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

Yahoo Still Lacking Straightforward Strategy

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 20, 2012

Yahoo doesn't have a plan for returning cash to shareholders, but also doesn't have a solution for overcoming its biggest challenge: balance.

Sleepwalking Closer to the Fiscal Cliff

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 12, 2012

Moody's downgrade warning on U.S. debt highlights how little Congress is doing as the country nears the deadly combination of tax hikes and spending cuts.

Penney’s Free Haircut Ploy: Not So Dumb

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 11, 2012

Offering free haircuts is a low-cost way to lure shoppers and create some much needed goodwill. It could even be a sign CEO Ron Johnson still has a magic touch.

Publishers Have Themselves to Blame for Amazon’s Triumph

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 10, 2012

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos has won the e-book price wars and will leave his competitors in the dust. The publishers that are complaining now…

Sony’s Kazuo Hirai Needs a Magic Wand

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 4, 2012

He also needs a knife -- to cut the tech conglomerate's many underperformers, such as its TV-making and content-producing businesses.

CBS’ Moonves Is Bullish On Radio

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Aug 29, 2012

The CEO of CBS thinks radio has a future -- and investors could cash in on the resilient medium..

The New York Times Co. and CNN: A Match Made in Media Heaven

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Aug 27, 2012

Time Warner's CNN and The New York Times Co each stand to gain a lot from a merger -- even though the latter isn't even for sale.

It’s Time for Michael Dell to Go

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Aug 23, 2012

In the five years since the founding CEO's return, things have only gotten worse. The company is a mess, and Michael Dell clearly bears responsibility.

Liberty Media + Sirius: Perfect Together

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Aug 22, 2012

That is, if Liberty's John Malone can retain Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin. After all, Sirius wouldn't be viable today without Karmazin -- and Malone knows it.

The Times’ New CEO Doesn’t Have Much to Celebrate

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Aug 16, 2012

The New York Times brought in The BBC's Mark Thompson as its new CEO -- but the honeymoon-period for his hire sure isn't going to last long.