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 […]

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 […]

Wired issue downloads settle into 20k to 30k range

Peter Kafka of All Things Digital writes that the monthly downloads of issues of Wired magazine on the iPad has declined to 20,000 to 30,000, from its initial 100,000 downloads of the first issue. Kafka writes, “So. Twelve issues in, how’s the app performing on the business side? Conde won’t share many details, Wired publisher […]