Quartz app is a conversational interface

Politico Media talked with the Quartz team that developed its new iPhone application. Here is an excerpt: POLITICO: Have you considered integrating the app with real messaging apps, such as Slack or Facebook Messenger? ADAM PASICK, BREAKING NEWS EDITOR: We’ve always seen the iPhone app as just the first step. The great thing about a […]

Quartz launches app for iPhone

Zach Seward of Quartz writes about the business news site’s application for iPhones. Seward writes, “The app, exclusive to iPhone, is a whole new way to experience Quartz. We put aside existing notions about news apps and imagined what our journalism would be if it lived natively on your iPhone. It wouldn’t be a facsimile […]

Line is the WSJ’s fastest-growing app

Messaging application Line has been the Wall Street Journal’s fastest-growing social channel, reaching over 2 million followers since it launched on the Japanese app 15 months ago, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “Publishers like The Economist, BBC and Mashable have all added Line to their social media arsenal, although WSJ is leading the pack […]

WSJ drops LinkedIn share button

The Wall Street Journal is no longer allowing its articles to be shared on LinkedIn, writes Lucia Moses of Digiday. Moses writes, “Apparently severing ties with LinkedIn isn’t an edict yet in News Corp, as its share button still appears on Barron’s stories. “LinkedIn has fluctuated as a referral source for publishers, once sending lots […]

How the FT analyzes data to understand its audience

Lucinda Southern of Digiday writes about how The Financial Times uses and analyzes data about its readers. Southern writes, “One of the best ways the FT engages existing readers is with FirstFT, the publisher’s morning newsletter for subscribers. It launched in 2014 with 15 to 20 stories, half of which are written by the FT, and its average open rate […]

WSJ plugs pay gap hole at Instapaper

The Wall Street Journal is no longer letting readers view its stories for free on Instapaper, writes Lucia Moses of Digiday. Moses writes, “The bookmarking tool lets you save stripped-down versions of articles in your browser or phone to read them later. It’s also been known to a few as a way to save Journal articles in […]

Economist publishing stories on Japanese messaging app Line

The Economist is now posting stories on the Japanese messaging app Line, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “The Economist is not the first publisher on Line. Both the BBC and The Wall Street Journal have set up shop on the messaging app. Line, which was created in Japan and spread to other Asian markets, boasts 212 […]

WSJ planning three more apps

The Wall Street Journal plans to launch three more mobile applications in the coming months, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “While the Journal has a main app for its content, the publisher is also making specific apps. For example, WSJ Live offers video content, What’s News is a daily digest of 10 stories a day, and City, […]

Quartz to launch iPhone app, expand email offerings

Joseph Lichterman of the Nieman Journalism Lab interviewed Quartz publisher Jay Lauf about the business news site’s plans for 2016. Here is an excerpt: Lichterman: One of the other things mentioned in the memo was a forthcoming app, and I was hoping you might be able to tell me what that might look like. Lauf: […]

Bloomberg BNA starts business of law podcast

Bloomberg BNA has launched a podcast on Big Law Business, a website that covers the business of law. Josh Block, executive multimedia producer for Big Law Business, hosts the podcast with Casey Sullivan. The first podcast is about the most important stories of 2015, and they’re about to release a second episode about the most […]