Houston Business Journal seeks web producer
The Houston Business Journal is seeking a top-notch Web Producer who can help report and write breaking online news that can be used across multiple platforms, including print, mobile and social. The ideal candidate can quickly produce breaking news while maintaining accuracy and thoroughness. Alongside breaking news, the Web Producer is also responsible for creating […]
Bloomberg Businessweek is going behind a paywall
Bloomberg Businessweek is going behind a paywall as the financial news and information company looks to shift the magazine’s main source of support from its advertisers to its readers, reports Shannon Bond of The Financial Times. Bond writes, “Businessweek’s paywall will consist of two tiers. For $50-$60 a year, subscribers will get access to its website, the […]
Business Insider up to 20 million monthly visitors in Europe
Business Insider now has 20 million monthly unique visitors across its European websites and plans to launch another one in Spain later this year, the company disclosed Tuesday. Business Insider has seven localized European editions — United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Germany, Nordics, Poland, and Italy. Over the last two years, Business Insider has expanded across Europe beginning in 2014 with the launch of a […]
Tech reporter Thielman hired by Talking Points Memo
Sam Thielman, a tech reporter laid off earlier this spring at The Guardian, has been hired by TalkingPointsMemo.com. Editor and publisher Josh Marshall writes: Sam Thielman, most recently of The Guardian, is coming aboard as an investigative reporter to work on the new investigative desk. At the Guardian, Sam did a wide range of investigative […]
ACBJ launches Minne Inno to cover startup news
American City Business Journals launched Minne Inno, a digital publication that will cover the Twin Cities startup ecosystem, on Tuesday. Dirk DeYoung of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal writes, “That coverage will be led by journalist Maddy Kennedy, an Eden Prairie native who recently covered business for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Milwaukee Business Journal. She […]
Morning Consult seeks advertising/media reporter
Morning Consult is a digital media company covering policy and politics in Washington, on the campaign trail, and in the business community through daily email briefings, original polling, and enterprise reporting. Over 200,000 people open a Morning Consult email brief each week. Job Description: We are hiring a reporter to cover the business of advertising […]
WSJ’s traffic from Google drops 44 percent after it cuts free articles
The Wall Street Journal’s traffic from Google has fallen 44 percent after it stopped providing free articles through the Internet search engine, reports Gerry Smith of Bloomberg News. Smith writes, “The reason: Google search results are based on an algorithm that scans the internet for free content. After the Journal’s free articles went behind a paywall, Google’s bot […]
CNBC Digital has a record May
Jay Yarow, senior vice president and executive editor of CNBC Digital, sent out the following announcement on Friday afternoon: Congratulations to everyone on an excellent May. It was our best month ever, according to the daily Omniture report. Traffic was up 52% compared to last year. In addition to our success on CNBC.com, we had […]
Quartz’s Seward on what makes something Quartz-y
Zach Seward, senior vice president of product and executive editor at financial news site Quartz, was named a Digiday Changemaker and was interviewed by Max Willens. Here is an excerpt: A lot of the things Quartz has put out there feel very unified. They feel Quartz-y. What makes something Quartz-y? There’s some immutable values we have. […]
Gizmodo’s Narisetti explains how to have a diverse newsroom
Raju Narisetti is the chief executive officer of Gizmodo Media Group, which operates websites Gizmodo, Deadspin, Jezebel, Jalopnik, Kotaku and Lifehacker and is owned by the Univision. He was formerly senior vice president of strategy at News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com. Narisetti also held multiple administrative positions at […]
