Forbes looks to Google AI pilot
Forbes has joined Google’s paid News AI pilot that gives Google expanded rights to its content to test new ways of providing readers with context about stories before they click through, reports Jessica Davies of Digiday. Davies reports, “Speaking at Digiday’s Media Strategies London event last week, Forbes chief innovation officer Nina Gould said the partnership was […]
The Verge rethinks its audience team
The Verge is rethinking what it means to grow an audience in the post-search era, reports Sara Guaglione of Digiday. Guaglione reports, “After years of prioritizing SEO, content distribution, virality and referral traffic, the Vox Media-owned tech publisher has reorganized its audience team around turning casual site visitors into loyal, direct readers. “Over the past two years, […]
The Verge installing hard paywall for certain readers
The Verge will roll out a hard registration wall to a cohort of readers later this month, reports Sara Guaglione of Digiday. Guaglione reports, “Esther Cohen, director of audience and subscriptions at The Verge, told Digiday she wants to learn how to turn visitors in ‘lower converting but high traffic sources’ into ‘engaged and known […]
Cohen launching “CNBC for the generation that gets news on their phone”
Sammi Cohen is launching Social Commerce Network, a digital-first livestreamed news platform that she describes as “CNBC for the generation that gets their news on their phone.” Mark Lim of Journal writes, “Broadcasting three days a week across YouTube, X, TikTok, and Instagram, SCN represents both a new voice in business journalism and a fundamental shift in […]
Reuters sees value in old news footage
Matthew Swenson of A Media Operator writes about how Reuters is generating revenue from old news footage. Swenson writes, “The news agency is putting that theory to the test with British television news producer ITN, whose more than 70 years of broadcast footage—including the release of Nelson Mandela, the fall of the Berlin Wall and always-popular […]
Cannabis newsletter starts charging memberships
Jeremy Berke, who left Business Insider in late 2022 to start the cannabis newsletter “Cultivated Daily,” is now selling a membership. The price is $12.50 per month or $100 per year. Berke said he would like to use the money to add more journalists. “We will continue our free, ad-supported daily newsletter and subscribers will get […]
What attracted Heller to Business Insider
Russell Sherman of “Press Profiles” interviewed Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller interviewed her about her job after being at The Wall Street Journal for more than two decades. Heller said she was attracted to the “hustle culture” at Business Insider, saying “it was nipping at my heels” when she ran business coverage at the Journal. […]
New Long Island biz publication aims for a niche
A Long Island business publication that launched earlier this year is providing coverage that differentiates itself by focusing on a company’s strategy, culture and the lessons that it learned along the way. Founders and longtime television channel executives Peter Shields, Frank Pokorney and Alain Tingue left Optimum’s News 12, which operates in seven markets, last […]
Miami publication on housing affordability launches
Journalist Billy Jean Louis has launched Miami Affordable Magazine, a nonprofit news organization focused exclusively on affordable housing, homeownership and neighborhood development in Miami. “We help readers understand the business and financial side of housing, from real estate and development to homeownership, government funding and entrepreneurship,” said Louis. “Our coverage has included practical reporting on how […]
How Computer Weekly has grown its staff
Alice Brooker of Press Gazette writes about how Computer Weekly has added editorial staff when other tech publications have had layoffs. Brooker writes, “Computer Weekly’s business model does not rely on programmatic advertising or paid subscriptions, but it instead generates revenue by providing technology vendors with audience intelligence and lead-generation services to help them identify potential […]
