New deputy editor at Portfolio
Michael Calderone of The New York Observer reports Thursday that Blaise Zerega, managing editor of Conde Nast Portfolio will be taking over the job of deputy editor–a position left vacant since the high-profile firing of Jim Impoco last month. Also, New Yorker managing editor Jacob Lewis will be joining Portfolio to take Zerega’s role. The […]
Five picked for Wall Street Journal editorial oversight board
Five people have been picked to comprise a board designed to protect the journalism published in The Wall Street Journal from interference by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, who is purchasing its parent company Dow Jones & Co. for $5 billion, writes Richard Perez-Pena of The New York Times. Perez-Pena wrote, “They are Louis D. […]
Business magazines underperform vs. industry in second quarter
Advertising dollars in 15 business-related magazines fell 5.5 percent in the second quarter of the year, while ad pages dropped 10.2 percent, according to data from the Publishers Information Bureau analyzed by Talking Biz News. In comparison, the overall magazine industry saw a 5.2 percent increase in ad dollars and just a 1.9 percent decline […]
Your face on the cover of Wired magazine
Claudia Deutsch of the New York Times writes Monday about how Wired magazine’s July issue has the pictures of 5,000 of its readers on the cover. Deutsch wrote, “Not coincidentally, the editorial theme of the issue is the growing personalization of all things in cyberspace, and the headline over the photo is ‘You are here.’ […]
Dear Rupert: Don't buy it, build it
Jerry Bowyer writes on the TCS Daily web site that the Bancroft family has donw News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch a favor by refusing to sell him Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Marketwatch. That’s because Murdoch can now go out and build the best business news organization […]
Wired, BusinessWeek win National Magazine Award
Wired magazine received a National Magazine Award in the general excellence category for magazines with a circulation betwene 500,000 and 1 million. The Economist was a finalist in the category. According to Chicago Tribune writer James Warren, here is what the judges said about Wired: “More chic than geek, Wired brings depth and delight to […]
When bloggers and biz journalists fight
Ryan Singel has an interesting post on his Threat Level blog, which is part of the Wired magazine blog network, about how a Wired reporter and some top bloggers are feuding over how they should be interviewed. Singel wrote that noted blogger Jason Calacanis “and Wired News business editor Dylan Tweeney are blog fighting, of […]
March good for biz magazines, bad for personal finance titles
March saw an increase almost across the board for mainstream business magazines in terms of ad revenue and ad pages, but decreases for the personal finance glossy titles, according to data from the Magazine Publishers of America. Leading the way was Inc. magazine, which saw a 39.3 percent increase in ad revenue to $7.5 million […]
More on what PR people know about business journalists
The New York Times takes a look Monday morning at the faux pas committed by Microsoft’s outside PR firm, which accidentally sent a memo it had prepared on a reporter for Wired magazine to the reporter. Angela Macropoulos wrote the Fred Vogelstein, the Wired contibuting editor, was “described as ‘tricky’ in interviews. ‘He looks deeply […]
Was Wired editor spun by Microsoft?
FishBowl New York wonders if Wired editor Chris Anderson was spun by the PR people working for Microsoft for a recent article in the magazine. FishBowl wrote, “Now that Wired‘s ‘radical transparency’ issue is out, Anderson is admitting that he might’ve been spun by Microsoft in an article about the company’s blogging initiative. “Anderson posted […]
