Barron's
American financial weekly newspaper
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::summary American financial weekly newspaper ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Barron's |
| logo | Logo Barron's.svgclass=skin-invert |
| image_file | Barrons_Cover_April_2021.jpg |
| image_size | |
| image_caption | April 5, 2021 cover of Barron's |
| editor | David Cho |
| editor_title | Editor in Chief |
| category | Business |
| frequency | Weekly |
| total_circulation | 305,513 |
| circulation_year | 2013 |
| founder | Clarence W. Barron |
| firstdate | |
| company | Dow Jones & Company (News Corp) |
| country | United States |
| based | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| website | |
| issn | 1077-8039 |
| oclc | 29933161 |
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| title = Barron's | logo = Logo Barron's.svgclass=skin-invert | image_file = Barrons_Cover_April_2021.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = April 5, 2021 cover of Barron's | editor = David Cho | editor_title = Editor in Chief | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Business | frequency = Weekly | total_circulation = 305,513 | circulation_year = 2013 | publisher = | founder = Clarence W. Barron | founded = | firstdate = | company = Dow Jones & Company (News Corp) | country = United States | based = New York City, New York, U.S. | language = | website = | issn = 1077-8039 | oclc = 29933161 Barron's (stylized in all caps) is an American weekly magazine and 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) as a sister publication to The Wall Street Journal, Barron's covers U.S. financial companies, 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
Features in the publication include:
- Market Week – coverage of the previous week's market activityGoogle Scholar: {{cite journal |first=N. W. |last=Netanel |journal=George Washington Law Review |title=New media in old bottles? Barron's |date=2008 |ssrn=1183167 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.barrons.com/this_week |title=This Week |newspaper=Barron's}}
- Barron's Roundtable – Posts from noted investors such as Bill Gross, Mario Gabelli, Abby Joseph Cohen, Felix Zulauf, and Marc Faber
- 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.
- Top Financial Advisors – America's top financial advisors{{cite news |newspaper=Computerworld |date=September 3, 1984 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0OsESSRYEc0C |title=Barron's: Comdisco books "very complicated" |quote=John Keefe, a stock analyst who follows the company, said ... very complicated, and the Barron's examination of ...}}
History
The magazine has been published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921.{{cite book |title=Barron's (1921–1942) |oclc=712794404 }} The magazine is named after Clarence W. Barron, 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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Barron's_ad_1975.jpg" caption="Ad for Barron's, 1975"] ::
Barrons.com{{cite news |title=Barron's' to bow on Web |newspaper=Advertising Age |url=https://adage.com/article/news/barron-s-bow-web/2090 |date=June 28, 1996}}{{cite web |title=Barron's Videos |website=wsj.com |url=https://www.wsj.com/video/browse/barrons}} was launched in 1996 as part of WSJ.com. In 2005, following "its first redesign in nearly 11 years"{{cite news |newspaper=Advertising Age |title=Barron's gets a redesign |url=https://adage.com/article/btob/x2018-barron-x2019-s-x2019-a-redesign/260531 |date=May 17, 2005}} Barron's relaunched as a standalone product, months after their first Financial Advisor conference.2005: {{cite press release |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20051206005724/en/Meet-Barrons-Winners-Circle-Conference-Financial-Advisors |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 |date=December 6, 2005 |access-date=May 28, 2015}}
In September 2008, Barron's acquired the Winner's Circle Organization. In September 2009, Barron's launched Penta as a new section. The section targets "penta-millionaires" (individuals with at least $5 million in assets) with financial advice.{{cite web |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/04/09/dow-jones-media-group-stitches-corporate-work-and-lifestyle-together-with-inspired |title=Dow Jones Media Group stitches corporate work and lifestyle together |date=April 9, 2018 |quote=The current iteration of Penta is ...}}
Employees
Famous former and current editors, publishers, and journalists of the magazine include:
- Robert Bleiberg, publisher (1982–1989), editor (1954–1981)
- Alan Abelson, columnist
- Clarence W. Barron, "father of financial journalism" and founder of the newspaper
References
References
- (June 30, 2013). "Alliance for Audited Media Snapshot Report – 6/30/2013". [[Alliance for Audited Media]].
- Vogel, Harold L.. (2014). "Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis". Cambridge University Press.
- Shefrin, Hersh. (2002). "Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding Behavioral Finance". Oxford University Press.
- (1995). "An analysis of the recommendations of the "superstar" money managers at Barron's annual roundtable".
- "Roundtable". Barron's.
- "Best Online Brokers". Barron's.
- "Top Financial Advisors". Barron's.
- (October 3, 1928). "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]].
- "ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Barron's (1921–2010) – Databases – UW-Madison Libraries".
- January 2006
- (September 25, 2008). "Barron's acquires The Winner's Circle Organization". [[American City Business Journals]].
- (September 24, 2009). "Barron's Magazine to Launch New Section Providing Trusted Advice for Pentamillionaires". [[GlobeNewswire]].
- Grant, James. (November 7, 1997). "The Great Contrarian". Wall Street Journal.
- Martin, Douglas. (May 11, 2013). "Alan Abelson, Who at Barron's Was a Thorn in Wall Street's Side, Dies at 87". The New York Times.
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