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

GE Stock: Why does CEO Jeff Immelt Still Have a Job?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Jeff Immelt did a great job of steering GE through the the 2009 financial crisis, but the company's stock performance is unacceptable. It's time for someone else to take over the reins of GE.

NYT Stock: The New York Times Doesn’t Need Rescuing … By Anyone

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The New York Times is the crown jewel of the newspaper world, but NYT stock is overvalued and should be avoided by new investors.

MCD: McDonald’s Needs to Put the Brakes on its Growth Plans

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

McDonald's should take a page from its competition and slow its expansions plans, and instead focus on the quality of food and working with their franchisees.

Why YHOO is Tempted by the Risky World of Original Content

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

YHOO won't have an easy time standing out from deep-pocketed rivals such as Netflix and Amazon.

DISH Network Announces Sling TV, Cord-Cutters Rejoice

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

DISH Network's new Sling TV will hasten the day of a-la-carte cable and satellite pricing, but we're still not quite there yet.

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