Copying the Economist
Tom Scocca in the New York Observer writes Wednesday that a number of publications have attempted, or are attempting, to copy the look and feel of The Economist. Scocca wrote, “When U.S. News redesigned itself two years ago, The Economist was the in-house role model. It has become like Harold Hayes’ Esquire, an unquestioned aspirational […]
Economist staff members working on web-based project
A group of six Economist staff members are working on a project, dubbed Project Red Stripe, that is seeking to come up with a web-based product for the business magazine by July, according to a web site for the group. Unlike other new journalism ventures where the idea is kept quiet until it’s unveiled, however, […]
Good month for BusinessWeek and Economist, not for Time pubs
Business glossies BusinessWeek and the Economist saw double-digit inccreases in advertising revenue and ad pages in February, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America, while the business magazines from Time Inc. saw declines. BusinessWeek reported a 16.5 percent increase in ad revenue to $21.5 million and a 12 percent increase in ad pages […]
Financial Times parent could acquire other half of Economist
The Financial Times, which itself has been the speculation of buyout talk in recent years, apparently could be on the verge of acquiring the 50 percent of regarded magazine The Economist it doesn’t already own, according to a story on the British web site This is Money. Pearson Plc is the parent of the FT […]
Biz magazines ad sales sluggish in January
Advertising sales for business magazines in January continued to be sluggish, with many of the major publications falling, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America. This comes off a 2006 in which the revenue for the 14 biz glossies was down slightly and pages were off as well, Ad sales for the Economist, […]
Economist editor on the future of journalism
Economist editor John Micklethwait spoke in San Francisco Tuesday on the future of media, and the San Francisco Chronicle’s Dan Fost was there to write about it for the Tech Chronicles blog. Fost wrote, “Micklethwait presided over a lunch at the Slanted Door in San Francisco’s Ferry Building, mostly to get the Economist on the […]
Change in access at FT web site?
Louis Hau at Forbes noted that the Financial Times, which has typically made most of its editorial content available online to subscribers only, has recently begun offering more free access on its Internet site. Hau wrote, “The Pearson-owned Times typically provides only a limited selection of free full-length articles at FT.com, requiring a $110 annual […]
Economist already doing what WSJ plans to offer
Hamilton Nolan points out that the changes at the Wall Street Journal announced last month to provide more “value-added” coverage to the paper is simply what The Economist has been providing to its readers for years. Nolan wrote, “The fact that the editorial stance of the magazine is to say what it means is surprisingly […]
Business magazines end 2006 on a down note
Revenue from advertising for 14 business magazines fell slightly in both December and in 2006, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed by Talking Biz News. The number of ad pages reported by those 14 business magazines fell by a larger decline than the ad revenue. Ad revenue for the 14 magazines […]
Biz mags among top 10 covers for 2006
Advertising Age’s Nat Ives picked a cover from the Economist and a cover from Wired as two of his top 10 magazine covers for the year. Here they are: No. 2 was The Economist. “It may have been the last time anyone laughed when they saw Kim Jong-il, but The Economist gets props for a […]
