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 Big Winners From Political Advertising

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Political ad spending will top $9 billion in 2012. These companies will bag the majority of that record-setting money.

Bloomberg Can’t Save New York Times Co.

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Despite a recent 'New York' magazine story's speculation, the Big Apple mayor's media company isn't the answer to the Gray Lady's many deep woes.

Best Buy CEO’s Tough Talk Rings Hollow

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

While interim chief Mike Mikan quickly fessing up to BBY's mess is good, a real turnaround plan would be better.

Why the Postal Service Is Fixable

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

An unjustified pre-funding of health care costs is the biggest burden. Remove that, and the long-suffering but vitally important mail service can be profitable.

Yahoo Has Sold the Alibaba Family Silver

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor

Yahoo's deal to sell its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will help fill the coffers, but it does absolutely nothing to solve the company's core problems.

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