Economist, Businessweek, Harvard Business Review win Olin prizes
The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis announced the winners of the first Olin Corporate Strategy Prize honoring the best business journalism covering a company experiencing significant strategic change. The business school hopes the annual prize will help to expand awareness and understanding among business school students and the general business public […]
The job of economics writers??
Ryan Avent, who writes the “Free Exchange” blog for The Economist, has a commentary Monday where he ends with a statement about the role of economics writers. Avent writes, “There is a growing sense of despair among some economic writers that policymakers will not do much more to bolster the flagging global recovery. And critics […]
Economist to launch iPad, iPhone apps later this year
Rob O’Regan of EMedia Vitals reports that The Economist will launch iPhone and iPad applications later this year. O’Regan writes, “The goal of the new apps is to replicate the magazine experience, while taking advantage of the devices’ unique features. ‘As closely as possible, we want it to feel like you’re reading The Economist in […]
Selling the Economist to new U.S. readers
Jeremy Peters of the New York Times writes about The Economist, which is looking for new subscribers in markets across the United States. Peters writes, “About four years ago they began focusing on large urban areas like Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and Washington, places that also happen to have well-educated populations that are likely to […]
The Economist hiring in North America
Jason Fell of Folio reports that The Economist is now looking to add roughly 20 positions onto several others it has hired so far this year. Fell writes, “The new jobs are primarily in sales, marketing and technical operations. Some titles include a global publisher partnerships director, a director of traffic and lead generation, and a […]
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 […]
Economist cover brushes out others standing with Obama
Jeremy Peters of the New York Times notes Monday that the June 19 cover of The Economist showing President Barack Obama standing alone at the Gulf oil disaster had been changed. Peters writes, “?The problem was, he was not actually alone. The photograph was just edited to make it look that way. “The unaltered image, […]
Economist reports success with mobile phone magazine sales
Dominic Ponsford of the Press Gazette writes how The Economist has had success in selling single copies of the magazine via a mobile phone application. Ponsford writes, “In the annual report of parent company Economist Group, its UK managing director Nigel Ludlow outlined how interest in the new sales system had grown since it was […]
Economist raises paywall
Lucia Moses of MediaWeek writes about how The Economist has increased the barrier to its online content. Moses writes, “Last fall, the British newsweekly—whose high consumer prices make it the envy of the industry—made its print content available to all for 90 days instead of a year as before. Now, only subscribers can read content […]
Biz magazines finalists for National Magazine Awards
The Economist, Wired, Fast Company and Technology Review are finalists in categories for this year’s National Magazine Awards, according to a release Wednesday. Wired is a finalist in six categories — general excellence, feature writing, print design, single-topic issue, personal service and magazine section. The Economist is a finalist in the general excellence category and […]
