Jonathan Berr

Jonathan Berr

InvestorPlace Contributor

Jonathan Berr has been a professional journalist since 1991. He has covered a wide variety of beats, ranging from to electric utilities to media conglomerates to tech companies.

While a reporter at Bloomberg News in 2002, he won the Gerald Loeb Award, one of the most prestigious awards in business journalism. He was part of a team at AOL’s DailyFinance that won the New York Press Club’s award for Internet feature writing in 2010. His freelance writing has appeared in Atlantic.com, AOL, Yahoo, MSN and 24/7 Wall Street, along with The New York Times and Business Week.

He lives in New Jersey with his wife and son.

You can reach him at jdberr@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jdberr.

Recent Articles

5 CEOs Who Might Not Last Until 2015

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Chief executives don't actually have a long shelf life on average, but these five CEOs might be out quicker than most.

Comcast-Time Warner Cable: CMCSA Makes a $45.2B Gamble

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Comcast is making a huge wager that a merger with Time Warner Cable will not only pass antitrust muster ... but that it'll even work.

No Merger? No Reason to Buy Sprint Stock, TMUS

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Telecom is a bitter business. Without a deal joining Sprint and T-Mobile, Sprint stock and TMUS stock will have a hard time building long-term momentum.

Comcast Stock Won’t Win Gold With 2014 Olympics

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The 2014 Olympics are a nice thing for Comcast to brag about, but it doesn't bring any value to CMCSA stock. In fact, they might even hurt it.

YUM: Walk — Don’t Run — Into Yum Brands

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Yum Brands is touting big earnings growth and the stock is attractively valued, but a few questions surrounding YUM stock are at least a cause for pause.

BA Stock: Don’t Sweat Boeing’s Earnings Guidance

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Boeing spooked investors with its earnings guidance, but the company has always been conservative about its outlook for BA stock.

YHOO: Has Marissa Mayer Finally Lost Her Shine?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Patience for Marissa Mayer might finally be wearing thin, as investors dropped YHOO stock following declines in revenue and lousy guidance.

Full Steam Ahead for RCL, Cruise Stocks

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

When I read that Royal Caribbean (RCL) was forced to cut one of its cruises short, it brought back memories, not very pleasant ones, of…

MCD Stock – McDonald’s CEO Needs to Take the Wheel

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

MCD stock continues to struggle, despite strong performances from its peers. And managers like McDonald's CEO Don Thompson aren't helping.

AMZN Stock: Amazon Is Making a $1 Billion Content Gamble

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Amazon gave a "non-denial" denial about its plans to expand its digital content offerings. But what does more media mean for AMZN stock?

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