How Forbes is consolidating revenue streams

Kayleigh Barber of Digiday writes about how Forbes is consolidating some of its revenue streams to create a high value audience. Barber writes, “Forbes began its internal restructuring process at the end of 2022, when several revenue teams were moved under the leadership of chief product officer Nina Gould. “Now overseeing everything from product development and […]

Biz journalist Bel Bruno launches The Intersect

Longtime business journalist Joe Bel Bruno has launched The Intersect, which covers how the entertainment industry and Wall Street collide. Bel Bruno had most recently been at The Wrap as an editor at large. “I started The Intersect because there’s no real independent source of news that’s looking out for investors who sink cash into entertainment stocks,” […]

The success of Charlotte Ledger, a local business newsletter

Tony Mecia, the founder of The Charlotte Ledger, writes about its success on its fourth anniversary. Mecia writes, “Still, in looking at the numbers, I thought it should be possible to build a subscription local media business. There are more than 850,000 adults in Mecklenburg County. It didn’t seem that far-fetched to think that The […]

Globe and Mail strikes deal for mining and ag content

The (Toronto) Globe and Mail has struck a partnership with Glacier Media, which operates a group of specialty publications in western Canada, to provide it with mining, metals and agriculture content. Glacier Media’s publications include Business in Vancouver, the Canadian Mining Journal, Grainews and Diamonds in Canada. “The new publishing alliance with Glacier Media further […]

Bloomberg Media strikes collaboration in Indonesia

PT Berita Mediatama Indonesia and Bloomberg Media have struck a collaboration deal in Indonesia that will include the website Bloomberg Technoz and Bloomberg Businessweek Indonesia. Bloomberg Technoz launched on Thursday and includes content in the Bahasa Indonesia language News consumers based in Indonesia will also have greater access to Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg’s video content, […]

The Information launches pro service

The Information founder Jessica Lessin announced Wednesday that it’s launched a new subscription called Information Pro that features expanded organizational charts, brand-new databases based on reporting, a new survey product and a specialized weekly newsletter. A subscription to The Information is $399 a year. The Pro service is an additional $100 a year. Lessin writes, “When I […]

Why the FT created a fiction film

Bron Maher of Press Gazette reports on why the Financial Times developed and produced a 15-minute fiction film about child safety online. Maher reports, “One of Riddell’s projects at the FT has been ‘FT Standpoint,’ a series of genre-spanning documentaries produced by pairing the paper’s journalists with artists. Capture’s writer, playwright Nina Segal, said after the […]

How Skift survived and thrived during the pandemic

Peter Bale of the International News Media Association writes about travel industry site Skift and how it survived and thrived during the pandemic. Bale writes, “[Rafat] Ali and his co-founder Jason Clampet moved fast, firing more than a third of staff (many of whom had only been hired relatively recently and were part of an ambitious […]

Hollywood Reporter launching Japan edition

Penske Media Corp. has partnered with digital media company Hersey Shiga Global in a multiyear license deal to launch The Hollywood Reporter Japan. A Hollywood Reporter story states, “The Japanese-language entertainment publication goes live this month. Content on The Hollywood Reporter Japan will include significant entertainment industry news translated from The Hollywood Reporter‘s flagship website, THR.com, as well […]

The battle inside tech news site CNET

Mia Sato and James Vincent of The Verge examine tech news site CNET given the recent disclosure it was using artificial intelligence to write some of its content. Sato and Vincent write, “Internally, there has been unease among CNET staff at their corporate owners’ use of artificial intelligence — though staff was assured the current test […]