FT creates dashboard to determine when old stories have traction
The Financial Times has developed a new dashboard that allows journalists to identify which stories from the archive are popular with readers again, and re-promote them on social media, reports Mădălina Ciobanu of Journalism.co.uk. Ciobanu writes, “The dashboard launched in August and has been rolled out to the FT’s global social media teams in the […]
Reuters TV has ads aimed at young professionals
Reuters TV, an app on your phone, has released four new promotional spots aimed at young professionals who want to stay informed, but the ads won’t air on traditional television, reports Sami Main of Adweek. Main writes, “The ads hinge on convincing potential viewers to keep up with their more informed friends, the ones who know […]
Quartz seeks an app writer
Quartz is looking for an experienced journalist to work on the ground-breaking, award-winning Quartz for iPhone app and the Quartz for Android app as a writer and editor. The successful candidate will relish the challenge of covering major global news stories in real time, and writing about them with voice and verve. This journalist will […]
Forbes to launch four new podcasts
Forbes announced Thursday that it plans to launch four new podcasts in the next two months. The new programs — “The Forbes Interview,” “Forbes Under 30,” “Forbes Lists” and “Forbes Sports Money” — will be available on PodcastOne.com, the PodcastOne app and iTunes. “We’re excited to build on our successful partnership with PodcastOne, and launch […]
Reuters TV streaming service hits 1 million users
The Reuters TV video streaming service now has 1 million monthly users, reports Sahil Patel of Digiday. Patel writes, “Only a fraction of the users still pay $2 for the service, with most preferring the free, ad-supported product, said Reuters TV managing director Isaac Showman. And as much as the change helped get Reuters TV content in […]
How the WSJ is increasing readership via push notifications
Joseph Lichterman of the Nieman Lab writes about how The Wall Street Journal has increased readership via changes in its push notification system. Lichterman writes, “To improve its understanding of those alerts, the paper started using a new weighted open rate — one that discounts devices that hadn’t opened the Journal’s app in more than two […]
What’s behind Forbes plan for new delivery formats
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about the business magazine’s plans to expand into new delivery formats. Dvorkin writes, “In a related first, we released a batch of VR videos (360 videos on mobile devices, full VR experiences with goggles) shot at the FORBES 30 Under 30 Summit in Boston last October. […]
Forbes posting content on social network ahead of its own site
Forbes is using Snapchat to reveal part of its “30 under 30” list of influential entrepreneurs, marking the first time the publisher is releasing content on a social network ahead of its own property, reports Lucia Moses of Digiday. Moses writes, “Yesterday Forbes published about half the 30 names, including Margot Robbie, Simone Biles and Von Miller, on […]
CNBC puts biz news on Google Assistant
Business news from CNBC is now available on Google Assistant, reports Jeff Baumgartner of Multichannel News. Baumgartner writes, “To fuel the feature, the business net has debuted @CNBC, a ‘Conversation Action’ for Google Assistant that lets viewers get information about the markets and shows that are running on CNBC. Per the FAQ, It’s free to all U.S. […]
What’s behind Bloomberg Media’s new mobile app
Scott Havens, Bloomberg Media’s global head of digital, and Jed Sandberg, executive editor for Bloomberg Digital, sent out the following message to employees about its new mobile app: Today marks the launch of our new consumer mobile app experience and more importantly, an increasingly critical component of our future digital growth. We believe that native […]
