International Biz Times sites used code to commit ad fraud
Three International Business Times websites have been running malicious code that experts say is used to commit ad fraud, reports Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed. Silverman reports, “Newsweek Media Group issued a press release Tuesday afternoon that said the company ‘has been alerted to a piece of potential code that disrupted ad tracking and ad viewability. This piece […]
TheStreet beats on earnings, misses on revenue
Financial news company TheStreet.com reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations due to lower costs, but it also reported revenue that was shy of analyst estimates. The New York-based company reported net income of $3.2 million, or 58 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, compared to a loss of $11.6 million, or 33 […]
Website covering Calgary business has launched
Calgary’s Business, a new website covering business news in and around the Canadian city, has launched. It’s a product of Troy Media, an editorial content provider to over 1,800 print and online media outlets in Canada. Founded in 2005, Troy Media provides stories and analytical columns. Traditional media outlets, as well as websites, use or […]
Online business magazine launches near Nashville
An online business magazine near Nashville, Tennessee, is being started by Home Page Media Group. Kelly Gilfillan of Brentwood Home Page writes, “Business Williamson will spread the news about Williamson County business and industry, with emphasis on Healthcare, Technology, Real Estate and Finance sectors. “Staff and freelance journalists have responded enthusiastically to create this new […]
Institutional Investor scraps print and will become digital only
Institutional Investor announced Thursday that it is scrapping its print edition and will move to an all-digital content platform on April 1. Fred Lambert and Maneet Ahuja of CNBC.com report, “‘We just felt like it was the right time for II to move out of print,’ Chairman and CEO Diane Alfano said in a phone […]
How problems at International Biz Times hurt Newsweek
Will Oremus of Slate writes about the recent problems at Newsweek and notes that they were exacerbated by issues at sister publication International Business Times. Oremus writes, “But multiple sources I spoke to with knowledge of Newsweek’s editorial strategy traced the magazine’s upheaval to a different, and perhaps surprising, source: a crisis at its sister publications, […]
Tech site Atlanta Inno has launched
Atlanta Inno, a digital media and events company focused on local innovation, launched this week as part of a network of sites owned by American City Business Journals. A story on the Atlanta Business Chronicle states, “Like the Chronicle, Inno sits under the American City Business Journals umbrella but focuses its coverage and connecting the people, companies, […]
Business Insider’s site in South Africa has launched
The South African edition of Business Insider went live on Friday Business Insider South Africa has been launched in partnership with Media24. Editor Helena Wasserman has more than 20 years’ experience on some of the country’s leading business titles, including Finweek, Fin24 and Sake24. Her associate editor Phillip de Wet was previously with Mail & Guardian, and is […]
How the WSJ paywall bends to each reader
Shan Wang of Nieman Journalism Lab writes about how The Wall Street Journal paywall has been tweaked to bend to each individual reader. Wang writes, “For the past couple of years, the Journal — home to one of journalism’s oldest paywalls — has been testing different ways to allow non-subscribers to sample its stories — refining a subscription prediction […]
FitSmallBusiness.com, boosted by growth, hires chief content officer
FitSmallBusiness.com, which covers news for small business owners, has hired former ABC News executive Eric Noe as is chief content officer, a new position. FitSmallBusiness was founded four years ago by David Waring and Marc Prosser and now has a staff of 60 full-time employees. “Marc and David have built FitSmallBusiness.com into an essential resource for small business owners seeking news and information […]
