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

eBay’s Savvy Move to Get Fashionable

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 20, 2012

Adding a line of exclusive goods for the holidays will add to its already growing appeal. Throw in PayPal, and investors have a lot to like about eBay.

IBM: Why Big Blue Is a Big Buy

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 20, 2012

Add it all up, and IBM has great growth prospects -- and an appealing valuation. Its products are becoming more and more essential to businesses worldwide.

The Crux of Marissa Mayer’s Problem at Yahoo

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 17, 2012

Her content strategy will be the key decision -- and it's tough. Does she expand Yahoo's original content to woo advertisers at the risk of alienating partners?

Cure TV’s Nuttiness With a la Carte Pricing

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 17, 2012

Industry battles over carriage fees, such as the Dish-Viacom brawl, mask a bigger issue. Why should consumers pay for channels they don't want?

‘Spider-Man’ Isn’t Amazing Enough for Sony

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 11, 2012

No matter how well the superhero's latest flick does, Sony's woes are far more difficult to fix.

PepsiCo’s Smart — but Late — Bet on Yogurt

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 10, 2012

Indra Nooyi wants to increase the percentage of Pepsi's healthier fare over the long term. Her problem is investors are tired of waiting for results.

Jamie Dimon May Be in Danger

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 2, 2012

The hot water keeps getting hotter for the once-lauded CEO. It's no longer unthinkable that the huge trading loss could cost Dimon his job.

Murdoch’s Newspapers Have Nowhere to Hide

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jun 29, 2012

If I worked for The Wall Street Journal, the split-up of News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA) would scare me deeply. Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers, including his Pulitzer Prize-winning crown…

Yahoo Rediscovers the Ad Business

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jun 27, 2012

Yahoo interim CEO's renewed focus on advertising might seem a "duh" strategy, but it's quite the deviation from the crooked path Yahoo has been traveling.

New York Times Co.’s Pointless CEO Search

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor Jun 27, 2012

The most important skill any NYT CEO must have is the ability to let Chairman Arthur Sulzberger do whatever he wants -- and then become a scapegoat when things go wrong.