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

Stringwire: More Dangers in Citizen Journalism

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

NBC News has bought Stringwire so it can tap everyday people for video of newsworthy events. Like all citizen journalist initiatives, it has its risks.

It’s the Beginning of the End for AOL’s Patch

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The future of AOL's Patch is shaky at best. Here are three predictions about what's next for the hyper-local news sites -- none of which are pretty.

DirecTV and Dish Network: Perfect Together

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Dish Network and DirecTV are both in dire need of a spark, and a merger between the two could give them greater bargaining power.

Sorry Google, People Don’t Want Local News

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Google Now is adding a hyper-local news service -- a head-scratching decision considering countless similar ventures by other companies have failed.

Concerns About Comcast Are Plain Wrong

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Concerned chatter about cord-cutters is nothing more than noise, and Comcast stock remains a buy.

The Funny Thing About Newspaper Stocks

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The more people deride newspapers as “irrelevant” or destined for the scrapheap, the better newspaper stocks perform.

McDonald’s Stock Remains Far From Golden

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

McDonald's stock is far from a buy after another quarter of subpar earnings and a pile of big-picture problems.

5 Reasons Why Google TV Is an Awful Idea

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

When Google (GOOG) CEO Larry Page thinks about Google TV, he should remember the old joke about boats being bottomless holes in the water that…

The Tribune’s Daunting Challenge

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The newspaper business isn't too attractive to begin with, but the Tribune Co. has a few specific problems that make its publishing assets look even uglier.

Hulu’s Buyer Will Face an Uphill Battle

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The circus surrounding Hulu is nearing an end, but the company that comes away with the streaming service will still face a pile of challenges.

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