Why Stern left the Wall Street Journal
Tech journalist Joanna Stern joined Semafor’s “Mixed Signals” shw to discuss leaving The Wall Street Journal after more than a decade to launch her own venture, “New Things,” and what it really takes to bet on yourself in today’s media landscape. “It’s a complete bet,” said Stern. “I’m betting on myself.” Stern said that it […]
Crain publications focus on “user needs”
Crain Communications chief content office Dan Peres sent out the following to the staff: As we continue the transformation KC and Veebha outlined last month, editorial is not just aligned with that work — we are driving it. This is not a reset. It is an acceleration — building journalism around user needs, developing communities around our […]
Crain CEO: Our relationships make us successful
Crain Communications CEO KC Crain sent the following to the staff on Wednesday: Team — What sets Crain apart isn’t just the quality of our journalism or the strength of our brands. It’s our people and the relationships you build that make our work possible. It comes down to trust. The sources who take our calls, the […]
How the WSJ has grown digital subscriptions
Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette interviewed Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker on the publication’s success in growing its digital subscriptions. Tobitt writes, “Tucker set out a strategy to the newsroom when she arrived in New York three years ago, based around giving audiences the ‘new, distinctive, useful, compelling, relevant journalism’ they needed. “‘I asked the […]
How the WSJ is attracting an audience via TikTok
Kelcie Pegher, the social strategy editor at The Wall Street Journal, writes on Digital Content Next about how it’s reaching a younger audience on TikTok. Pegher writes, “The main goal of our social media team is to bring people into The Wall Street Journal universe. And when we consider that 1 in 5 adults are now getting […]
What’s behind Business Insider’s sub decline
Oliver Darcy of Status writes about the subscription decline at Business Insider. Darcy writes, “According to the data obtained by Status, BI ended 2023 with roughly 160,000 paid subscribers, a drop of about 14 percent from the prior year when it boasted about 185,000 subscribers. The slide did not stop there, however. In 2024, it closed […]
New Hampshire biz magazine, public radio strike partnership deal
New Hampshire Public Radio announced a new editorial partnership with Business NH Magazine, a monthly business publication. NHPR launched a refreshed iteration of the “Business Minute” on March 23. The segment, produced in collaboration with the editorial team at Business NH Magazine, provides a high-level look at the trends, companies, and policy decisions shaping the […]
How Drummond has remade Wired
Katie Robertson of The New York Times profiles Katie Drummond, the global editorial director at Wired. Robertson writes, “Ms. Drummond, Wired’s top editor, hears all the time from outside critics who say the publication, which started in 1993 covering the nascent digital revolution, has strayed too far from its techno-optimism roots with its hard-hitting coverage of the […]
Change coming at The Economist?
Max Tani of Semafor writes about The Economist, which faces a minority owner who wants to sell her stake and changes in the media industry. Tani writes, “Others have questioned how The Economist can successfully remain a faceless print monolith in an era of personalization. For now, the publication is largely prioritizing operating within its own […]
Bloomberg Media video strategy: One location for everything
Bloomberg Media announced Wednesday the launch a redesigned one-stop video home for premium live and on-demand content. Viewers can now access all of Bloomberg’s video on its site and at the new “stream” tab on the Bloomberg mobile app. The updated hub will arrive on streaming platforms in the third quarter later this year. Previously […]
