How the WSJ paywall determines how many free articles you get
John McCarthy of The Drum writes about The Wall Street Journal paywall that adapts to reader behavior and decides how many free articles you should get access to. McCarthy writes, “The adaptive paywall sits apart from the three largely established models: freemium where content is not born equal; metered, with its arbitrary free read figure; […]
MT Newswires is expanding its news offerings
MT Newswires, which provides news to consumers through brokers such as Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade, is expanding its offerings. The news service has recently added a top news front page that contains the top 10 to 20 stories of that day affecting global economies and commodities. It’s also been working to include more research along […]
Kauffman Foundation gives nearly $200,000 to Missouri Business Alert
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has given a grant of nearly $200,000 to Missouri Business Alert, a business news service run by the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. With the $190,700 grant, students working for Missouri Business Alert will travel more to report on underreported business and entrepreneurial stories. The grant will pay for […]
GrepBeat seeks a tech reporter in Raleigh-Durham area
GrepBeat is a new media property covering the tech startup community in Raleigh-Durham. We are seeking a full-time technology reporter to serve as its editorial lead. The purpose is to tell the stories of the small but mighty startups and their entrepreneurs in an engaging and colorful way — think of it as a mix […]
Digital subs are now 62% of all WSJ subs
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson made the following remarks during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday: Entitled digital paid subscribers at The [Wall Street] Journal were up 24%, so they’re now 62% of overall subs. We’re seeing a broad based interest in The Journal, obviously, it’s a business oriented publication, but also one with […]
Forbes seeks assistant editor for Women’s Digital Network
The Women@Forbes channel seeks an Assistant Editor. This person will work with Editors and Producers to recruit and manage a network of freelance contributors who write on a variety of topics, in addition to providing assistance on long-term projects. The job will also provide opportunities for writing and reporting. A strong social voice and passion for entrepreneurship a […]
Bloomberg’s paywall comes at “at time of strength”
Digiday’s Lucia Moses interviewed Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith about the decision announced last week to introduce a paywall on its website. Here is an excerpt: Other publishers have turned to paywalls because they see limits to ad revenue growth. Bloomberg LP already has a hugely profitable terminal business. So why have a paywall? The paywall is coming at a […]
Fortune.com unveils first redesign in four years
Andrew Nusca, the digital editor at Fortune.com, writes about the redesign — its first in four years — that was rolled out on Tuesday. Nusca writes, “In truth, our intrepid team of product managers, designers, and engineers have been rebuilding this website all along—you just may not have noticed. Over the years we’ve reworked many […]
Salmon: Why the Bloomberg paywall doesn’t make sense
Felix Salmon of Slate writes about why the newly installed paywall at Bloomberg.com doesn’t make any sense. Salmon writes, “By implementing a paywall, Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith can try to stop his unit from losing money by asking the broad world of internet consumers to pay $420 a year, or roughly 2 percent of the […]
Micklethwait explains changes to Bloomberg’s website
Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait posted on Wednesday about the redesign of Bloomberg.com and its new paywall. Micklethwait writes, “We’re launching a subscription business for Bloomberg Digital, with a redesigned website, a twice-daily regional newsletter and a host of other new features. And it deserves a brief explanation. “We have given Bloomberg.com a cleaner look and simplified our […]
