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Media Guardian: Economist sold on the street
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 5 2008, 1.00pm
Roy Greenslade comments on The Economist's decision to use street vendors to sell copies on London's streets, in a trial beginning today. (more)

Economist wins libel battle with Berlusconi
From Press Gazette. Posted September 5 2008, 12.00am
Weekly political title The Economist has seen off a lawsuit from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (more)

Economist sold on London streets as Middle East headquarters opens for business
From Press Gazette. Posted September 4 2008, 12.00am
News weekly The Economist is to become a new rival for the Evening Standard tomorrow as it trials selling copies on the streets of London. (more)

The Economist laments the end of the RFE/RL research department
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 16 2008, 10.31am
For outsiders interested in the ex-communist world, the English-language material produced by the research department of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is invaluable. But it will not be available much longer. The department is closing. Its analysts are job hunting. Some bulletins have stopped already. The reason is simple: budget cuts caused by the weak [...] (more)

Economist redesigns homepage
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 12 2008, 4.35pm
The Economist has revamped the homepage of its website cutting the length and the number of adverts on the page. A letter on the site announces the key changes: Shorter page - long lists of articles replaced with 'pithier selection' Less advertisements Shorter left-hand navigation bar - sub-sections revealed by scrolling over headings Rotating top stories - four headline stories [...] (more)

Tim de Lisle to edit Economist's Intelligent Life
From Media Guardian. Posted April 15 2008, 9.39am
Tim de Lisle is to be the new editor of the Economist's luxury Intelligent Life magazine. By Stephen Brook (more)

Deputy editor takes the helm at Economist's Intelligent Life
From Press Gazette. Posted April 15 2008, 12.00am
The Economist has promoted the deputy editor of its quarterly lifestyle magazine, Intelligent Life, to editor. (more)

Alexander steps down at The Economist Group
From Financial Times. Posted April 10 2008, 2.46am
Helen Alexander, chief executive, is leaving after a tenure of more than a decade in which the group's flagship magazine has doubled in circulation (more)

Economist's chief leaves a strong ship
From Daily Telegraph. Posted April 10 2008, 12.01am
Helen Alexander is stepping down as chief executive of the Economist Group, the publisher of the weekly current affairs magazine, after overseeing strong rises in profits and circulation despite the tough publishing markets. (more)

Economist magazine chief quits after 23 years
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2008, 11.05pm
Helen Alexander, the Economist Group chief executive, presided over a dramatic rise the magazine's circulation which now stands at 1.3m copies worldwide (more)

The Economist chief executive steps down
From The Times. Posted April 9 2008, 1.56pm
Helen Alexander, the chief executive of The Economist Group, is set to step down after 23 years at the publishing company. (more)

Economist chief executive to step down
From Press Gazette. Posted April 9 2008, 12.00am
The Economist group chief executive Helen Alexander is to step down in July. (more)

Economist launches business travel audio guides
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 7 2008, 12.00am
Audio guides to 20 'business' cities are made available online    (more)

Revolving doors: Economist Intelligent Life, ITV West, Glasgow Evening Times
From Press Gazette. Posted January 20 2008, 12.00am
?The Economist’s quarterly lifestyle magazine, Intelligent Life, has appointed former assistant to the late fashion doyen Isabella Blow as fashion and retail editor. Mary Fellowes will commission content for Flair, the magazine’s newly introduced... (more)

Dear Economist
From Financial Times. Posted November 24 2007, 2.00am
Dear Economist British rock band Radiohead have come up with a radical price model for their new album In Rainbows: it is available for digital download and customers... (more)

Economist 'builds buzz' by tipping off bloggers about unpublished content
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 21 2007, 12.00am
Blogosphere chatter used to increase readership of the publication    (more)

Economist publisher: print decline exaggerated
From Press Gazette. Posted August 28 2007, 12.00am
Press Gazette talks to Economist pulisher Andrew Rashbass as the big news weeklies go from strength to strength helped by subscription sales (more)

Economist launches full audio version online
From Media Guardian. Posted July 11 2007, 1.00am
The Economist is launching an online audio version of the weekly magazine to meet the needs of subscribers with no time to read. By Katie Allen. (more)

Economist secret web project unveiled
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 29 2007, 11.13am
Project Red Strip is developing Lughenjo - a service to channel knowledge and expertise from the developed world to areas thirsty for development aid   (more)

Economist stays tight-lipped on Project Red Stripe
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 28 2007, 11.24am
Despite trend toward public involvement, business weekly finds benefit in guarding trade secrets   (more)

Ex-Economist deputy Clive Crook joins FT
From Media Guardian. Posted March 28 2007, 1.00am
10.45am: Former Economist deputy editor Clive Crook has joined the Financial Times as associate editor and chief Washington columnist. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Bankers eye Economist sale
From The Scotsman. Posted March 9 2007, 11.45am
SIR Evelyn Rothschild, the banking dynasty head, is believed to be considering selling off his stake in the Economist magazine to free up cash for charitable activities. (more)

Survey claims Economist readership rise of 40 per cent
From Press Gazette. Posted September 22 2006, 2.04pm
Figures from the European Business Readership Survey claim that The Economist is read by 40 oper cent more senior European business people than in 2004. (more)

Diplo editor 'trying to bite at heals of The Economist'
From Press Gazette. Posted August 2 2006, 11.00pm
The editor-in-chief of Diplo says his title can compete with the big news weeklies. (more)

Coggan quits FT for Economist
From Media Guardian. Posted June 7 2006, 6.11pm
4.30pm: Philip Coggan, the Financial Times' respected investment editor, is leaving to join the Economist. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Economist and WHSmith row over in-store promotions
From Press Gazette. Posted May 25 2006, 12.51am
The Economist row with WHSmith, which has seen the title delisted from the retailers for almost three weeks, centres on in-store promotion, it emerged this week. (more)

Economist removed from WH Smith shelves
From Press Gazette. Posted May 17 2006, 7.30am
The Economist has been removed from newsstands in more than 500 WH Smith shops over a contractual dispute between the publisher and retailer. (more)

Economist unveils new ads
From Media Guardian. Posted May 5 2006, 11.41am
10.45am: The Economist takes a swipe at the glut of newspaper giveaways in its latest poster campaign. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Economist journalist joins the Financial times
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 4 2006, 12.30pm
Gideon Rachman joins financial broadsheet as chief foreign affairs columnist (more)

The Economist wins three awards
From Press Gazette. Posted May 4 2006, 12.00am
The Economist won three awards to lead the list of winners at the Business Journalist of the Year Awards at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The BBC and The Sunday Times collected two awards each. (more)

FT hires Economist columnist
From Media Guardian. Posted May 3 2006, 5.18pm
The Financial Times has poached the Economist's Gideon Rachman to be its chief foreign affairs columnist. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Economist leads winners at business press awards
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2006, 2.40pm
The Economist won three awards to lead the list of winners at Business Journalist of the Year Awards last night. (more)

Economist new ed: two million sales is the goal
From Press Gazette. Posted March 30 2006, 12.00am
New Economist editor John Micklethwait has pledged to continue “to cover bits of the world as seriously as possible without ever taking anything too seriously”, following his appointment to replace Bill Emmott last week. (more)

New Economist editor aims for 2m circulation
From Press Gazette. Posted March 30 2006, 12.00am
New Economist editor John Micklethwait has pledged to continue “to cover bits of the world as seriously as possible without ever taking anything too seriously”, following his appointment to replace Bill Emmott last week. (more)

New Economist editor announced
From Press Gazette. Posted March 24 2006, 9.59am
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Ed Carr now "dead cert" to take top job at Economist
From Press Gazette. Posted March 10 2006, 4.38pm
The bookies believe Ed Carr is now a dead cert to replace Bill Emmott (pictured) as editor of The Economist. (more)

Economist to look in-house for Emmott’s replacement
From Press Gazette. Posted February 23 2006, 12.00am
Successful editor focuses on book writing after career at business title saw its circulation break the million barrier (more)

Emmott on Economist's success
From Media Guardian. Posted February 20 2006, 5.45pm
Interview: Outgoing Economist editor Bill Emmott said newspapers had played their part in his magazine's success story by preferring 'entertainment' journalism to serious analysis. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Emmott explains Economist's success
From Media Guardian. Posted February 20 2006, 5.45pm
Interview: Outgoing Economist editor Bill Emmott said newspapers had played their part in his magazine's success story by preferring 'entertainment' journalism to serious analysis. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Economist editor Emmott to step down
From Press Gazette. Posted February 20 2006, 4.36pm
Economist editor Bill Emmott is to quit after 13 years in the job. (more)

Economist editor applauds Google
From Press Gazette. Posted February 2 2006, 12.00am
Economist editor Bill Emmott has backed Google’s censored entry into China, admitting that pages of his own magazine are sometimes torn out by governments in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh. (more)

Economist branches into audio
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 6 2006, 4.45pm
Key discussions introduced into audio format (more)