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

Warren Buffett’s Shrewd Bet on Newspapers

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Despite the sector's seemingly worsening woes, he still sees in newspapers what he's always looking for -- value -- and his cost is minimal.

It’s Finally Time to Merge Yahoo and AOL

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The two flawed companies would have a much better chance as one, with Tim Armstrong running the show because he's at least making progress at AOL.

A CEO Checklist for Yahoo

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Now that Yahoo has ousted CEO Scott Thompson, here are a few things management should keep in mind while tracking down the next chief.

Yahoo-Alibaba: Talk About Lousy Timing!

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Both companies would have done much better if a deal had happened a year ago.

3 Reasons Why Disney Is a Buy

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Even though Disney hit an all-time high Wednesday after posting pleasing earnings, there's still plenty of reason to buy in now with confidence.

YHOO Needs to Fire Its Yahoo of a CEO

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Scott Thompson's résumé flub gives Yahoo's board little choice but to can its shifty CEO without severance.

First-Quarter Media Winners and Losers

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Here's how CBS, Comcast, Time Warner stack up, and what to expect from Viacom and Disney.

Rupert Murdoch Unfit? Investors Should Agree

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The phone-hacking scandal may be the worst foul-up yet on Murdoch's watch, but it's also just the latest fiasco weighing on his empire.

Coke-Monster Is Bad News for Pepsi

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Any partnership between the cola giant and the energy-drink leader will put Pepsi even further behind.

Demand Media’s Accounting Problem

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

There may be less than meets the eye on its balance sheet, and it makes the CEO's outsize pay even more suspect.

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