Why The Information is successful at charging for tech news
Farhad Manjoo of The New York Times explores why five-year-old tech news site The Information is successful at charging for its content. Manjoo writes, “Consider Ms. Lessin’s plan for The Information, the tech news service she started in 2013 after spending eight years at The Wall Street Journal. Back then, online subscriptions seemed antiquated; many companies […]
What “digital first” means to a business journal publisher
Ian Anderson, the new publisher of the Tampa Bay Business Journal, talked with Business Journal editor Alexis Muellner about his plans. Here is an excerpt: What is your approach to the evolving digital media environment? Having a digital-first mindset should be as natural as breathing for any news shop today. At this point, it needs to be innate, […]
Business Insider revenue grew 45 percent in 2017
Business Insider editorial director and founder Henry Blodget sent out the following announcement on Friday: Team, Great to see so many of you this week at the All-Hands. Congratulations again on our amazing 2017. This note recaps some of what we covered in the meeting and goes into a bit more depth. Last year was one of […]
Wired launching new sections, including long form, behind paywall
Wired magazine’s website has launched three new sections that will only be available with a subscription. A story on its website states, “To that end, we want to announce three new programs we’re launching with the paywall. First, we’re happy to introduce the all-new Backchannel — a home for our most ambitious digital long-form journalism. […]
International Biz Times has been buying online traffic
The International Business Times has been engaging in fraudulent online traffic practices that helped it secure a major ad buy from a U.S. government agency, reports Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed. Silverman reports, “IBTimes.com, the publisher’s US business site, last year won a significant portion of a large video and display advertising campaign for the Consumer […]
Wired’s paywall has begun
Eric Johnson of Recode writes about how Wired magazine’s paywall has begun. Johnson writes, “‘You can read whatever you want, but if you read five stories in a month, we ask you to please pay us,’ Wired Editor in Chief Nick Thompson said on the latest episode of Recode Media with Peter Kafka. “Once Wired […]
Crain’s New York Business seeks digital editor
This is an ideal job for an experienced, digitally savvy journalist who has strong news judgment, first-read and line editing prowess and a knack for optimizing editorial content for digital consumption. A successful candidate will thrive while working with fellow editors and reporters to produce top quality breaking news stories and analysis and manage digital […]
The Wrap seeks a business reporter
Leading Hollywood industry news website TheWrap has an opening for a reporter with an emphasis on film for its Los Angeles newsroom. We are looking for an energetic, digitally savvy reporter who is passionate about the business of film and knowledgeable about (and ideally has contacts in) the world of Wall Street and financing. The […]
How American Lawyer’s parent has undergone a digital transformation
Jay Kirsch was named president of media on October 31, 2016, at ALM, a media company that publishes business and legal publications. Kirsch is responsible for developing and leading the strategy for all of ALM’s media brands. Kirsch has a background in digital media, sales, technology, and scaling digital operations of media businesses. He previously worked with companies […]
Investopedia finds a second revenue stream
Max Willens of Digiday writes about how personal finance site Investopedia is generating revenue through online video classes. Willens writes, “After publishing just nine courses through the second half of 2017, Investopedia will publish two or three new courses per month this year, and it expects to grow the total number of employees working on […]
