Conde Nast closes Portfolio – The publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker shut down its glossy business monthly just two years after launch. According to news reports, Conde Naste had planned to spend $100 million over 5 years on the title, which was ultimately done in by declining ad sales. The mag’s Portfolio.com […]
Welcome to the 2nd annual WordCount writers' blogathon
UPDATED ON MONDAY, MAY 4: I’ve added more participants and fixed a couple links, blog names and tag lines. – MVR UPDATED ON SUNDAY, MAY 3: I added a number of additional participants and put my own name on the list, for those of you who’re copying this to your own blogs. – MVR And […]
2nd annual May writers' blogathon begins tomorrow
Last year in an effort to learn more about Web 2.0 and drive up traffic to this blog, I challenged myself to write a post every day during the month of May. Because misery loves company, I invited writers I hang out with on the FreelanceSuccess.com writers’ newsletter and message board to join me. In […]
Why freelancers should 'Shut up and innovate'
Frustrated because the magazine you were counting on for a big chunk of income this year folded? Sick of nick picky editors tearing your work apart? Find yourself complaining to anyone who’ll listen about how miserable freelancing has become? Shut up and innovate. That wake up call is brought to you courtesy of Tac Anderson, […]
Journalists, freelancers, bloggers invited to BarCampPortland III
Whatever you think will happen to the news business, its fate is becoming irrevocably entwined with the tech industry. So it makes sense that a discussion on the future of news should include representatives from both camps, the journalists, freelance writers and bloggers who report and write it, and the techies with the wherewithal to […]
My CBS MoneyWatch.com Q&A with Suzy Welch
Today Suzy Welch is a sought-after management consultant, speaker and coauthor with her husband, retired GE CEO Jack Welch, of a business bestseller and weekly business column. But 13 years ago, the journalist turned MBA turned Harvard Business Review editor was juggling a demanding job, four kids and a first marriage headed for divorce. She […]