Fox Business website sees strong May results
FoxBusiness.com saw strong growth in May, seeing the largest growth among business news sites, according to Comscore. It secured over 25 million multiplatform unique visitors and drove 135 million multiplatform views in May. The business network also totaled 231 million multiplatform minutes in May and for the eighth consecutive month surpassed Forbes.com in multiplatform minutes. […]
Money has revamped its website
Mike Ayers, the executive editor of Money magazine, writes about its overhauled website. Ayers writes, “This aesthetic design choice was also implemented into the article page layout, where readers are greeted with magazine-style drop caps at the beginning of each article, and a clutter-free column that delivers the information people want, without distraction. “As readers […]
VC firm launches its tech news site, Future
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz launched Tuesday a tech news site called Future, reports Dan Primack of Axios. Primack reports, “The site is expected to provide what a firm spokesperson calls an ‘optimistic’ view of technology, in contrast to what it believes is excessively negative coverage in the traditional tech media. It plans to shy away from […]
New homepage for The Economist launches
The Economist has launched a new homepage this week. More than 40 percent of subscriber visits to its website start with the homepage. A big goal of the redesign is higher subscriber engagement and retention. “This was a top-priority project for us because we know how important our homepage is to our subscribers as well […]
Reuters postpones website paywall
Reuters News postponed the launch of its website paywall following a dispute with financial data provider Refinitiv over whether the move would breach a news supply agreement between the two companies, reports Kenneth Li of Reuters. Li reports, “Reuters, a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp, had been planning to start charging for news on Reuters.com from June […]
The Business of Business seeks a writer
The Business of Business, the media arm of Thinknum, is hiring a writer to join its growing team. Here’s what we’re looking for: A demonstrated passion for the world of business Did you study finance in college? Run a lemonade stand as a kid? Get a part time job without your parents telling you to? […]
Why Rest of World covers tech news globally
Anup Kaphle, the executive editor of technology publication Rest of World, writes about why it takes a global perspective. Kaphle writes, “At Rest of World, we use technology as a lens to push readers out of their usual bubbles. Our stories — whether they’re about a grocery app in Turkey taking on the centuries-old practice of making […]
Canadian biz news site company expanding to Saskatchewan
A Canadian company that runs three business news websites in the eastern part of the company is opening a fourth site in Saskatchewan. AllSaskatchewan.com will mirror the sites alllNovaScotia, allNewfoundlandLabrador and allNewBrunswick, which have more than 13,000 subscribers and a hard paywall. The company allAtlanticCanada is owned by its employees. The Nova Scotia site has […]
How the WSJ is pushing for more subscribers
Sara Guaglione of Digiday writes about The Wall Street Journal’s latest push for more subscribers. Guaglione writes, “As part of its brand push, the WSJ is planning to hold an ‘open house’ on May 20 in which it will drop the paywall on its site to let all content be accessible for free for the day, […]
WSJ.com turns 25, shows legacy of innovation
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Dear All: Today marks a significant date in the history of The Wall Street Journal. On April 29, 1996, what was then called The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition officially debuted to serve the hearty pioneers who were […]
