About this Video

This video is from the Future of Business Media conference, which focuses on the future of the business and trade media industry, with all the changes brought along by digital media and consolidation activity in the industry.

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With competition for information and attention coming from all sides, where do consumer business magazines fit in today’s business media environment? Print alone no longer cuts it but even when you add digital, is it enough? Business 2.0 is gone, Red Herring may soon follow and costly-to-launch Portfolio is striving to find its place.

Keith Fox President, Business Week Group
Keith Fox was named to his position in April 2007 and oversees the BusinessWeek franchise, including the magazine, the Web site and the national TV program BusinessWeek Weekend. Since September 2004 Keith had been president of McGraw-Hill Professional. He first joined McGraw-Hill in 2000 as SVP of Marketing and Business Development for BusinessWeek. Previously, Keith was VP of New Media at Reader’s Digest Association, where he launched Readers Digest Health with Web MD and ReadersDigest.com. He started his career as a consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton in New York before moving to Unilever as a brand manager.

David Carey Publisher, Condé Nast Portfolio
David Carey is leading Condé Nast’s push into business media, with the goal of creating a collection of leading business publications (and their related Web sites), through start-ups, acquisitions, and alliances. Portfolio launched in April. Previously, David was VP and publisher of The New Yorker. In 2004, while there, he was named by AdWeek as the industry’s “executive of the year” and in 2005, he was named by FOLIO: Magazine as a member of its “Dream Team” of publishing executives. He was founding publisher of SmartMoney, and in 1996, at Condé Nast, served as Publisher for the re-launch of House & Garden.

John Koten CEO, Mansueto Ventures
John Koten is CEO of Mansueto Ventures and editor in chief of Inc. and Fast Company magazines. He oversees the editorial and business departments of both. From September 2002 until July 2005, he was editor of Inc. Previously, John was editor in chief of Worth magazine for 10 years, and for 15 years was at The Wall Street Journal as bureau chief, senior editor, and reporter.

Susan Clark, Global Marketing Director and Publisher, Contintental Europe, Middle East and Africa, The Economist
Susan Clark was appointed Global Marketing Director of The Economist in 2005, with a mandate to develop the brand. She has responsibility for circulation marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She was previously at Le Meridién Hotels & Resorts, where she was SVP Marketing and Sales. Between , 1992 and 2001, Susan was a founding partner in The Phineus Company, a marketing and strategy consultancy. She spent 15 years with American Express in New York, Washington DC and Sydney.