Yelp editor Bialik says journalists should run businesses
Carl Bialik, science editor at Yelp, says that journalists will try their hand at running entire business operations. Now, with digitization, journalists are more focused on the digital aspect to reporting. These digital journalists are now coordinating in unions, supposed business experts bungling media takeovers, and technology creating new kinds of paid jobs in journalism. […]
Outgoing FT editor Barber: We reinvented the business model
Outgoing Financial Times editor Lionel Barber spoke to the Press Gazette’s Freddy Mayhew about his career. Mayhew writes, “‘I think we reinvented the business model,’ said Barber, who leaves the FT in January having spent 34 years with the title, including 14 as editor. “‘We went for subscription. We charged for content. We raised prices. We said we’re going […]
WSJ accelerates digital development, promotes Story to chief news strategist
Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Dear All: In recent years The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones have undertaken a number of important initiatives that have brought big changes and new talents to our newsroom, including the creation of the managing editor’s office, the revamped structure of […]
Tech journalist Segall starts production company
Tech journalist Laurie Segall is launching her own production company, Dot Dot Dot, with colleague Derek Dodge, a media executive who has held roles at MTV, Discovery and CNN, reports Brian Steinberg of Variety. Steinberg reports, “The company today debuts its first podcast, ‘First Contact,’ which is being distributed by iHeartMedia. “‘I think the new […]
How TechCrunch uses product perks to drive subscriptions
Max Willens of Digiday writes about how tech news site TechCrunch boosts its subscribers. Willens writes, “On Thursday, TechCrunch announced that annual Extra Crunch members, who pay $150 per year, could get two free months of Aircall, a cloud-based phone system that TechCrunch uses for customer service. The Aircall partnership is the fourth member perk TechCrunch […]
The strategy behind FT’s U.S. growth
Ken Doctor of Nieman Lab interviewed Financial Times CEO John Ridding about the company’s strategy, particularly in the United States. Here is an excerpt: DOCTOR: In the U.S., how would you describe your plan? How specifically is the Nikkei ownership helping you do things here in terms of that strategy that you couldn’t do before? RIDDING: There’s […]
The Economist tries to convert YouTube subscribers into paying members
The Economist has 1 million YouTube subscribers and is seeing signs that these videos are driving referral traffic back to its site, where it wants people to subscribe, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “The videos use YouTube features like end cards and links to drive people to The Economist, where they can read more […]
Fortune CEO Murray: The facts do matter
Media companies and consumers of news need to focus more on facts and less on opinion, said Fortune CEO Alan Murray in a speech on Friday. “We have to get back to the point where certain facts are accepted,” said Murray. “It’s more important to be right than to be first.” Murray spoke Friday at […]
How Forbes transformed itself into a digital brand
Jon Watkins of Fipp writes about how Forbes magazine transformed itself from a print brand into a digital brand. Watkins writes, “Forbes CEO Mike Federle says his organisation’s approach was similar. ‘Forbes has been really well documented as one of the first successful digital transformations,’ he says. ‘Over the past ten years, the declines in our […]
The Financial Times is launching a consulting firm
The Financial Times is launching a consulting firm featuring its data scientists and business insights, reports John McCarthy of The Drum. McCarthy reports, “FT chief data officer Tom Betts will lead the boutique consultancy by helping businesses democratize data across multiple departments, similarly to how news brands have to open up data across marketing, sales, […]
