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

Tribune: TV Is the Way of the Newspaper

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 2, 2013

Tribune Co.'s big $2.73 billion buy of Local TV Holdings television stations is far from the first such deal for print media, and it won't be the last.

Stay Away From the New News Corp

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 1, 2013

Anyone who is tempted in the slightest to buy shares of the new News Corp should have their head examined.

Men’s Wearhouse Founder Has No Clothes

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jun 28, 2013

Men's Wearhouse founder George Zimmer would need one heck of a plan to convince anyone that current management isn't doing a good enough job at the helm.

Is Netflix About to Crash and Burn?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jun 18, 2013

Shares of Netflix have skyrocketed since the start of the year, but will content costs eventually catch up to the streaming-video king?

What’s Next for Gannett?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jun 14, 2013

Gannett's purchase of TV station owner Belo was a brilliant stroke to counter its slower newspaper business, but GCI might be pressured to do more.

Writers’ Eyes Fixed on Apple Pricing Case

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jun 11, 2013

Recent events affecting the book publishing industry, such as the Apple (AAPL) price-fixing case, have captured the attention of myself and other authors.

Tumblr’s Success Still Comes Down to Karp

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor May 21, 2013

If Mayer and Yahoo want to make this deal work, they'll need Tumblr's CEO to remain engaged with a lot of potentially unpalatable changes ... or be ready to replace him.

The News About Newspapers: It’s ‘Less Bad’

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor May 17, 2013

Long-embattled newspaper stocks are starting to see their print hemorrhaging slow, and operational diversity also is stemming the bleeding. Still, few are worth owning.

Why Daniel Loeb Is Right About Sony

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor May 14, 2013

I would say that I agree with Daniel Loeb's call for Sony to spin off its entertainment business, but it sounds more like he agrees with me.

Pounce on Fumbling AOL

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor May 8, 2013

AOL failed to live up to Street expectations for the first time in six quarters and the numbers aren't pretty ... yet it's still not time to bail the Internet company.