Washington Post taps Connelly as senior editor for AI strategy and innovation
Phoebe Connelly is taking on a new role as senior editor for AI strategy and innovation at the Washington Post. Connelly has spent two and a half years leading the Next Generation Initiative – a cross-functional team that helped the company reorient to serve the needs of younger audiences. The Next Gen team saw the […]
The success of MT Newswires — covering daily biz news
Joseph Di Stefano of The Philadelphia Inquirer looks at MT Newswires, a lesser-known competitor to Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg News. Di Stefano writes, “Ted Merz, who as head of Bloomberg LP’s product group inked a deal with McFeely to carry MT Newswires on Bloomberg’s global network of securities-trading terminals, is a fan. ‘It is […]
New business publication launches in Colorado
A new business journal — Jeffco Legends — plans to spotlight the business goings-on of Jefferson County, Colorado using data. Jeffco Legends will focus on telling stories with data — building and maintaining a database of local businesses, executives and real estate transactions and publishing data in list, chart and map formats. Boots-on-the-ground original reporting […]
Why tech site 404 Media began requiring email address from readers
Hanaa Tameez of Nieman Lab writes about 404 Media, the new tech news site founded by four former members of Motherboard. Tameez writes, “Until January, most stories from 404 Media were available to read for free. But after the four cofounders discovered — through their own reporting — that their stories were being scraped, paraphrased by AI text […]
Dow Jones CEO Latour bullish on subscriptions
Sarah Fischer of Axios interviewed Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour, who expressed continued optimism about growing subscriptions at its publications, which include The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily. Fischer writes, “While most of WSJ’s subscription growth occurred during 2020 — a critical election year and the onset of the pandemic — […]
TechCrunch is ending its paid subscription product TC+
TechCrunch plans to wind down paid subscription product TC+ as it refocuses its coverage around the investors, founders and startups of Silicon Valley, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “TechCrunch first launched its subscription product, then called ExtraCrunch, in 2019, before rebranding it to TC+ in 2021. “TC+ subscriptions cost $15 per month or $99 per […]
Famed European biz newspaper ditching pink newsprint
One of Europe’s leading business newspapers is set to ditch pink print, reports James Silver of City AM. Silver reports, “Norwegian business paper Dagens Næringsliv, which opted for the pink newsprint back in 1989, has said that it can no longer afford the additional costs. “Paper editions are still important to DN,’ the paper’s editor in chief […]
LA Times enters licensing agreement with three foreign-language papers
The Los Angeles Times announced Thursday that signed content licensing agreements with three foreign-language newspapers serving Asian American communities: the World Journal, the Korea Daily and Nguoi Viet Daily News. A story on its website states, “Starting this month, each of the newspapers will be able to select, translate and publish stories from The Times, in print and digital […]
CNBC to begin selling paid courses created by editorial
CNBC will debut Wednesday its first paid course, a new educational venture developed by the editorial team behind its “Make It” franchise, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer writes, “The new course, called ‘How to Ace Your Job Interview,’ will provide interview tips and tricks, insights into how hiring managers think, and guidance about how to […]
How The Information has thrived in the past decade
Charlotte Klein of Vanity Fair writes about tech news site The Information, which was founded 10 years ago by Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin. Klein writes, “The small-but-mighty Silicon Valley publication, which turns 10 this week, has spent the past decade rolling out ad-free scoops and analysis to a targeted audience willing to cough up $399 […]
