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

Reports of Pay TV’s Demise Are Premature — Yet Again

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

As pay-TV bears pound the drum of customers 'cutting the cord,' the reasons behind the practice -- and how bad the losses actually are -- cloud their argument.

Barnes & Noble Plays Into Amazon’s Hands

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Barnes & Noble's Nook price cut has only led to heightened consumer interest in a soon-to-be updated Kindle from Amazon.

What’s Tripping Up Time Warner

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The media giant has plenty of strengths, but also some glaring weaknesses -- most notably the Time Inc. magazines and CNN.

Who Would Want the Post Office?

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Privatizing this huge money-losing, inefficient beast may be its only hope -- but that doesn't mean it's doable. Congress would need to sweeten the pot.

Comcast’s Pound-Foolish Olympic Bet

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

The media giant faces the unlikely prospect of ever turning a profit on this or future games. Don't expect to see CEO Brian Roberts on the podium.

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