Tampa Tribune reporter wins top individual NAREE award
Tampa Tribune real estate reporter Shannon Behnken was honored with the National Association of Real Estate Editors annual award for Best Overall Entry by an Individual during its convention this weekend in San Antonio. The judges stated, “This year’s competition is filled with articles about foreclosure processing and some of its dubious practices, but this […]
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 […]
Biz journalist a finalist for Deadline Club award for beat reporting
Jon Hilsenrath of The Wall Street Journal is a finalist in the beat reporting category for the annual Deadline Club Awards. Hilsenrath is the chief economics correspondent for The Journal and is based in Washington. He is responsible for covering the Federal Reserve. In cooperation with reporters in the economics and other bureaus, he also […]
WSJ names new markets desk editor
Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Rebecca Blumenstein sent out the following announcement on Thursday afternoon: I’m pleased to announce that Bob Rose will become Editor of the Markets Desk for The Wall Street Journal. We’re welcoming Bob back to the Journal to replace the very big shoes of Bill Power, who is being tapped to […]
Biz magazine ad revenue up nearly 10 in 2010, outperforming industry
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 13 business magazines reported ad revenue of $1.17 billion in 2010, up 9.6 percent from the previous year, far outpacing the 3.1 percent increase for the entire magazine industry, according to data released Monday by the Publishers Information Bureau and analyzed by Talking Biz News. Ad pages also rose 7.2 […]
SmartMoney redesigns for digital age
Andrew Vanacore, an Associated Press business writer, reports on the redesigned SmartMoney magazine, which will occur when its February issue comes out on Tuesday. Vanacore writes, “Among the coming changes, SmartMoney will be focusing on fewer features and expanding the ones that it runs. “Readers are still interested in leaning back for a stretch to […]
The cream of the crop
The Daily Beast has a slide show Monday of the top “economic and business commentators” in the United States. Here is the list, with some of the comments: 15. Felix Salmon from Reuters. “Most statistically dexterous journalist.” 14. Alan Abelson from Barron’s. “Astute and unvarnished.” 13. Barry Ritholtz from The Big Picture. 12. Holman Jenkins […]
Four jobs available at WSJ.com
Kevin Delaney, the managing editor of the WSJ.com, sent out the following announcement about four job openings at Dow Jones & Co.’s Web operations: Below are some current job openings in the WSJ digital realm. Please let us know if you’re interested, and pass along any top-notch candidates from outside. Specific contacts for each job […]
Biz magazines outperform industry in second quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 14 business magazines published in the United States outperformed the overall magazine industry in the second quarter in terms of advertising revenue and ad pages. The financial and business magazines reported ad revenue of $328.1 million in the second three months of the year, up 11.3 percent from the same […]
SmartMoney names new publisher
SmartMoney, the personal finance magazine from The Wall Street Journal, has named Ed Diller as publisher. In this role, he will oversee all print advertising sales for the publication, working directly with the integrated Wall Street Journal sales team. Dow Jones & Co., the parent of SmartMoney, acquired the 50 percent of the magazine it […]
