Dueling business magazines in Fort Worth

Gayle Reaves of the Fort Worth Weekly writes about the two business magazines — FWB CEO and FW Inc. — that recently launched in the Texas city.

Reaves writes, “Neither Dowden nor any of the local publishers saw any connection between the success of their magazine types and the growing gap between rich and poor in this country. But they did see a connection to the declining fortunes of daily papers.

“‘With the declining business coverage provided by the Star-Telegram, there is a niche in business news’ that hadn’t been covered in some time, said Paul Harral, editor of FWB CEO.

“In a way, Harral and Scott Nishimura, executive editor of FW Inc., have swapped places in recent months. The two are friends and former Star-Telegram colleagues. When executives at the two parent publications first started planning the CEO-level business magazines, Harral was an editor emeritus at Fort Worth, Texas and Nishimura was at the Business Press. The two new magazines debuted in the summer, with FWB CEO getting out a few weeks ahead of FW Inc.

“Harral said FWB CEO will focus heavily on longform journalism, ‘with the simple mission of introducing and connecting CEOs and other members of the C-suite to each other.’ He said he leans more toward explanatory than investigative coverage.”

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