Business Insider will start selling ads across its European sites
Business Insider is allowing advertisers to buy its inventory programmatically across all its European editions, reports Jessica Davies of Digiday. Davies writes, “The Axel Springer-owned publisher has expanded aggressively in Europe over the last few years, with its biggest presence in the U.K. Like many big U.S. publishers, it has expanded into Europe via partnerships […]
What’s behind the strategy at ROI-NJ
ROI-NJ editor and chief content officer Tom Bergeron, who helped found the New Jersey business news operation last year, talked about its start with East Main Media podcast host Brian Brodeur. ROI-NJ has a print publication and a website, as well as a social media presence. “At our heart, we cover business in the world of New […]
Newmark funds tech news site to the tune of $20 million
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has given $20 million to a news site started by former ProPublica reporter Julia Angwin — a Pulitzer Prize winner at The Wall Street Journal — to investigate big tech companies, reports Nellie Bowles of The New York Times. Bowles writes, “By partnering with programmers and data scientists, Ms. Angwin pioneered the work of studying […]
Law360 staff still without contract; union commits money
The executive committee of The NewsGuild of New York — the union that represents nearly 3,000 media and research professionals working in the New York City metro area — committed up to $250,000 to its ongoing contract campaign at Law360, the LexisNexis’-owned legal new site. During the meeting Law360 unit chair Juan Carlos Rodriguez motioned […]
TechCrunch seeks a senior writer/editor in San Francisco
TechCrunch is looking for a Senior Writer/Editor (news/business) who can work with a team of editors and writers to cover the growing startup ecosystem and the larger tech industry. TechCrunch’s mission is to tell the stories behind the stories. As a senior writer, you will contribute your voice and leadership skills to this mission. You’ll […]
Former WSJ/CNBC reporter launches CorpGov.com
A former Wall Street Journal and CNBC reporter launched Thursday a website called CorpGov.com, which is covering corporate governance news and issues. CorpGov will tackle governance matters ranging from activism to compensation to M&A, and it will have interviews with chief executive officers. It’s the second site for John Jannarone, the editor and founder of Capital […]
Bloomberg Media saw digital ad revenue up 13 percent in first half of 2018
Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith sent out the following note about its first-half performance to the staff on Tuesday: Dear Colleagues, We are in the middle of a pivotal and exciting year for Bloomberg Media Group as many of the initiatives we have been quietly building over the past few years are coming to life […]
MedCity News hires SF Biz Times’ Truong
Kevin Truong has been hired as a reporter covering digital health and payer and employer innovation in health care for MedCity News. Truong says he will be writing about solutions to skyrocketing costs and will also be trying to build out multimedia content platforms for the site. MedCity News is a website that covers health care […]
Entertainment biz site The Wrap is adding a subscription product
The Wrap, journalist Sharon Waxman’s nine-year-old entertainment business news site, is building a subscription product by buying a subscription site, reports Peter Kafka of Recode. Kafka writes, “The Wrap has acquired VideoInk, a niche pub covering the ins and outs of digital media, and the digital video business in particular. VideoInk, which currently sells subscriptions for $30 per month, […]
Q&A: How Callaway has turned around TheStreet.com
David Callaway is the chief executive officer of TheStreet.com, a financial news company launched in the 1990s. He joined TheStreet in 2016 after the company had experienced years of losses and increased competition for readers of news about the stock market and investing. In the past two years, Callaway has overhauled its operations, laying off […]
