Topic: Jeff Bercovici

The Future Of Groupon's Business Model

SeekingAlpha - 174 days ago
Has Groupon created an inherently profitable industry? Or is it one of the most effective means ever invented of taking investors' money and...

The NYT's Subscription Strategy

SeekingAlpha - 463 days ago
If a gaffe is when somebody accidentally tells the truth, then Gerry Marzorati's latest comments probably count:. . . During a panel discussion at...

Bloggers, Tweeters React to Portfolio's Closure

FOLIO - 1027 days ago
Cond? Nast announced this morning that it will shutter Portfolio, the troubled business magazine that it spent more than $100 million to launch. Cond? Nast, Manhattan's most lavish magazine publisher, was once able to subsidize expensive and monumental magazine launches with ...

Report: U.S. News To Go Weekly Again as Digital Edition

The New York Observer - 1120 days ago
In November, U.S. News & World Report went from biweekly to monthly after it had already scaled itself back from a weekly publication in June.Now, Portfolio's Mixed Media blogger Jeff Bercovici reports that the magazine is returning to a weekly ...

Report: Hearst Closing Down Oprah's O at Home Magazine

The New York Observer - 1198 days ago
Last night, Oprah Winfrey made her much-hyped guest appearance on NBC's 30 Rock, playing herself. At one point, 30 Rock's Liz Lemon (played by star and showrunner Tina Fey), high on a tranquilizer, says to Ms. Winfrey, "I didn't ...

Impoco Becomes Executive Editor at Men's Journal

The New York Observer - 1232 days ago
Jim Impoco has left the Times Magazine after seven months to become the executive editor for Men's Journal, Jeff Bercovici reports. Copyright 2008 The New York Observer

Journalism Professor at Palin's Alma Mater: 'I Don't Think They Asked Any "Gotcha" Questions'

The New York Observer - 1234 days ago
Yesterday Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin complained to radio host Hugh Hewitt that she was being subjected to 'gotcha' journalism and told him, " " (Transcription via ABC News. )Today, Portfolio's Mixed Media blogger Jeff Bercovici calls a professor in the journalism ...

Sun Will Publish Tomorrow

The New York Observer - 1236 days ago
A spokesman told Portfolio's Mixed Media blogger Jeff Bercovici that the paper comes out tomorrow, but couldn't say anything more.A staffer there told us that the paper is being prepared as it normally wouldeven if everyone is peering over ...

Report: Al Gore Not Buying Environmental Magazine

The New York Observer - 1243 days ago
It looks like Al Gore won't be buying Plenty, after all.Last week, Media Mob picked up an item from Portfolio's Mixed Media blogger Jeff Bercovici that suggested the former Vice President was kicking the tires on the environmental lifestyle ...

DailyCandy and the blogs-to-books trend

CNET - 1319 days ago
Tuesday night was the first time I'd been to a digital-media-related event at a bookstore, unless you count the time that Google threw a conference at the New York Public Library. It was the launch party for girly e-newsletter DailyCandy's ...