Wired, Kiplinger finalists for Ellies
Wired magazine and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance are the only two business and personal finance magazines who are finalists for the 2012 National Magazine Awards for Digital Media. Known as the Digital Ellies — for the Alexander Calder stabile “Elephant,” which is given to each winner — the awards will be presented on March 20 in […]
Wired journalists in UK now doing consulting
Samantha Conti of Women’s Wear Daily writes about how the journalists who work for the British edition of Wired are now going to offer consulting services. Conti writes, “Condé Nast U.K. said Thursday that Wired Consulting will be a bespoke business consultancy, sharing its ‘access and insight on the techniques, technologies, and people driving change.’ […]
Wired magazine opens cafe in Taiwan
Jeremy Brand Yuan writes for GlobalTechOrange.com about how Wired magazine has opened a cafe in Taiwan. Yuan writes, “Though the establishment is named Wired Café, it is not owned by the publishers of WIRED.tw. Rather, it is a cooperation between the publishers and the owners of the establishment, which prior to the renaming specialized in […]
Biz magazine ad revenue in 2011 outpaces rest of industry
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 13 business magazines reported ad revenue of $1.24 billion in 2011, up 6.2 percent from the previous year, far outpacing the slight increase for the entire magazine industry, according to data released by the Publishers Information Bureau and analyzed by Talking Biz News. Ad pages also rose 1.4 percent to […]
Wired letting advertisers mingle message with editorial content
Lucia Moses of Adweek write about how Wired magazine is letting advertisers sponsor blogs and become more involved in the editorial content. Moses writes, ” A prominent example is Wired, which is running ad-sponsored blogs that let advertisers commingle their messages with editorial content. One that’s now on Wired.com is Cloudline, sponsored by IBM. It’s […]
Bloomberg Businessweek outperforms other biz glossies in third quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bloomberg Businessweek reported a 49.5 percent increase in advertising revenue and a 39 percent rise in ad pages during the third quarter, continuing its rebound after a lackluster performance in 2008 and 2009. The magazine, acquired by Bloomberg in late 2009, reported ad revenue of $49.7 million and ad pages of […]
Steve Jobs and business journalism
With the Wednesday death of Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, let’s look back at his influence and impact on business journalism as he often tussled with members of the profession. Jon Friedman, the media columnist for Marketwatch.com, writes Wednesday evening that “One of Jobs’s greatest accomplishments was his mastery with the media, which in turn […]
Wired to raise rate base
Wired magazine announced that it will raise its rate base, becoming the second business magazine after Bloomberg Businessweek to do so this week, reports Lucia Moses of Adweek. Moses writes, “Wired, which has been buoyed by demand for its tablet editions as well as its print magazine, is doing just that. The Condé Nast monthly […]
Fast Company names new West Coast editorial director
Nancy Miller has been named the new West Coast editorial director for Fast Company, according to Matthew Fleischer of Fishbowl LA. Fleischer writes, “Miller comes to Fast Company from Wired, where she was a senior editor in charge of Hollywood and entertainment coverage. Before that, Miller worked as a staff writer for Entertainment Weekly and […]
Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek on Adweek’s Hot List
Wired and Bloomberg Businessweek were named Monday to Adweek’s list of the top 10 most influential and successful magazines of the year. For Wired, Adweek wrote, “Icon of the dot-com boom, Wired escaped the fate of the other tech magazines of the go-go ‘90s by embracing a broader editorial mission. Under the patronage of Condé […]
