Most Active Articles 2009-11-26T04:02:28.677-05:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:city-and-regional-magazines Ian Zweig izweig486 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11926611597497959894-900713ce1b1d21a7523d2e103c989e84 2009-10-27T00:08:10.979-04:00

In the wake of all the layoffs happening at Condé Nast, the magazine publisher Thursday said it has restructured the Condé Nast Digital sales team into five brand categories. Under the new structure, three advertising directors will manage revenue...

In the wake of all the layoffs happening at Condé Nast, the magazine publisher Thursday said it has restructured the Condé Nast Digital sales team into five brand categories. Under the new structure, three advertising directors will manage revenue... http://www.foliomag.com/2009/amid-layoffs-cond-nast-restructures-digital-sales-team Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5524570082576194603-7a78b6a6e7e1021ac976a9a884c42b8e 2009-10-21T21:47:34.175-04:00

Rupert Murdoch promised his shareholders when News Corp (NYSE: NWS). acquired Dow Jones that the company’s content was ripe for premium products—and execs have been signaling for months that something was on the way from the Wall Street Journal.

Rupert Murdoch promised his shareholders when News Corp (NYSE: NWS). acquired Dow Jones that the company’s content was ripe for premium products—and execs have been signaling for months that something was on the way from the Wall Street Journal. http://paidcontent.org/article/419-dow-jones-adds-premium-wsj-pro-to-competition-with-bloomberg/ Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11863714213203444348-7b71460307cbecee015fd05070792bcb 2009-10-05T19:39:25.051-04:00

Here are some of the long-awaited cuts that Condé Nast has been mulling: The publisher is shuttering Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Gourmet and Cookie. It’s not a huge shock to see some of those titles go: Cookie, for instance, wasn’t a prestige title...

Here are some of the long-awaited cuts that Condé Nast has been mulling: The publisher is shuttering Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Gourmet and Cookie. It’s not a huge shock to see some of those titles go: Cookie, for instance, wasn’t a prestige title... http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091005/here-are-the-conde-cuts-modern-bride-elegant-bride-gourmet-cookie-closed/ Ian Zweig izweig486 4 3 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13401806759860733001-b9586a747ea4f1a9f0a447fd7ea5c9e0 2009-03-24T15:54:56.668-04:00

A b-to-b publisher that was launched when its founder defected from another trade publisher is now facing a similar situation. Six staffers from Milo Media, including several publishers, resigned Friday with plans to launch a competing magazine...

A b-to-b publisher that was launched when its founder defected from another trade publisher is now facing a similar situation. Six staffers from Milo Media, including several publishers, resigned Friday with plans to launch a competing magazine... http://www.foliomag.com/2009/milo-media-publishers-walk-out-plan-launch-competing-company?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Milo+Media+Publishers+Walk+Out%3B+Plan+to+Launch+Competing+Company&utm_content=BBRANON%40BOSTONMAGAZINE.COM&utm_campaign=FOLIO%3A+Alert+03.24.2009 Ian Zweig izweig486 37 37 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7617734661371252420-438c532c264ea4ef88a8eadf7e20bad6 2009-09-28T20:57:40.313-04:00

Rob Loud/Getty Images Will editors like Anna Wintour, center, of Vogue cancel their town-car service? With her are Bee Shaffer, her daughter, right, and the actress Rachel McAdams. Related Times Topics: Condé Nast Publications Enlarge This Image...

Rob Loud/Getty Images Will editors like Anna Wintour, center, of Vogue cancel their town-car service? With her are Bee Shaffer, her daughter, right, and the actress Rachel McAdams. Related Times Topics: Condé Nast Publications Enlarge This Image... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28conde.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16175904129086523473-004381c1fdfa29234475488550588656 2009-09-24T23:43:35.185-04:00

A wealthy investor, a university journalism school and a public radio station have joined forces to create a nonprofit local news Web site for the San Francisco area, in what may be the largest and most ambitious of dozens of similar local news...

A wealthy investor, a university journalism school and a public radio station have joined forces to create a nonprofit local news Web site for the San Francisco area, in what may be the largest and most ambitious of dozens of similar local news... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/business/media/25bay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:776328248012728775-30ab1a281b7527a1a6354064b92d931e 2009-09-23T20:23:42.282-04:00

James A. Pitaro is the vice president of media at Yahoo! (NSDQ: YHOO) He has worked at the company since 2001. With advertising and media leaders from around the globe descending on New York for the annual Advertising Week conference, one topic will...

James A. Pitaro is the vice president of media at Yahoo! (NSDQ: YHOO) He has worked at the company since 2001. With advertising and media leaders from around the globe descending on New York for the annual Advertising Week conference, one topic will... http://paidcontent.org/article/419-enough-already-about-charging-for-content-how-to-make-the-free-model-wo/ Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9910935410041980968-33d2c3e75b9dd3af0d87f6d5fe037f4d 2009-09-22T23:25:47.906-04:00

Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief, has often said his company’s future is in display ads. Related Times Topics: Google Inc. The company has built its fortune almost entirely on the back of small text ads, which appear...

Lionel Cironneau/Associated Press Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief, has often said his company’s future is in display ads. Related Times Topics: Google Inc. The company has built its fortune almost entirely on the back of small text ads, which appear... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/technology/internet/18exchange.html?_r=2&ref=media Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15501656160461754988-92e07a18c5f76e97f231ea7ad3c6d16a 2009-09-14T18:02:48.273-04:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Lisa Sugar began blogging about celebrity gossip in her spare time four years ago. Now she and her husband, Brian, have a little media empire called, sensibly enough, Sugar Inc., with 12 blogs, 11 million readers a month and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Lisa Sugar began blogging about celebrity gossip in her spare time four years ago. Now she and her husband, Brian, have a little media empire called, sensibly enough, Sugar Inc., with 12 blogs, 11 million readers a month and... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/technology/internet/14blog.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:13617056061013308477-868dc282df9ef3decdd668366236079c 2009-07-20T18:28:32.648-04:00

edging-ever-closer-to-consummation deal talks with Yahoo about an online advertising and search partnership and the aggressive marketing of its new Bing search service aren’t the only things going on for Microsoft’s online services business these...

edging-ever-closer-to-consummation deal talks with Yahoo about an online advertising and search partnership and the aggressive marketing of its new Bing search service aren’t the only things going on for Microsoft’s online services business these... http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090717/exclusive-msn-preps-for-major-renovation-focusing-on-five-areas-as-it-does-less-better/ Ian Zweig izweig486 3 2 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12946987542809555431-dbf1ee02057d4174a8fddc0c4dc6ef14 2009-03-19T14:11:23.026-04:00

Connecticut-based regional market M&A advisory firm Regional Media Advisors has released the results of a survey it conducted for which it polled more than 60 regional publishers to find out their best revenue-generating and cost-cutting ideas.

Connecticut-based regional market M&A advisory firm Regional Media Advisors has released the results of a survey it conducted for which it polled more than 60 regional publishers to find out their best revenue-generating and cost-cutting ideas. http://www.foliomag.com/2009/regional-publishers-share-200-revenue-generating-ideas Ian Zweig izweig486 14 14 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15487270682136613476-c537b764c4b4af1b9be034f7eeaefbb1 2009-08-26T08:41:19.274-04:00

Jim Spanfeller is the outgoing president and CEO of Forbes.com. He is also treasurer of the Online Publishers Association and chairman emeritus of the Interactive Advertising Bureau. How is ad pricing different online and offline? Fundamentally, it...

Jim Spanfeller is the outgoing president and CEO of Forbes.com. He is also treasurer of the Online Publishers Association and chairman emeritus of the Interactive Advertising Bureau. How is ad pricing different online and offline? Fundamentally, it... http://paidcontent.org/article/419-publishers-are-killing-web-advertisings-potential-with-misguided-pricin/ Ian Zweig izweig486 3 0 0 3 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14842837890352564251-4cae66ac2478c08c2b41c7dc2ef399ab 2009-08-10T23:16:27.823-04:00

BEFORE the recession, magazines had little in common with marsupials. Now, though, magazine covers are starting to sport pouches. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Philip Friedman/Studio D The cover of House Beautiful holds a chart with...

BEFORE the recession, magazines had little in common with marsupials. Now, though, magazine covers are starting to sport pouches. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Philip Friedman/Studio D The cover of House Beautiful holds a chart with... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10adcol.html?_r=1&ref=media Ian Zweig izweig486 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7440099534004208003-5ab7f3feede4dc68cd37d7bbeea31196 2009-08-13T21:52:18.308-04:00

Portfolio.com, the website of the defunct Conde Nast magazine Portfolio, has relaunched, after about two weeks of delay from the original plan. This comes three months after the mag was shut, and the ownership of the website was transferred to sister company American City Business Journals. The focus is more business now, than the biz lifestyle that the original Portfolio was supposed to do.

Portfolio.com, the website of the defunct Conde Nast magazine Portfolio, has relaunched, after about two weeks of delay from the original plan. This comes three months after the mag was shut, and the ownership of the website was transferred to sister company American City Business Journals. The focus is more business now, than the biz lifestyle that the original Portfolio was supposed to do. http://paidcontent.org/article/419-portfolio.com-returns-all-acbj-and-conde-nast-biz-content/ Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15635623096985688948-f5576111c8417a52c75f653fd8dea5b8 2009-03-23T22:50:10.829-04:00

Future May Be Brighter, but It's Apocalypse Now 'Chaos Scenario' Author Bob Garfield Watches as His Worst Predictions Wreak Havoc on Media and Marketing Worlds By Bob Garfield Published: March 23, 2009 The New York Times. TV Guide. Clear Channel.

Future May Be Brighter, but It's Apocalypse Now 'Chaos Scenario' Author Bob Garfield Watches as His Worst Predictions Wreak Havoc on Media and Marketing Worlds By Bob Garfield Published: March 23, 2009 The New York Times. TV Guide. Clear Channel. http://adage.com/article?article_id=135440 Ian Zweig izweig486 8 8 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:18005202390514077790-dd4344397e22520a5b974c76c7af71be 2009-08-07T22:12:48.985-04:00

VentureBeat spotted a new Digg ad unit we've been expecting for a while: One that lets users vote it up or down, just like a normal user-submitted Digg story. The theory is that Digg will be able to charge a higher

VentureBeat spotted a new Digg ad unit we've been expecting for a while: One that lets users vote it up or down, just like a normal user-submitted Digg story. The theory is that Digg will be able to charge a higher http://www.businessinsider.com/digg-lets-users-vote-on-ads-2009-8 Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3837604633275539814-8c76775b0023a97f1e79fe46b3aff824 2009-03-20T08:58:57.613-04:00

Why the Print Industry Should Subsidize the Kindle Amazon Device Could Be White Knight for Newspapers and Magazines By Steve Rubel Published: March 17, 2009 Newspaper and magazine execs have long regretted making their crown jewels -- quality...

Why the Print Industry Should Subsidize the Kindle Amazon Device Could Be White Knight for Newspapers and Magazines By Steve Rubel Published: March 17, 2009 Newspaper and magazine execs have long regretted making their crown jewels -- quality... http://adage.com/article?article_id=135284 Ian Zweig izweig486 7 7 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14888304838509281490-b67c490df10229c90981de43801c1fc4 2009-04-06T22:23:47.259-04:00

Even if you're not in the midst of a bailout, bankruptcy or a merger, chances are this "Great Recession" has created turmoil and uncertainty in your business. What we are living through today may be a once-in-a-lifetime economic downturn.

Even if you're not in the midst of a bailout, bankruptcy or a merger, chances are this "Great Recession" has created turmoil and uncertainty in your business. What we are living through today may be a once-in-a-lifetime economic downturn. http://adage.com/article?article_id=135783 Ian Zweig izweig486 7 7 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4828847171902567790-1f8d50edca05bc26c5470d59f2f7e45d 2009-07-26T23:44:10.283-04:00

Taking a new hard line that news articles should not turn up on search engines and Web sites without permission, The Associated Press said Thursday that it would add software to each article that shows what limits apply to the rights to use it, and...

Taking a new hard line that news articles should not turn up on search engines and Web sites without permission, The Associated Press said Thursday that it would add software to each article that shows what limits apply to the rights to use it, and... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/business/media/24content.html?_r=1&ref=media Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15014151652532691904-01f2e590f40597e1b4610afd24e7ad32 2009-07-16T23:15:51.892-04:00

Bill Grueskin is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia University Journalism School. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor/news for the Wall Street Journal, and before that managing editor of WSJ.com. During the past few weeks, we’ve...

Bill Grueskin is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia University Journalism School. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor/news for the Wall Street Journal, and before that managing editor of WSJ.com. During the past few weeks, we’ve... http://paidcontent.org/article/419-yes-news-sites-are-facing-a-crisis-but-aggregators-arent-the-problem/ Ian Zweig izweig486 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5896441261397196347-f51240dc7eb6fc5090cfbd32d7adc17d 2009-03-26T15:13:59.681-04:00

As seemingly trivial as celebrity news is, established publishers have for years made the potentially fatal mistake of not taking its online coverage more seriously.

As seemingly trivial as celebrity news is, established publishers have for years made the potentially fatal mistake of not taking its online coverage more seriously. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=102880 Ian Zweig izweig486 5 5 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8426104280978041226-79d8baac717d390b9b3df194df56aee7 2009-03-23T08:26:00.000-04:00

For now you’ll have to wait for write-ups in the local magazines, and read my write-up...

For now you’ll have to wait for write-ups in the local magazines, and read my write-up... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Paultanorg/~3/ukkmClUbA2E/ 8 8 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9337793574763967358-a884d23ebdff9c28664974bad8c802b7 2009-07-18T13:51:15.557-04:00

The longtime editor of Texas Monthly magazine will team with an Austin venture capitalist to form a nonprofit news Web site devoted to government and politics in the Lone Star State. Skip to next paragraph Gary Gershoff/Getty Images “It’s going to...

The longtime editor of Texas Monthly magazine will team with an Austin venture capitalist to form a nonprofit news Web site devoted to government and politics in the Lone Star State. Skip to next paragraph Gary Gershoff/Getty Images “It’s going to... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/business/media/18texas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Ian Zweig izweig486 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4759304206199003458-4175e6c61630a6422150381b5b98f066 2009-07-08T22:41:58.359-04:00

The most overused phrase of the last year is “in this economy.” As publishers, it is time to embrace the challenges ahead and learn to move forward. This industry’s best bet is to take a good, hard look at its sales practices and concentrate on...

The most overused phrase of the last year is “in this economy.” As publishers, it is time to embrace the challenges ahead and learn to move forward. This industry’s best bet is to take a good, hard look at its sales practices and concentrate on... http://www.foliomag.com/2009/ten-best-practices-successful-proposals Ian Zweig izweig486 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1375871508585589366-80d2d7c60986098539cbf61e154142a1 2009-07-15T23:56:08.270-04:00

Ever since the news of BusinessWeek hiring a banker to explore sale options came out earlier this week, everyone’s been weighing in on how to reinvent the venerable but embattled mag, and if nothing else comes out of the process, at least the...

Ever since the news of BusinessWeek hiring a banker to explore sale options came out earlier this week, everyone’s been weighing in on how to reinvent the venerable but embattled mag, and if nothing else comes out of the process, at least the... http://paidcontent.org/article/419-what-to-do-with-businessweek-the-mother-in-law-edition/ Ian Zweig izweig486 1 0 0 1