Bloomberg Media bets on apps as magazines of the future
Sahil Patel of Digiday writes about Bloomberg Media’s strategy to use mobile phone applications to fuel growth. Patel writes, “Starting with its redesigned flagship mobile app, Bloomberg plans to launch several new apps in the coming year with a focus on delivering personalized content to users in a more seamless and controllable fashion than what’s currently […]
Reuters uses an algorithm to spot breaking news on Twitter
Ricardo Bilton of the Nieman Lab reports that Reuters has created an algorithm to help it spot and verify breaking news on Twitter. Bilton writes, “Once the tool identifies what it thinks are emerging stories, it clusters relevant tweets into events, generating information, and metadata about what that story might be about. Tweets that mention ‘explosions’ […]
How Quartz is tinkering with new technology
Shan Wang of the Nieman Lab writes about the Quartz Bot Studio, which the financial news site is using to develop new bots for messaging platforms such as Slack and voice interfaces such as Amazon Echo or Google Home. Wang writes, “Quartz has already made significant headway in bot experimentation. In February, it debuted a […]
Forbes experiments with Snapchat-like format
Forbes has been experimenting with digital “cards,” which are highly visual, mobile-centric content templates designed for people to flip through using their thumbs on their phones — much the way people tap and swipe through Snapchat Stories — reports Mike Shields of The Wall Street Journal. Shields writes, “Forbes has been testing the card treatment — which often includes […]
Quartz’s “Flash Briefing” now available on Amazon Echo
Quartz’s daily email is now available to be heard on Amazon Echo. Consumers who use Amazon Echo and its voice-activated Alexa service can enable Quartz’s daily Flash Briefing in the Alexa app by accessing the Flash Briefing menu under settings. After enabling the settings, customers simply ask, “Alexa, give me my Flash Briefing” to hear […]
How Reuters uses new technology to tell stories
Mădălina Ciobanu of Journalism.co.uk writes about how Reuters is using new technology to tell stories for its clients. Ciobanu writes, “The large availability of raw financial information has changed readers’ demands and expectations from financial reporting, she explained. “Reuters has developed a suite of tools internally, to automate the process of gathering news and data […]
WSJ launches virtual reality app
The Wall Street Journal launched Thursday the WSJ virtual reality app on Daydream. Viewers will experience the Journal’s journalism on Google’s Daydream platform. They can step inside a virtual room specially designed for the app and stay informed with breaking news, follow the markets with a live markets data visualization and immerse themselves in compelling […]
The Economist renews focus on LinkedIn
Lucinda Southern of Digiday writes about how The Economist is renewing its focus on gaining more readers through LinkedIn after not receiving any traction via Pinterest. Southern writes, “The Economist’s approach to social media is, according to the publisher, to promote quality over quantity. It’s taken that mission to LinkedIn, which it uses for brand awareness […]
CNBC content now available on Amazon’s Alexa service
CNBC announced Friday that its content is now available on Amazon’s Alexa voice service. Users with an Alexa-enabled device such as an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot can just ask questions such as “Alexa, ask CNBC for the latest news” or “Alexa, ask CNBC how the markets are doing.” CNBC’s service will include quotes for stocks, indexes, commodities, and futures, […]
Yahoo Finance app adds watchlists
Michael LaGuardia, senior director of product management at Yahoo, writes about the new watchlists available on the Yahoo Finance app. LaGuardia writes, “Users have long been able to create their own personalized watchlists on Yahoo Finance as a way to keep track of the companies they care about. Today, we’re taking that concept one step […]
