Product Description

FORTUNE gets you inside. Filled with expert advice on winning in business and investing, every issue brings you closer to success. Offering practical strategies and direction, FORTUNE is a must-have to maximize results.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123 in Magazine Subscriptions
• Formats: Magazine Subscription, Print

Amazon.com Review
Just as Wall Street is an icon to the investment community, Fortune magazine is one to its readership, the difference being Fortune's diversified reach into the many facets of business: technology, companies, global economics, and, of course, your personal fortune. While many a narrow-focused business and investing magazine has come and gone, Fortune has grown and prospered, investing as much in content as ad space and staying in print since the 1930s. Columns include features on the marketplace, tech movers and shakers, career trends, U.S. politics, and even European business. Readers also look forward to the annually updated Fortune lists, which include the "40 Richest Under 40," "Most Powerful Women," and the "Fortune 500," an exclusive collection of companies whose employees are undoubtedly Fortune readers as well. --Mace Bainwright

Customer Reviews

Although I prefer Forbes, this is still a 'must read'
As an investment professional, I am a voracious reader of business periodicals. I subscribe to and read four major business magazines and three financial newspapers on a regular basis. In rank order among the big three, my favorite is Forbes, then BusinessWeek, followed by Fortune. But don't let that dissuade you from subscribing. Fortune is still a very valuable publication and I try not to miss an issue. What does Fortune bring to the table that still makes it so vital? Several things:

- The most in-depth feature stories among the three magazines. They are thoroughly researched and Fortune works hard to interpret the facts and draw conclusions, as opposed to just aggregating and reporting information.
- More than either of the other two, Fortune will profile prominent executives, giving you a unique window into their philosophy and how they rose to prominence.
- The investing section near the back is always decent and there's a reasonably good focus on technology, both devices and companies.

Why is it my least favorite?

- Fortune clearly has a liberal bias, with frequent articles on employee rights, racial or gender-oriented issues, philanthropic causes such as AIDS, and the general plight of the poor, the elderly, or working mothers. Nothing wrong with that, and some of these articles are eye-opening. But I mainly read business magazines with an eye toward investing, so these types of articles fall outside that scope.
- Yeah, there are too many ads and special advertising sections. It is a necessary part of the world of magazines (or else you'd be paying triple the price for a subscription). But it's still annoying.

Although they seem to be substitutes for each other, Fortune, Forbes, and BusinessWeek each provide something different enough that I see the value in subscribing to all three (and I have been doing so for a decade). If you're looking to go beyond the weekly headlines and want business-oriented articles that don't always have an investment angle, then Fortune seems to be the best bet.

Great articles, but disorganized a bit, plus too much Ads.
I am royal reader to Businessweek and Fortune. I love both, but which is better? Fortune is like the fashion magzine in the business world, and Businessweek is more news centric. Fortune always has at least 5 or 6 very interesting featured articles about people, companies, or the economy.They are always insigtful, personal (as if the writer is talking to a friend), well researched, and perfectly structured. These long essays is the core of Fortune, but the rest of the magzine, columes, personal finances and so on, aren't as good. 50% of the magazine seems to be ads, and the contents are not as tightly connected together in a clear manner as the Economist or Businessweek. That's why I think it's like a fashion magzine. On the other hand, Businessweek doesn't have articles as well written, but comes weekly and covers everything important during that week or so, which gives you a complete view of the business world. Both magazines are fasinating to read, so what are you waiting for?

Decent magazine, but just try cancelling your subscriptions and see what happens
The articles are well done and thoughtful, and I enjoyed the magazine for the most part (except every couple of months there will be an issue with a cologne or perfume ad so soaked with perfume that it smells so strong it makes you gag to open it).

However, the big problem came when I decided to cancel my subscription (I had gotten very busy and knew I wouldn't have time to read it for about 8 months). It was set up for automatic renewal, with a specific date I had to cancel by. I was going to cancel two days before that date, but for some reason they processed the automatic renewal about a week and a half early. So my card got charged. I had to call up to talk to someone to get it cancelled and my card credited. Three weeks later, still no credit to my card. I call back. They say they will take care of it. A week later, my card gets credited for 19.99--ten dollars short what they charged me. I call back to get them to credit my remaining ten bucks. A month later, nothing. I call back. While I'm explaining to the customer service person, we get disconnected. I call back right away. I get a message saying that all customer service personnel are attending a customer service training session to improve customer service (it'd be funny if it hadn't been so infuriating) and are unavailable to take calls, so try again tomorrow. I go to the website and leave an email explaining what happened and asking them to get back to me. I get an automatic reply that says all email requests will be responded to within 2 business days. Ten days later, still no contact from them. I call back, talk to someone who says sorry about the mistake, we'll process your ten dollar credit. Two weeks later, still no credit. I call back again. They say that they sent a check instead of crediting it to my card. The check went out on September 29. I tell them I never received it. They say I have to wait 90 days. If no one cashes the check by then, I have to call back and request another check. So now I have to wait another month. And at that point, will this get solved??? No idea. Probably won't bother because I don't have time to fight over ten bucks. But I will definitely not be subscribing again, and will probably think twice about any Time Warner magazine.