Website covering emerging markets launched

Emerging Market Views, a website covering emerging markets, launched last week. The site is the creation of Dawn Kissi, a CNBC contributor whose journalism career began in the New York newsroom of ABC News. She has since reported on a range of topics from the United States, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In addition to […]

Tech site The Information to add new products

Technology site The Information plans to launch two new products — one for students and one for professional investors — in the next year. The student subscription will be offered at a 50 percent discount to its regular $399 subscription rate, said Jessica Lessin, the founder and editor in chief of the tech news site. […]

S&P Global seeks head of media/communication news

S&P Global Market Intelligence is looking for an experienced editor and manager to become our head of media & communications news, leading our global coverage of traditional media companies, such as TV networks, film studios and publishers; communications companies, including wireless and cable providers; as well as large technology and Internet media companies. What we […]

FT finds success with ad blocking experiment

The Financial Times found that almost 40 percent of readers whitelisted the site when asked to do so during a 30-day experiment to counter the use of ad blocking technology on FT.com. This result came despite the fact that readers were not prevented from accessing content. Whitelisted means they added the Financial Times to the […]

Politico seeks energy reporter

Politico is looking to expand its energy coverage and is seeking an aggressive reporter to cover the politics of oil, gas, fracking and energy infrastructure for subscribers and a broader audience. We are seeking versatile candidates with a proven ability to develop sources in Congress, the executive branch and private industry who can write quick, […]

Bloomberg Media revenue up 9 percent through three quarters

Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith sent the following out to the staff on Thursday: Dear Colleagues, Our books for Q3 recently closed and I’m happy to share with you that revenue is continuing to grow. Bloomberg Media’s total revenue year-to-date through September is up +8% compared to the same period last year. As I’ve said […]

What’s behind Business Insider’s British success

Ian Burrell of The Drum looks at Business Insider’s success in England, where it’s receiving more page views and visitors than traditional business news media. Burrell writes, “The reason it is thriving, Edwards believes, is that mainstream British business news coverage had fallen into a ‘traditional, ritualised’ approach, leaving a gaping opportunity for BI, which is […]

American Lawyer parent launches morning newsletter

ALM Media, the parent company of American Lawyer, has launched a morning newsletter called “Morning Minute.” The “Morning Minute” will be delivered every weekday between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. It is available for subscribers to ALM’s Law.com legal content portal, which includes contributions from across ALM’s legal publications. ALM content portals serving the consulting, […]

Barron’s goes after millennials with Barron’s Next

Barron’s is targeting millennial readers with its Barron’s Next product, reports Max Willens of Digiday. Willens writes, “Rather than reorient a publication that’s been around for nearly a century, Barron’s has rolled out a digital offshoot, Barron’s Next, which traffics in quick analysis, video, and a custom-built stock index it hopes will give millennials an easy way […]

MT Newswires seeks FDA/health care reporters and editors

A leading real time global markets financial news publisher is seeking energetic and experienced stock/equities news journalists and editors with experience covering the FDA and health care sector in particular. This is a telecommute position for EXPERIENCED HEALTHCARE / FDA SECTOR NEWS EDITORS & JOURNALISTS who have covered the financial markets in the US and/or […]