The Quartz Brief app is being shut down
Quartz Brief, the award-winning news mobile app, is being put out to pasture so the digital news publisher can focus more on a newer one launched in the fall, reports Max Willens of Digiday. Willens reports, “Digiday has learned that Quartz plans to shut down the Quartz Brief, the chatbot-style mobile app launched to great acclaim in […]
WSJ. Magazine launches on Apple News+
Kristina O’Neill, editor in chief of WSJ. Magazine, sent out the following announcement on Friday: All, We’re thrilled to announce the launch of WSJ. Magazine on Apple News+ with our June/July issue, which went live overnight. We hope you’ll check it out from your iOS device—https://apple.news/IkXeP_ysFQOCNWZuyRGQWaQ—and follow the new channel to receive notifications about new […]
WSJ rolls out a new iPad app
Lydia Serota, the mobile editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Thursday to the staff: We’ve rolled out an exciting update to our iPad app that incorporates the best of our iPhone curation and design. We expect this new look, featuring better visuals and story layouts, to improve the WSJ […]
WSJ strikes video, live events partnership deal with Twitter
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following announcement on Monday to the staff: Dear All, We’re delighted to announce that this evening we will formally be announcing a new partnership with Twitter that will expand our video and live events programming on the Journal’s largest social platform: WSJ What’s Now is […]
The WSJ is adding more news to its apps
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following to the staff: Dear All: This week we’ve added more news — and thus more depth — to our WSJ apps by incorporating stories from Dow Jones Newswires. You’ll now see a mix of articles from wsj.com and newswires in the Business & Tech, Markets […]
Forbes creates video-streaming platform for entrepreneurs
Forbes has created an over-the-top streaming video platform for entrepreneurs, reports Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily. Guaglione writes, “Called Forbes8, the platform features more than 2,000 pieces of content. It aims to serve as a resource for entrepreneurs, like a Netflix for budding business people. Forbes8 costs $8.99 a month in the U.S. “Forbes calls it a ‘purpose-built […]
Bloomberg TicToc wants to be the news publisher you trust
Jean Ellen Cowgill, general manager of TicToc by Bloomberg and global head of digital strategy and business development for Bloomberg Media, spoke at SXSW Interactive about TicToc’s strategy. Here are some excerpts: On the success of TicToc by Bloomberg as a new format: “We launched TicToc, which is intended to reach a new audience, a […]
What makes a good personal finance podcast
Personal finance news operation The Motley Fool, celebrating the 10th anniversary of its first podcast, plans to launch an international-focused podcast later this spring. It will be Motley Fool’s second international podcast, after one in Australia, said Chris Hill, who hosts “Market Fool Money” and “MarketFoolery” and oversees The Motley Fool’s audio programming, including podcasts, radio, […]
Try Talking Biz News on your phone
Talking Biz News is now available on your smartphone with an app. The app is free to download. The app includes features not available on the website, such as push notifications and personalizing the home page so that it only shows news about specific business news organizations or topics such as economics reporting, job changes […]
Bloomberg’s TicToc is going into New York cabs and airports
Bloomberg’s TicToc is now available in New York taxis and Bloomberg has signed a deal with Reach TV to bring TicToc content to 500 screens in 30 airports across America, reports Ian Burrell of The Drum. Burrell writes, “‘Ultimately what we want to do is create a news brand that people trust and that they […]
