Banking Times acquires The New Fiver
Banking Times has acquired the domain name “The New Fiver” for an undisclosed amount, aiming to expand its online presence for personal finance news. The site will feature updates on market trends, economic policies, and financial regulations, insights from leading financial analysts and industry experts, and a strong focus on personal finance and retirement planning. […]
Reuters rises, TheStreet falls in September
Reuters rose to the No. 5 business news site in September as measured by unique visitors, according to data released Wednesday from ComScore. The financial news site reported a 20% increase in unique visitors to 32.9 million in the month. It jumped over MSN Money, which has a 3% increase in unique visitors to 28.9 […]
HousingWire unveils new website
Real estate news service HousingWire.com has launched a redesigned website. The site has implemented a “full picture” strategy that incorporates news, data, multimedia and research under one roof. The homepage features data visualizations from partners such as Altos Research and Polly. Additional data partnerships and activations are currently in development. The site also integrates multimedia such […]
Reuters to start charging for website
Reuters plans to begin charging for its website, reports Alexandra Bruell of The Wall Street Journal. Bruell reports, “The global news organization will start charging readers who come directly to its news site and apps. The subscription, which will cost $1 a week, will be launched this month in Canada and roll out in the U.S. and […]
How Forbes dominates Google search results
Lars Lofgren of Stone Press examines how Forbes dominates Google search results through Forbes Marketplace. Lofgren writes, “Forbes has stated that Forbes Marketplace earned $22 million in revenue from Jan 2021 to Sep 2021. Multiplying by a third gives us an estimate of $29 million for all of 2021. Again, traffic was on a huge […]
TheStreet enters top 10 of biz news sites
TheStreet.com reported a 49 percent increase in unique visitors in August, jumping into the top 10 of business news sites, according to data from ComScore. The financial news site had 18.6 million unique visitors, up from 12.5 million in July. It passed Fortune, which had an 11 percent increase in unique visitors in August, and […]
Bloomberg climbs in biz news site rankings
Bloomberg’s website climbed two spots in the rankings of business news sites in July due to a 21 percent increase in unique visitors, while Fortune magazine dropped out of the top 10, according to the latest statistics from Comscore. Bloomberg is now No. 6, with 27.8 million unique visitors in July, up from 22.9 million […]
Bloomberg Media hits 540,000 subscribers
Bloomberg Media now has 540,000 subscriptions to its website, up from 500,000 six months ago, reports Dominic Ponsford of Press Gazette. Ponsford reports, “Beizer said 30% of Bloomberg’s traffic comes direct to the homepage, making this an important area of development for the title. “Beizer said this was a key strength of the site, as was the fact that […]
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 […]
Ad agency execs express concerns about Forbes
Advertising agencies are expressing concern about doing business with Forbes after it was disclosed that it operated a subdomain for years, reports Kayleigh Barber of Digiday. Barber reports, “Early findings showed 20% of Ebiquity’s client budgets spent on Forbes inventory went to the subdomain, according to chief strategy officer Ruben Schreurs, but he added that he cannot […]
