Former Smart Money editor to pen Barron's newsletter
Fleming Meeks, the former editor of Smart Money magazine, will be the writer of a new Barron’s newsletter launching online next month. The newsletter will be called Barron’s Daily Stock Alert, and is its first premium newsletter. It’s designed to spotlight undervalued stocks with long-term growth potential and will debut on Thursday, April 3, with an initial subscription […]
What will the happy biz media do in the future?
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow wants to know what perpetually happy business news media such as Fox Business Network and personal finance magazines will cover when the economy turns sour. Kantrow wrote, “It’s a question not just for Fox Business Network, but for much of retail business journalism, notably the personal finance media, as it […]
Biz magazines see drop in revenue, ad pages in 2007
The 17 business magazines that published in 2007 saw a 2.1 percent decline in ad revenue and a 5.7 percent decline in ad pages, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed Wednesday by Talking Biz News. In comparison, the total magazine industry reported a 6.1 percent increase in ad revenue and just […]
Smart Money editor returns to Barron's
The New York Post’s Keith Kelly also reports that Smart Money editor Fleming Meeks is returning to Barron’s. Kelly wrote, “Meeks had been a top editor at Barron’s when he was dispatched to be the editor of Smart Money. “But then four years ago Jonathan Dahl was brought in as Smart Money’s editor- in-chief above […]
Pondering the future of Smart Money
Keith Kelly of The New York Post writes Wednesday about what will happen to Smart Money magazine, a joint venture between Dow Jones & Co. and Hearst Corp., after News Corp. closes on its deal to purchase Dow Jones. Kelly wrote, “When Dow Jones CEO Richard Zannino was asked at the Committee to Protect Journalists […]
In the right spot at the right time
Well-known financial writer Jean Chatzky talked Tuesday with students at Southeast Missouri State University about her career in business journalism, according to a story in the Southeast Missourian. Rudi Keller wrote, “In her early career, Chatzky said, she took a job at Working Woman magazine. But when she was ready for advancement, she said, major […]
Bad summer for business magazines
Ten out of 16 business magazines reported a decline in ad dollars for the three months ended Sept. 30, and 14 out of 16 reported a decline in ad pages during the same time period, according to data released from the Magazine Publishers of America. Only Barron’s, The Economist, Fast Company, Forbes, Money and Smart Money […]
Memo to Murdoch: Sell SmartMoney stake
BusinessWeek’s Los Angeles bureau chief Ronald Grover has some advice for News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch on how to turn around the fortunes of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, which he agreed to acquire earlier this week. Grover wrote that Murdoch should sell the Journal’s printing plants […]
Business magazines underperform vs. industry in second quarter
Advertising dollars in 15 business-related magazines fell 5.5 percent in the second quarter of the year, while ad pages dropped 10.2 percent, according to data from the Publishers Information Bureau analyzed by Talking Biz News. In comparison, the overall magazine industry saw a 5.2 percent increase in ad dollars and just a 1.9 percent decline […]
Hennessey named managing editor of Fox Business Channel website
Ray Hennessey has been named managing editor and director for the Fox Business Channel website, announced Kevin Magee, executive vice president of Fox News. Reporting directly to Magee, Hennessey will oversee all editorial content and design function of the website. The website is expected to launch later this fall when the channel launches. In making […]
