How Shontell is moving the Fortune brand forward
Tiffany Chang of NYU’s Journalism Crossroads spoke with Fortune editor in chief Alyson Shontell about her job and why she took it. Here is an excerpt: It is so different running a media company now, more so than it ever has been before. Starting at Business Insider on the business side helped me become a better editor: just […]
WSJ editor Tucker’s note on America coverage changes
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Thursday: Dear All, Today we announced changes to how we cover news in the U.S. and how we write about the big subjects that grip America. As you know, ambitious and revelatory work is at the center of our reader-first strategy. To execute that […]
FT CEO: We should insist on payment from AI companies
Financial Times chief executive John Ridding told other news publishers they “have leverage and should insist on payment” from AI companies, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “His words for the industry at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Copenhagen came one month after the Financial Times became the first UK news publisher to announce […]
Bloomberg Media getting into the education business
Bloomberg Media is partnering with education provider Emeritus to launch Bloomberg Learning, a suite of online courses, reports Ray Schultz of Publishers Daily. Schultz reports, “The programming, featuring content from domain experts, will be four to six hours a week for six weeks. Participants will also receive a subscription to Bloomberg.com during their enrollment. “The first AI […]
WSJ’s Tucker talks shifting to an audience-first mentality
Brian Morrissey of The Rebooting spoke with Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker about how she’s trying to change the publication. Morrissey writes, “Some takeaways from our conversation: “Transitioning from a ‘print ethos.’ Print still gives publications heft, and I suspect that will become more valuable in a world filled with synthetic content, much of it […]
CNET is combining its ad business with Best Buy
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy and tech news site CNET are creating a new retail media model, reports Kathryn Lundstrom of Adweek. Lundstrom reports, “The electronics retailer and the publisher are combining their ad inventory, allowing advertisers to buy across Best Buy Ads’ retail media network and alongside CNET’s tech-review-focused editorial content and measure whether ads seen […]
Berke’s cannabis newsletter nearing 15,000 subscribers
Jeremy Berke, who left Business Insider in late 2022 to start his own daily newsletter, says “Cultivated Daily” is up to nearly 15,000 subscribers. Berke just announced a strategic partnership with Grown In to increase the subscriber base. “Right now, we are focused on growing the list as large as possible, so these are all […]
The strategy behind Sherwood news
Bron Maher of Press Gazette looks at Sherwood News and its strategy. Maher writes, “Robinhood’s core service is an app that allows users to easily trade stocks, something which brought it to wider attention during the retail trading boom of the early Covid era and the widely-publicised growth in meme stocks. “And although Sherwood News is written […]
Yahoo Finance rolls out premium offerings, new content
Yahoo Finance, which has more unique visitors and page views than any other U.S. business news site, is launching a premium version and new content. The prices range from the Bronze Plan at $9.95 a month, a Silver Plan at $24.95 a month, to the Gold Plan at $49.95 a month. A 20% discount is […]
What kind of content will Sherwood News provide?
Sara Fischer of Axios examines Sherwood News, the news organization launched this week by retail trading company Robinhood. Fischer writes, “The new website is launching with original stories across several dedicated content sections, including markets, business, tech, crypto, power, world, personal finance and culture. “The editorial is produced by nearly two dozen veteran journalists, including former […]
