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

The Internet: What Could Possibly Be Next?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Around 2005, I remember wondering what sort of idiot would want to look at videos on a tiny cellphone screen. Less than a decade later,…

Memo to Discovery: Don’t Drop Oprah

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Discovery's OWN is losing money, but it shouldn't throw in the towel on Oprah. OWN was hurt by early over-hyping, and many of its problems can be fixed.

Got Nerve? Israel Has Plenty to Offer

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

A resilient economy and a focus on innovation are strong lures. And more Israel-based companies are listed on the Nasdaq than any other country except the U.S.

AOL’s Never-Ending Drama

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Patch's dizzyingly fast ramp-up is being dismantled just as quickly, with a cascade of layoffs.

Somebody Should Pay for Disney’s ‘John Carter’ Mess

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

CEO Bob Iger says the company should learn from the mistake, but is refusing to blame one person for the fiasco. That's too bad.

Don’t Believe Apple’s U.S. Job Tally

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Apple's claim that it has "created or supported" 514,000 jobs is an attempt to change a damaging image -- which many other companies have tried and failed at.

How My 2012 Turnaround Picks Are Doing

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

All six stock picks (chosen in December) are up by at least double digits so far. Take an up-to-date look at the companies chosen.

Ford’s Mulally Earned Every Cent of His Bonus

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Ford Motor (NYSE:F) Chief Executive Alan Mulally just landed a $34.5 million stock award. And why not? After all, he's helped engineer one of the…

Coke and Pepsi Hear It From the Food Police

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Center for Science & the Public Interest is raising an alarm that a chemical used in some sodas to produce its caramel color can cause cancer.

Why PetSmart May Be Dogging It Soon

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

It has been a category killer so far, but the landscape is starting to shift, with aggressive competition coming from the likes of Target and Wal-Mart.

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