How The Economist has evolved its social media strategy
The Economist community editor Denise Law writes about how the magazine’s social media has evolved in the past two years. Law writes, “When we expanded the social media team in the summer of 2015, our short-term goal was to post more, catch up with rivals and remind the world that we exist. However, we ended up devoting […]
WSJ seeks assistant news editor for mobile products
The Wall Street Journal is looking to hire an assistant news editor for its mobile products. This central editing role is focused on building and maintaining the news experience for our mobile products. It entails curating the news that appears on mobile apps and website; quality control of content and its presentation; selecting, creating and […]
What do you want to know about digital journalism?
Linda Austin, project director for APME’s NewsTrain, is working to make training in digital journalism more accessible, and she needs your help. To serve time-starved journalists, she’s looking at delivering bite-size lessons in digital skills on smartphones. By June 27, you can assist her by answering this five-minute survey and sharing this link – bit.ly/digijsurvey […]
WSJ parent talking to Facebook about online content subscriptions
News Corp., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, is holding “very advanced” discussions with Facebook Inc. about subscriptions to its content online, reports Bloomberg News reporters Daniele Lepido and Tomasso Ebhardt. Lepido and Ebhardt write, “A deal to promote subscriptions via Facebook could be a boon to the newspaper and magazine industries. Publishers are relying […]
Bloomberg to launch product on Twitter in fourth quarter
David Blecken of Campaign Asia spoke with Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith about recent moves that the company has made. Here is an excerpt: Your partnership with Yahoo here marks the first time for you to feature Japanese-language video content. Please explain the thinking behind the move. In a number of national markets that we […]
Financial Times to launch more video verticals
The Financial Times plans to launch more video verticals later this year, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “Over the next few months, the FT will launch three more video verticals with their own channels and social presences, centering on data, disruption within industries such as health care and automation, and the rise of artificial intelligence. […]
Wall Street Journal kills its What’s News app
The Wall Street Journal is shutting down its What’s News digest app, reports Joseph Lichterman of Nieman Lab. Lichterman writes, “The Journal is currently in the process of revamping its main news app, and it plans to introduce features it developed for What’s News into the main app. “The What’s News app — named for the Journal’s […]
Financial Times posting stories on WhatsApp to gain new readers
The Financial Times has been broadcasting stories through WhatsApp for the past year as a way of reaching new readers, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “During that time it has honed its content strategy to push out more specific market-related stories, rather than general news, and has found that people who access the FT’s journalism through WhatsApp […]
Quartz reporter creates bot tracking hacking payments
Quartz tech reporter Keith Collins created a bot that users can follow on Twitter at @actual_ransom to see all the Bitcoin payments the WannaCry ransomware victims have sent in hopes to regain access to their files. The Twitter bot watches each of the three wallets and tweets every time they receive new payments. Collins also created a […]
Bloomberg Media redesigns Apple TV app with focus on data
Sahil Patel of Digiday looks at how Bloomberg Media has redesigned Apple TV with a focus on data. Willens writes, “For instance, if users are watching the live TV feed and Elon Musk appears on the screen, information about the tech CEO and his businesses will surface there as well. A similar capability is also available […]
