Portfolio web site is now live
The web site for the new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio went live early Sunday evening, and it is a cleaner, more uncluttered look than the web sites of rivals BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fortune. A statement on the site noted, “Each day on Portfolio.com, you’ll find new ideas and fresh perspectives from the people and […]
Hackensack biz section making changes
Bill Donnellon, the business editor of the Hackensack Record, writes Sunday that the newspaper is making changes to its daily business section. Donnellon wrote, “We’ve refocused the section on the business-to-business news of North Jersey, with the aim of helping business owners and employees get ahead. “We’ve added more than a dozen new features, covering […]
An exclusive look at Portfolio's web site
Jeff Jarvis, who writes The Buzz Machine blog, got an exclusive look at the Conde Nast Portfolio web site, set to debut next week. His main complaint was that it used too many pictures. Jarvis wrote, “When you come to the site, you’ll see what they say are the five top stories shaping the market […]
Fortune unveils news cover today
The New York Post’s Keith Kelly writes that Fortune magazine managing editor Andy Serwer is making a counter-offensive move to the Conde Nast Portfolio launch next week by unveiling a new cover for its Fortune 500 issue. Kelly wrote, “Serwer, who took over as managing editor of the Time Inc. business magazine in October after […]
Virginia paper brings back Saturday stock listings
The Hampton Roads Daily Press, which earlier this month cuts its weekly roundup Saturday stock listings, is now bringing them back after hearing from readers. A short item in the paper Friday stated, “A few weeks ago, when we replaced the daily stocks with a Money & Markets page that focused on perspective, not listings, […]
Consumer Reports redesigns, names new editors
Consumer Reports magazine is hoping that a redesign and new editorial leadership will provide a boost to its female readership as it tries to restore credibility in the wake of a major error earlier this year, according to a story in the New York Times. Louise Story wrote, “Kimberly Kleman has become the magazine’s editor […]
Austin paper revamps biz section
The Austin American-Statesman newspaper in Texas said Tuesday that it is revamping its business section, including what appears to be overhauling its stock market listings and putting more of that information on its web site. The paper said, “The American-Statesman is adding more local business news and revising our market package, with more local news […]
CNNMoney.com launches luxury site
DMNews.com’s Nicole Smith writes Monday about the new luxury site that CNNMoney.com has launched for its affluent business audience. Smith wrote, “The section at www.money.cnn.com/lifestyle/index.html includes extended photo galleries and videos featuring content of the luxury lifestyle. “A daily promotional spot pointing to the channel is fixed on the main CNNMoney.com page, along with increased […]
Baltimore Sun cuts stock listings further
The Baltimore Sun, which has cut the stock listings printed in the business section twice in the past three years, is taking another whack at them, according to a short note from Bernie Kohn, assistant managing editor of business. Kohn wrote, “The Sun’s weekly markets package is being moved online, where it will appear each […]
Sun-Sentinel changes Monday biz section
Earl Maucker, the editor of The Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale, wrote Sunday about changes coming to the paper, including an overhaul of the Monday business section. Maucker wrote, “Next, on Monday, April 9, we will debut a new Your Business section. “Instead of a tabloid section, it will become a full-size broadsheet section and […]
