Fast Company shuts website after hack
Fast Company shut its website on Tuesday after it was hacked, reports Richard Lawler of The Verge. Lawler writes, “An article posted to Fast Company’s website before it disappeared included a message from ‘postpixel,’ describing at length how they were able to execute the attack and deriding attempts to secure the outlet’s publishing tools. The message claims they […]
BusinessDen.com seeks a commercial real estate reporter
BusinessDen.com, an online business news site covering Denver, seeks an experienced, energetic reporter to cover commercial real estate, our publication’s most important beat. You will scour public records and, critically, develop sources by building a network of developers, brokers and others in the industry. This position offers the chance to cover major deals in a major league […]
NerdWallet generates traffic (but not profits) by focusing its content
Jessica Tee Orika of Foundation writes about how personal finance site NerdWallet generates $84 million in traffic to its site every month — though her enthusiasm fails to account for the company’s poor financial performance on Wall Street. Orika writes, “NerdWallet clustered their content pieces around nine topics relevant to the searcher’s intent. Yeah, you heard […]
Crypto news site The Block rolls out token-based paywall
Cryptocurrency news site The Block is moving parts of its consumer paywall exclusively to a crypto token model, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “It becomes the first newsroom to launch a tokenized paywall within a new industry framework called the Access Protocol, which allows consumers to buy multiple media or creator subscriptions via a uniform […]
More than 100 million monthly visits to Dow Jones sites
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson made the following comments during the company earnings conference call about its Dow Jones business: Advertising at Dow Jones remained strong in the fourth quarter and was a significant contributor to the segment throughout the year. Total advertising at Dow Jones achieved year-over-year growth of 20% for the full year, […]
Firm working for Florida energy company controlled news site
Operatives working for Florida Power & Light gained control over a Tallahassee-based news website, making editorial decisions about its content – and allowing executives at the utility to influence coverage, report Annie Martin and Mario Alejandro Ariza of the Orlando Sentinel. Martin and Ariza report, “The site, which is published by Brian Burgess – who was previously the […]
San Antonio Biz Journal seeks a digital editor
The San Antonio Business Journal, a thriving and growing news organization in the country’s seventh-largest city, is looking for a full-time Digital Editor. The position is the gatekeeper for all digital content, working directly with a seasoned team of reporters to curate, edit and publish content on multiple platforms. The Digital Editor also reports and writes […]
Insider, Forbes and Reuters are top biz news sites in UK
Insider, Forbes and Reuters top the list of the UK’s most popular websites for business news, according to Press Gazette reporter Aisha Majid. Majid reports, “According to data compiled by Ipsos iris, The Insider Inc brand which includes the website businessinsider.com and general news side insider.com reached 4.6 million people over 15 in the UK […]
Fox Business website has strong May in minutes, views
FoxBusiness.com reported 158 million multiplatform views in May, up 17 percent, according to data from Comscore Media Matrix. Additionally, the business network delivered over 273 million multiplatform minutes, up 18 percent versus the prior year, and 22.9 million multiplatform unique visitors down 8 percent. In May 2021, the website had over 25 million multiplatform unique […]
Fox Business website has record multiplatform views in April
FoxBusiness.com earned its highest month in history in multiplatform views in April with 185 million, according to ComScore Media Matrix data. The website surpassing CNN Business for the first time in history in the category and posting a 91 percent increase over the prior year. Additionally, the business network website recorded over 305 million multiplatform […]
