover the businesses where you work and shop, the city’s roller-coaster real estate market and the technology that’s changing your life. “We will launch an all-new business Opinion section, featuring lively, thought-provoking voices on the issues that are shaping our […]
Fox Business Network unveils new studio
Fox Business Network, the financial business channel owned by Fox Corp., has unveiled a new studio. The studio is located in New York City, on the third floor of Fox News / Fox Business headquarters. The studio, named “Studio G,” was revamped with new technology and graphics. Peter Bangliforti, the senior vice president of broadcast […]
Fortune overhauls its website
Fortune has redesigned and revamped its website as part of its switch to new ownership. It last redid its website in 2014. As part of its transition to independent ownership, it migrated to a version Fortune Media Group completely controls. Fortune’s newly hired technical team — from chief technology officer Jonathan Rivers on down — […]
Massachusetts paper expands Sunday biz coverage
The Berkshire Eagle newspaper in Massachusetts has expanded its Sunday business section and renamed it Berkshire Business Insider. In an email to Talking Biz News, Business Insider editor Kristin Palpini wrote: The Berkshires economy is in an exciting time. New and old industries are emerging and local governments are increasing their dedication to making the county […]
Forbes redesigns print magazine
Forbes redesigned its print magazine for the first time in eight years, modernizing the design and curating editorial to produce a more streamlined package and reading experience. Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily reported, “This was the right time to modernize the 100-year-old magazine, Lane said. ‘Forbes sits at historic highs’ for its print, digital and social audience. […]
Worcester Business Journal adds metered paywall
The Worcester Business Journal in Massachusetts has rolled out a new website that includes a metered paywall. Publisher Peter Stanton writes, “With this new website we are joining the media movement toward metered access to our proprietary content. The new website will introduce an easy-to-use metered paywall – similar to many other magazines and periodicals […]
The anti-aesthetics of Bloomberg Businessweek
Cliff Kuang of Eye on Design writes about the funky design that has made Bloomberg Businessweek stand out. Kuang writes, “That hodgepodge of young talent shared a surreal sense of displacement. ‘It had to do with money,’ says Ma. ‘I didn’t come from any great means, and I’d come to work at a place where […]
The Economist has relaunched its 1843 magazine
The Economist is relaunching its bi-monthly lifestyle publication 1843, named for the year The Economist was founded, reports Olivia Atkins of The Drum. Atkins reports, “Every issue will follow a similar format, beginning with the Upfront section, a tangential take on the world right now, including the signature 1843 Interview with an array of fascinating […]
North Dakota paper makes changes to biz section
The Grand Forks Herald newspaper in North Dakota has made changes to its business section. A story on its website states, “Instead of the ‘Business Buzz’ column, the page will feature a weekly Q&A with a local person in business. This short interview with people at different stages in the business world—from entry-level to executive—aims […]
