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| total_circulation = 305,513<ref>{{cite web |url= http://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp |title= Alliance for Audited Media Snapshot Report – 6/30/2013 |date= June 30, 2013 |publisher= [[Alliance for Audited Media]] |access-date= February 2, 2014 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170123200306/http://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp |archive-date= January 23, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref> |
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| founder = [[Clarence W. Barron]] |
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| company = [[Dow Jones & Company]] |
| company = [[Dow Jones & Company]] ([[News Corp]]) |
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'''''Barron's'''''<ref>{{cite book |
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|title=Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance |
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|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0195161211 |isbn=0195161211 |
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|author=Hersh Shefrin |year=2002| publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |
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|title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis |
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|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1107075297 |isbn=978-1107075290 |
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|author=Harold L. Vogel |year=2014| publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref> (stylized in [[all caps]]) is an American weekly [[magazine]]/[[newspaper]] published by [[Dow Jones & Company]], a division of [[News Corp]], since 1921. |
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Founded as '''''Barron's National Financial Weekly''''' in 1921 by [[Clarence W. Barron]] (1855–1928)<ref name=Clarence.NYT>{{cite news |
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==Sections== |
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|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |
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|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/10/03/archives/clarence-w-barron-publisher-is-dead-head-of-the-wall-st-journal-a.html |
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|title=CLARENCE W. BARRON, PUBLISHER, IS DEAD; Head of The Wall St. Journal a Victim of Catarrhal Jaundice at 73 in Battle Creek. NOTED FINANCIAL FIGURE A Writer on World Fiscal Topics —Body Will Be Taken to His Old Home in Boston. |
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|date=October 3, 1928}}</ref> as a sister publication to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''Barron's'' covers U.S. financial information,<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Computerworld]] |
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|date=17 October 1983 |page=5 |title=Barron's: IBM Credit Corp. & Comdisco |
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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRXYb7liu6wC |
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==Features== |
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''Barron's'' has four sections: |
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Features in the publication include: |
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*"Technology Week" – technology company information |
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* ''Market Week'' – coverage of the previous week's market activity<ref>Google Scholar: {{cite journal |
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|author=N. W. Netanel |publisher=George Washington Law Review |
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*"Mutual Funds" – coverage of [[mutual fund]]s |
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|title=New media in old bottles? Barron's |year=2008|ssrn = 1183167}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
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*"The Wrap" – analysis and outlook columns |
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|url=https://www.barrons.com/this_week |
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|title=This Week |newspaper=Barron's}}</ref> |
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==Popular features== |
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|title=An analysis of the recommendations of the "superstar" money managers at Barron's annual roundtable |author1=H. Desai |author2=P. C. Jain |year=1995 |volume=50 |issue=4 |pages=1257–1273 |quote=performance of .. Barron's Annual Roundtable|doi = 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1995.tb04057.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
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|url=https://www.barrons.com/topics/roundtable |title=Roundtable |newspaper=Barron's}}</ref> |
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* ''Best Online Brokers'' – A ranking of the top online trading brokerage firms. Criteria include trading experience and technology, usability, mobile, range of offerings, research amenities, portfolio analysis & report, customer service & education, and costs.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.barrons.com/topics/best-online-brokers | title=Best Online Brokers | newspaper=Barron's}}</ref> |
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* ''Top Financial Advisors'' – America's top financial advisors.<ref>{{cite news |
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|newspaper=[[Computerworld]] |date=September 3, 1984 |page=103 |
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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0OsESSRYEc0C |title=Barron's: Comdisco books "very complicated" |
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|quote=John Keefe, a stock analyst who follows the company, said ... very complicated, and the Barron's examination of ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.barrons.com/report/top-financial-advisors/100/ | title=Top Financial Advisors | newspaper=Barron's}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The magazine has been published by [[Dow Jones & Company]] since 1921.<ref>{{cite book |
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{{Unreferenced|section|date=June 2012}} |
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|title=Barron's (1921–1942) |oclc=712794404 }}</ref> The magazine is named after [[Clarence W. Barron]],<ref name=Clarence.NYT/> an influential figure to Dow Jones and a founder of modern financial [[journalism]]. Dow Jones also publishes ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. In 1990, color was introduced to the magazine and full color in January 1996. ''Barron's'' introduced a two-section version of the paper on March 7, 1994. |
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[[File:Barron's ad 1975.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Ad for Barron's, 1975]] |
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Barrons.com<ref>{{cite news |title=Barron's' to bow on Web |newspaper=[[Advertising Age]] |
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|url=https://adage.com/article/news/barron-s-bow-web/2090 |
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|date=28 June 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|title=Barron's Videos |website=[[Wall Street Journal|wsj]].com |
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|url=https://www.wsj.com/video/browse/barrons}}</ref> was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com. |
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In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years"<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Advertising Age]] |
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Color was introduced in May 1990, and full color in January 1996. |
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|title=Barron's gets a redesign |
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|url=https://adage.com/article/btob/x2018-barron-x2019-s-x2019-a-redesign/260531 |
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|date=17 May 2005}}</ref> ''Barron's'' relaunched as a standalone product,<ref>January 2006</ref> months after their first Financial Advisor conference.<ref>2005: {{cite press release |
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|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20051206005724/en/Meet-Barrons-Winners-Circle-Conference-Financial-Advisors |
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|title=''Best of Best'' Meet at Barron's Winner's Circle Conference for Financial Advisors; Barron's First-Ever Event Yields Insights into Industry Best Practices |
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|date=6 December 2005 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> |
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In September 2008, ''Barron's'' acquired the Winner's Circle Organization.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/09/22/daily38.html | title=Barron's acquires The Winner's Circle Organization | work=[[American City Business Journals]] | date=September 25, 2008}}</ref> In September 2009, ''Barron's'' launched Penta as a new section. The section targets "pentamillionaires", individuals with at least $5 million in assets, with financial advice.<ref>{{cite web |
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''Barron's'' introduced a two-section version of the paper 7 March 1994, a three-section version January 1999, and the current four-section version 14 January 2002. |
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|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/04/09/dow-jones-media-group-stitches-corporate-work-and-lifestyle-together-with-inspired |
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|title=Dow Jones Media Group stitches corporate work and lifestyle together |
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|date=April 9, 2018 |
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|quote=The current iteration of Penta is ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2009/09/24/405327/174052/en/Barron-s-Magazine-to-Launch-New-Section-Providing-Trusted-Advice-for-Pentamillionaires.html | title=Barron's Magazine to Launch New Section Providing Trusted Advice for Pentamillionaires | publisher=[[GlobeNewswire]] | date=September 24, 2009}}</ref> |
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== Employees == |
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The magazine is known for its sometimes-harsh assessment of corporate prospects, and is noted for [[investigative reporting]] on [[stock fraud]] and overvalued companies. |
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Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include: |
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* [[Robert Bleiberg]], publisher (1982–1989), editor (1954–1981)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Grant|first=James|date=1997-11-07|title=The Great Contrarian|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB878851284481786000|access-date=2021-10-09|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> |
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The magazine's primary draws have long been its columns by veteran financial journalist [[Alan Abelson]], who was editor of ''Barron's'' in the 1980s and early 1990s, and the Economics Beat column by Economics editor [[Gene Epstein]]. |
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* [[Alan Abelson]], columnist<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=2013-05-11|title=Alan Abelson, Who at Barron's Was a Thorn in Wall Street's Side, Dies at 87|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/business/media/alan-abelson-barrons-columnist-and-editor-dies-at-87.html|access-date=2021-10-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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* [[Clarence W. Barron]], "father of financial journalism" and founder of the newspaper |
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==See also== |
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* [[William Peter Hamilton]] |
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* The current editor is Edwin A. Finn Jr., and the newspaper has over 40 news department personnel. |
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* Average Magazine circulation for 2012<ref>http://www.barronsmag.com/docs/circulation/Print_Distribution_Map_2012.pdf</ref> was 305,157. |
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* Its readership is 90.8% male, average age of 54, 43.8% of whom attended college, 94% of whom are employed in top management, and have: |
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* Average Personal Income: $282,000 |
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* Average Household Net Worth: $2,960,000 |
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* Average value of Household securities: $2,736,000 |
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* Average # securities transactions: 45 |
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* Average number of years reading Barron’s: 8 |
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(Reader data source: Barron’s 2010 Print Subscriber Survey.<ref>http://www.barronsmag.com/advertising/print/reader-profile</ref>) |
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Latest revision as of 20:14, 21 June 2024
April 5, 2021 cover of Barron's | |
Editor in Chief | David Cho |
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Categories | Business |
Frequency | Weekly |
Total circulation (2013) | 305,513[1] |
Founder | Clarence W. Barron |
First issue | 1921 |
Company | Dow Jones & Company (News Corp) |
Country | United States |
Based in | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Website | www |
ISSN | 1077-8039 |
Barron's[2][3] (stylized in all caps) is an American weekly magazine/newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp, since 1921.
Founded as Barron's National Financial Weekly in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855–1928)[4] as a sister publication to The Wall Street Journal, Barron's covers U.S. financial information,[5] market developments, and relevant statistics. Each issue provides a summary of the previous week's market activity as well as news, reports, and an outlook on the week to come.
Features
[edit]Features in the publication include:
- Market Week – coverage of the previous week's market activity[6][7]
- Barron's Roundtable – Posts from noted investors such as Bill Gross, Mario Gabelli, Abby Joseph Cohen, Felix Zulauf, and Marc Faber[8][9]
- Best Online Brokers – A ranking of the top online trading brokerage firms. Criteria include trading experience and technology, usability, mobile, range of offerings, research amenities, portfolio analysis & report, customer service & education, and costs.[10]
- Top Financial Advisors – America's top financial advisors.[11][12]
History
[edit]The magazine has been published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921.[13] The magazine is named after Clarence W. Barron,[4] an influential figure to Dow Jones and a founder of modern financial journalism. Dow Jones also publishes The Wall Street Journal. In 1990, color was introduced to the magazine and full color in January 1996. Barron's introduced a two-section version of the paper on March 7, 1994.
Barrons.com[14][15] was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com.
In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years"[16] Barron's relaunched as a standalone product,[17] months after their first Financial Advisor conference.[18]
In September 2008, Barron's acquired the Winner's Circle Organization.[19] In September 2009, Barron's launched Penta as a new section. The section targets "pentamillionaires", individuals with at least $5 million in assets, with financial advice.[20][21]
Employees
[edit]Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include:
- Robert Bleiberg, publisher (1982–1989), editor (1954–1981)[22]
- Alan Abelson, columnist[23]
- Clarence W. Barron, "father of financial journalism" and founder of the newspaper
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Alliance for Audited Media Snapshot Report – 6/30/2013". Alliance for Audited Media. June 30, 2013. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Hersh Shefrin (2002). Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195161211.
- ^ Harold L. Vogel (2014). Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107075290.
- ^ a b "CLARENCE W. BARRON, PUBLISHER, IS DEAD; Head of The Wall St. Journal a Victim of Catarrhal Jaundice at 73 in Battle Creek. NOTED FINANCIAL FIGURE A Writer on World Fiscal Topics —Body Will Be Taken to His Old Home in Boston". The New York Times. October 3, 1928.
- ^ "Barron's: IBM Credit Corp. & Comdisco". Computerworld. 17 October 1983. p. 5.
The Barron's report further stated that IBM Credit Corp. ...
- ^ Google Scholar: N. W. Netanel (2008). "New media in old bottles? Barron's". George Washington Law Review. SSRN 1183167.
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(help) - ^ "This Week". Barron's.
- ^ Google Scholar: H. Desai; P. C. Jain (1995). "An analysis of the recommendations of the "superstar" money managers at Barron's annual roundtable". The Journal of Finance. Vol. 50, no. 4. pp. 1257–1273. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1995.tb04057.x.
performance of .. Barron's Annual Roundtable
- ^ "Roundtable". Barron's.
- ^ "Best Online Brokers". Barron's.
- ^ "Barron's: Comdisco books "very complicated"". Computerworld. September 3, 1984. p. 103.
John Keefe, a stock analyst who follows the company, said ... very complicated, and the Barron's examination of ...
- ^ "Top Financial Advisors". Barron's.
- ^ Barron's (1921–1942). OCLC 712794404.
- ^ "Barron's' to bow on Web". Advertising Age. 28 June 1996.
- ^ "Barron's Videos". wsj.com.
- ^ "Barron's gets a redesign". Advertising Age. 17 May 2005.
- ^ January 2006
- ^ 2005: "Best of Best Meet at Barron's Winner's Circle Conference for Financial Advisors; Barron's First-Ever Event Yields Insights into Industry Best Practices" (Press release). 6 December 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Barron's acquires The Winner's Circle Organization". American City Business Journals. September 25, 2008.
- ^ "Dow Jones Media Group stitches corporate work and lifestyle together". April 9, 2018.
The current iteration of Penta is ...
- ^ "Barron's Magazine to Launch New Section Providing Trusted Advice for Pentamillionaires" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. September 24, 2009.
- ^ Grant, James (1997-11-07). "The Great Contrarian". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (2013-05-11). "Alan Abelson, Who at Barron's Was a Thorn in Wall Street's Side, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-09.