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

eBay’s Savvy Move to Get Fashionable

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

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

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

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

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

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

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