Economist.com rolls out new design
The Economist magazine unveiled a new design for its Web site that is cleaner and easier to find stories. An announcement on the site stated, “We have removed long lists of articles and replaced them with a pithier selection. The navigation that runs down the left-hand side of the page, and throughout the site, is […]
The Economist is hip, yo
Mark Sweeney of The Guardian newspaper in London writes Tuesday about how The Economist magazine is popular with young readers after it was the subject of a rap song and a Facebook group. Sweeney writes, “The rap, created by US students Ike Edgerton and Chris Misa under the name Psikotic, is a tribute that includes […]
11 out of 16 biz magazines post first-quarter decline in ad sales
A majority of the 17 business magazines posted a decline in ad sales in the first three months of 2007, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed Monday by Talking Biz News. Eleven magazines saw declines, with five posting increases. Conde Nast Portfolio did not publish in the first three months of […]
Economist CEO resigns, to be replaced by publisher
The Economist Group CEO Helen Alexander will resign at the company’s annual meeting on July 15 and be replaced by Economist publisher Andrew Rashbass, according to a release. Alexander had been with the magazine since 1985, when she was a marketing manager. She become CEO in 1997. In the past five years, the company’s operating […]
Economist is No. 1 on Adweek's Hot List
Lucia Moses of Adweek writes about why The Economist magazine is the No. 1 publication on Adweek’s annual Hot List. Moses writes, “American culture’s loving embrace of The Economist coincides with its stunning business successes here in recent years. Racking up impressive ad and circulation numbers, the news and opinion title has blown past other newsweeklies […]
BusinessWeek, Portfolio, Economist, Bloomberg, Wired are Ellies finalists
Lucia Moses of MediaWeek reports Wednesday that the finalists for the National Magazine Awards, better known as the Ellies, have been announced, and among business magazines, Wired, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Bloomberg Markets and Conde Nast Portfolio are finalists. Moses reports that Wired is a finalist in three categories, BusinessWeek and The Economist are finalists in two categories, […]
The Economist must attract readers in smaller markets
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Friday that for The Economist to continue growing in the United States, it must find readers in markets other than New York, San Francisco and Washington. Friedman wrote, “Rossi frets that a big challenge for the Economist is getting prospective readers to shake off suspicions that it is a […]
Economist losses battle for domain name
The Economist magazine has lost a battle to gain the domain name theeconomist.com, writes Jason Fell of Folio. Fell wrote, “In its petition to WIPO, The Economist argued that the disputed domain name is identical to the magazine’s registered trademarks, and that the individual who registered the name has no ‘legitimate interests’ in the name. […]
Economist passes 700,000 subscribers in North America
The Economist’s North American circulation has pushed past the 700,000 mark for the first time. According to preliminary figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations for the last six months of 2007, the circulation of the magazine is now 720,882, up 13.1 percent year on year. Newsstand sales are 68,337, up 10.1 percent. These figures represent total growth of 110 percent in North America since […]
The Economist launches podcasts
Ed Dorell of New Media Age writes that The Economist is launching a series of podcasts about top business cities. Dorell wrote, “The downloads are aimed at international business travelers and aim to offer candid insider advice on 20 cities from Beijing to Washington DC. “In the 15-minute audio guides, called ‘Doing business in…’, Economist […]
