Wired plans to issue Internet style guide
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman writes Wednesday that Wired magazine plans to introduce a new stylebook that would put the AP stylebook and others back in the 20th century. Friedman writes, “The updated stylebook will highlight such current Web-publishing issues as anti-spam techniques, online community standards and ways to increase rankings on Internet search engines […]
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 […]
Wired publisher leaving for Atlantic Monthly
Richard Perez-Pena reports Thursday that Jay Lauf, the publisher of Wired magazine, is leaving to become publisher of the Atlantic Monthly. Perez-Pena wrote, “For Mr. Lauf, 44, the move is more unorthodox, taking him from a larger, more lucrative magazine to a smaller, less prosperous one. Wired has a circulation of 706,000, compared with 432,000 […]
Conde Nast preparing to launch Portfolio and Wired in England
John Reynolds of MediaWeek writes Tuesday that Conde Nast is working on launching its two business magazines, Conde Nast Portfolio and Wired, in the United Kingdom later this year. Reynolds wrote, “However, should Condé Nast choose to do so, Portfolio will be launching into a challenging business magazine market. Last month, Press Holdings closed down […]
Biz magazines see drop in revenue, ad pages in 2007
The 17 business magazines that published in 2007 saw a 2.1 percent decline in ad revenue and a 5.7 percent decline in ad pages, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America analyzed Wednesday by Talking Biz News. In comparison, the total magazine industry reported a 6.1 percent increase in ad revenue and just […]
Changes looming at Conde Nast biz publications
Lucia Moses of MediaWeek writes Monday that the recent executive changes at Conde Nast means that there could be some changes at the top of the company’s business publications. Moses wrote, “Some speculate that new publishers also could be named for titles Glamour and Condé Nast Portfolio, now that their current publishers have taken on […]
Roth leaves Portfolio for Wired
Daniel Roth, who joined Conde Nast Portfolio from Fortune, is now leaving the new business magazine for Wired, writes Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily. Smith wrote, “Staffers found out about his departure late Wednesday afternoon in a brief e-mail circulated to the staff by managing editor Blaise Zerega. Roth will start his new position […]
Wired editor: Press releases rarely result in a story
Jason Tanz, the business editor of Wired magazine, told Hamilton Nolan of PRWeek that he hasn’t banned e-mails from public relations people like Wired editor Chris Anderson, but he still questions the usefulness of sending releases. Here is an excerpt from the interview: PRWeek: Wired editor Chris Anderson got a lot of attention recently for […]
Round 57 in Hacks vs. Flacks
Andrew Adam Newman of The New York Times takes a closer look at the battle between public relations professionals and business journalists that has gone another round after Wired executive editor Chris Anderson banned certain PR e-mails from his account last week. Newman wrote, “There has long been a ‘love-hate relationship’ between the two professions, […]
Wired editor in e-mail hell
Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired magazine, posts on his Long Tail blog a list of e-mail addresses from public relations people that he has now blocked as spam because they continue to send him information he’s not interested in. Anderson wrote, “Lazy flacks send press releases to the Editor in Chief of Wired because […]
