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

Disney Stock Gets a Boost From ‘Frozen’ Flick

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Disney's animated hit Frozen proves that the company still knows how to power Disney stock with smash hit films and merchandising.

YHOO: Can Marissa Mayer Recover From Her Biggest Blunder?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Henrique de Castro -- a signature hire for Marissa Mayer -- is out at YHOO, and with a golden parachute to boot. Now more than ever, shareholders' patience is being tested.

Was YHOO the Belle of the CES Ball?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Yahoo announced a few new projects at CES 2014, as the company continues struggling to grow its core advertising business. Here's what was announced.

TWC Buyout Bid: Is John Malone Cheap … or Shrewd?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

John Malone's lowball offer for Time Warner Cable was rejected quickly, but he has room to raise the stakes for TWC. The question is: Will he?

Is CMCSA Beating the Cord Cutting Trend?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Customers can complain about Comcast all they want, but CMCSA has stopped the bleeding and added video customers for the first time in six years.

Alibaba: “Secret Weapon” for YHOO, or Potential Liability?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

YHOO shareholders are pinning their hopes on Yahoo's stake in Alibaba. But is Alibaba really a secret weapon, or just a liability?

Yahoo Acquisitions – PeerCDN Won’t Be Enough for YHOO Stock

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

PeerCDN has joined the ever-growing list of Yahoo acquisitions. But unfortunately for YHOO stock holders, it won't be enough to save Yahoo's core business.

Merger or No Merger, T-Mobile Is a Buy

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

T-Mobile has nearly tripled the market this year, and now rumors of a merger with Sprint are making the stock pop. Either way, TMUS stock is a buy.

5 Reasons the AOL Patch Venture Should Be Shut Down NOW

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Tim Armstrong's AOL Patch venture was a doomed from the start. Here are five of the many reasons why the hyper-local news service doesn't stand a chance.

AMZN – 4 Biggest Amazon Innovations of 2013

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Take a look at what Amazon plans and innovations stole headlines in 2013 and kept investors excited about the prospects for AMZN stock.

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