Posts Tagged ‘Bloomberg Businessweek’

With Nicki Minaj screaming at you like that, how could you stop from picking up a copy of BlackBook? For that reason, BlackBook gets my vote for best magazine cover of 2011. It invited a staring contest between me and Ms. Minaj, more so than any other magazine cover last year, so that wins it [...]

Outlook (www.outlookindia.com) When I went to India a few months ago, I wanted to pick up a magazine I couldn’t read — at all. No English. There were a few to choose from, and the one I ended up with was Outlook. Obviously, this is not something I can critique on content. And design-wise, it [...]

Magazine covers are a common topic on The Sidebar Review. Luke Hayman of design firm Pentagram told AdWeek what he thought the best covers of last year were at this link. He chose the following: Bloomberg Businessweek Spin Rolling Stone Elle Collections Time Zeit Granta Martha Stewart Living Harper’s Bazaar I thought the Spin cover [...]

I just read a great article called iPadded Profits? that takes to task publishers and consumers alike who don’t know how much they should pay or charge for a digital magazine. He references this post that talks about cost and functionality of digital magazines as common frustrations. One of the commenters pointed out that people [...]

I don’t like to see people get fired. Especially when I feel attached to them. When Michael Bloomberg took over BusinessWeek, I swore it off. I had gotten BusinessWeek free for three years as part of my Executive MBA program. I loved it. I would spend a couple of hours every week reading it, fantasizing [...]