WSJ front-page ads elicited eight complaints — six from professors
The decision earlier this year to place ads on the front page of The Wall Street Journal resulted in eight letters to publisher Gordon Crovitz, and six of those were from journalism professors who complained that the space should be reserved for editorial content. “It is the most expensive real estate,” said Crovitz, speaking Sunday […]
BusinessWeek redesign: An awful job
The Deal executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes in her latest “Media Maneuvers” column that the BusinessWeek redesign unveiled earlier this month is a poor effort exacerbated by the hyperbole of assistant managing editor Bruce Nussbaum. Kantrow wrote, “And while we realize that in today’s cutthroat media market, everyone must indulge in a little gaseous hype, […]
Consumer Reports planning redesign
Consumer Reports editor Kim Kleman said Saturday that the magazine is planning a major redesign, and she recently completed a nationwide tour talking to readers about what needs to change in the magazine. Consumer Reports “is a pretty dense magazine, and that’s coming from the editor,” said Kleman, who spoke Saturday at the fall Society of […]
McGraw talks up BusinessWeek redesign
On its third quarter conference call Thursday, McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw talked about the recently redesigned BusinessWeek. McGraw said, “I also urge you to take a look at the newly redesigned Business Week, starting with the October 22nd issue. The re-launch of the Business Week is the product of 18 months of research among readers […]
Eliminating the standalone business section
Lisa Snedeker of Media Life magazine takes a look Wednesday at how some daily newspapers have eliminated the standalone business news section. Snedeker wrote, “Instead of stand-alone business sections, the trend is toward a single page of business news, or business stories spread through the paper. Often it means fewer business reporters and less local […]
Switching to AP's Money & Markets page
Mikel LeFort, editor of the Rapid City Journal in South Dakota, writes about making the change from a full stock listing in the newspaper to the Associated Press’ Money & Markets page. LeFort wrote, “While we had some concerns with the listings that AP sent Monday night, an issue that appears to have been corrected […]
Phoenix Business Journal unveils redesign
The Phoenix Business Journal, a paper in the American City Business Journals chain, introduced a redesigned newspapers to its readers on Friday. Editor Ilana Lowery wrote, “You will find our front page cleaner and more visually appealing. Throughout the paper, there are lots of other changes, too: Features that have been added to help you navigate […]
BusinessWeek magazine now organized like a Web site
Louise Story of The New York Times critiques the redesigned BusinessWeek magazine on Friday and concludes that the print publication is now structured much like a Web site. Story wrote, “‘If you think about it,’ said Martin S. Walker, chairman of Walker Communications, a magazine consulting firm in New York, ‘no one goes to the […]
Business information has changed, so BusinessWeek changes
BusinessWeek editor Stephen Adler explains in an Editor’s Memo in the latest issue the weekly business magazine’s overhaul that includes a new redesign and changes in its content. Adler wrote, “You consume business information differently than in the past as you graze through—or hurry past—reports on TV, radio, Web sites, mobile devices, elevator screens, giant […]
When business news readers complain
Philip M. Stone writes on the Follow the Media web site about what happens when newspapers decide to make changes to their business sections — and readers complain vociferously. Stone wrote, “On the opposite coast The Oregonian overhauled its business section last month and the calls, mostly negative, came flooding in. They can be summed […]
