WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 2008

Fast Company Featured in MIN

AT "FAST COMPANY," THE "DEPRESSION" CAME THREE YEARS AGO.
It was on May 24, 2005, that Fast Company went on life support after it and Inc. were the unwanted parts of Bertelsmann's Gruner + Jahr USA dissolution. (Family Circle/Fitness/Parents and the since-folded Child were acquired by Meredith Corp.) Chicago-based ceo Joe Mansueto was the white knight in spending $35 million for the magazines that June, but while the small-business-targeted Inc.'s future was assured, FC's was in doubt as its value had dropped markedly from the circa-$350 million that then-G+J USA president Dan Brewster paid Mort Zuckerman for it in December 2000.

MONDAY, MAY 26 2008

Fast Company Featured in MediaWeek

Planet Green has partnered with GM and Fast Company for its launch

MONDAY, MAY 19 2008

Fast Company names Chicago 'City of the Year'

(Crain's) - Fast Company Magazine has named Chicago its first U.S. City of the Year, lauding the Windy City's "ability to take what was and figure out what could be."

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008

Fast Company Named to AdWeek's 2008 Hot List

Fast Company magazine 2007 Ad Page/Revenue/Newsstand Growth
Over last two years Fast Company, under new ownership, has taken the lead in reinventing the business category with a mix of cutting edge visuals, award-winning feature writing and "cool" cache. As many business titles struggle with the downward slide in print advertising, Fast Company has been bucking the trend with increasing ad sales, revenue and newsstand sales in 2007. Please see below for specific achievements in each.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008

Let's Hear It for Print! Well, Glossy Print Anyway

Advertising Age
Let's Hear It for Print! Well, Glossy Print Anyway
Maybe, Just Maybe, a Magazine Resurgence Has Arrived. Here Are Four Innovators Who Keep Things Interesting
By Simon Dumenco

"I just got finished with New York magazine's new issue. After I put it down, I leafed back through all of the insightful, well-thought-out stories, beautiful glossy photographs, useful charts, and I thought to myself, 'Wow. F -- k blogs.'" -- Ricky Van Veen at rickyvanveen.com

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2007

Inc. in the New York Times-August 21, 2007

A Resource Center Even a Microsoft Hater Can Love
By PAUL B. BROWN

The folks who can't stand Microsoft are legion. If you go to Google and type in "I hate Microsoft" you will get more than 20 million links. Having a near monopoly in personal computer operating software will engender that kind of response.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2007

An Environmentalist at Wal-Mart: Selling Out, or Progress?

Can an environmentalist do good working for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.? Adam Werbach, the former head of the Sierra Club, thinks so, but he has yet to convince many former friends and colleagues, reports Danielle Sacks in Fast Company's September issue.

MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007

Mansueto June 07 FAS-FAX Release

NEW YORK, August 13, 2007 - Mansueto Ventures, publisher of the Inc. and Fast Company media brands, today announced its FAS-FAX performance for the six months ended June 30, 2007 as reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Among the 260+ U.S. consumer magazines that claimed rate base for 2007, Fast Company magazine ranks sixth in growth of single copy newsstand sales and Inc. magazine ranks seventh, according to the just-released FAS-FAX report.

MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007

Mansueto Ventures In The News: Folio Magazine, July 31

Building the Big Idea: The magazine industry lives and dies on ideas-ideas combined with strong execution. And typically the second part-the execution-is measured around mid-year, around now.

MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007

CHRISTINE OSEKOSKI NAMED PUBLISHER OF FAST COMPANY MAGAZINE

NEW YORK, August 13, 2007 - Mansueto Ventures, publishers of Inc. and Fast Company media brands, announced today that Christine Osekoski, 38, has been promoted to Publisher of Fast Company magazine, effective immediately. Osekoski is based in Mansueto's New York City headquarters.

THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007

MANSUETO DIGITAL RELEASES ABCI AUDITED TRAFFIC NUMBERS FOR INC.COM AND FASTCOMPANY.COM

NEW YORK, July 19, 2007 - Inc.com and FastCompany.com, two of the nation's leading business websites, announced the release of their second quarterly audited traffic numbers. The report, audited by ABCi, the Audit Bureau of Circulation's online unit, analyzes one month's traffic per quarter. For the first quarter of 2007, the audit looks at traffic numbers for April. FastCompany.com received 896,633 unique visitors and Inc.com received 591,353 unique visitors.

MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007

Inc. and Fast Company In The News: Advertising Age, May 21, 2007

Category Crowding Could Spell Death for Some Business Mags Growth Demands From Publishers, Rise of Online Rivals May Cause Shakeout
By Nat Ives

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Most of the attention to Condé Nast's Portfolio so far has wondered about its effect on the old-guard business magazines: Forbes, Fortune and BusinessWeek. In reality, Portfolio or no Portfolio, the market trends we can already observe suggest pressure for a biz-mag shakeout is building -- pressure that the scrappier players will feel far more acutely than the old behemoths.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2007

FAST COMPANY IN THE NEWS: The Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2007

Informed Reader; Page B17
Marketing Chiefs Might Add 'Scapegoat' to Their Resumes

Chief marketing officers serve many roles, but these days, scapegoat might be the most familiar, says Fast Company's Ellen McGirt.

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2007

MANSUETO VENTURES IN THE NEWS: New York Times, May 13, 2007

An Open, Sunlit Space at 7 World Trade Center

The New York Times Square Feet | Spotlight May 13, 2007

By CLAIRE WILSON

WHEN Mansueto Ventures bought the magazines Inc. and Fast Company from the German publisher Gruner & Jahr two years ago, it immediately began polishing the two titles. The paper quality was improved, staff changes were made and the editorial content was sharpened, according to Mansueto, the new owner. The company also wanted its new offices in New York to project the same retooled image, by emphasizing that the magazines were no longer part of a huge global stable of mainstream publications on subjects ranging from politics to parenting to decorating.

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2007

FAST COMPANY IN THE NEWS: Min, May 14, 2007

NEW "FAST COMPANY" EDITOR SAFIAN MADE TURNING DOWN $1 BILLION TOP PRIORITY...

Mark Zuckerberg is the American Dream. The Harvard dropout moves to Silicon Valley and launches the social networking site FACEBOOK.COM, which has 19 million registered users, and, per eMarketer analyst Debra Aho Williamson (ex-Advertising Age), is projected to accrue $100 million in revenues this year. That, and press accounts (The New York Times, etc.) reporting that Zuckerberg and partners had rejected a $1 billion offer for FACEBOOK.COM from Yahoo! made The Kid Who Turned Down $1 billion compelling for Fast Company, and it was on the May story board in late February when Bob Safian joined after successful Time Inc. stints as Money managing editor (1997-2004), Time executive editor (2004-2006), and Fortune executive editor (2006-2007).

INC. IN THE NEWS: Min, May 14, 2007

"INC.'S" JOHN TEBEAU BECOMES PUBLISHER--AND BECOMES A DAD.

Parenthood, of course, took nine months to "plan," as John and wife/Bausch & Lomb pharmaceutical sales exec JoAnn Tebeau welcomed son Jack--their firstborn--on May 6. (Folklore has it that a 5/6/7 birthdate brings good luck.) Career "gestation," happened much faster, as Inc. publisher Jayson Goldberg's move last month to Architectural Digest associate publisher led to Mansueto Ventures ceo/editor-in-chief John Koten promoting Tebeau to publisher on May 8 from national sales director (since October 2005). Two reasons for him to pass out cigars, and...double congratulations!

TUESDAY, MAY 08, 2007

Inc. Named to B-to-B Magazine 2007 Media Power 50 List

2007 Media Power 50: General Business Magazines

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2007

Inc.com and FastCompany.com 2007 EPpy Finalists - Editor & Publisher

Finalists for 2007 EPpy Awards Announced
By Greg Mitchell

NEW YORK -- Washingtonpost.com has earned five finalist nods in the 2007 EPpy Awards, which are sponsored by Editor & Publisher and MediaWeek magazines. The finalists were announced today.

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2007

Mansueto Ventures in the News: Folio Magazine, March 20, 2007

Folio: Summit Keynote: Despite Online Competition, Magazines Still a Good Investment
By Marrecca Fiore

When Joe Mansueto purchased Inc. and Fast Company for $32.5 million in 2005, they were two publications long-neglected by their publisher. "The previous owners (Gruner & Jahr) had disinvested in the magazines," said Mansueto, delivering the morning keynote at the Folio: Publishing Summit in Chicago. "They had lost the trust of the advertisers."

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2007

FAST COMPANY IN THE NEWS: The Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2007

Where Employees Praise Each Other With Cash

For human-resources experts trying to come up with simple ways for employees to give each other kudos, Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc. has a simple suggestion. Use money. Employees at the civil-engineering company can deliver a $50 bonus (plus $5 to cover taxes) to any other employee they think deserved it, reports Alex C. Pasquariello in Fast Company. They download a form, explain why the recipient deserves the $50, and preferably hand it to the recipient personally. The recipient gets the money from payroll within minutes and management has no veto power. Last year, the company, which has about 2,300 employees, awarded 6,174 bonuses.