How Bloomberg keeps up with the information people want
Shawn Edwards, the chief technology officer of Bloomberg LP, spoke with Rich Freeman of the CIO Agenda about his job and how the increasing speed of information impacts his job. Here is an excerpt: Q: How are mobility and social media changing how you deliver information? A: We were actually the first one on the […]
Designers, coders and developers to join WSJ newsroom
Wall Street Journal managing editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement to the staff on Friday: I’m delighted to announce a significant new milestone on our way to creating the world’s leading digital news organization: Starting next month, a team of web designers, mobile coders and digital developers will join the newsroom and begin […]
Bloomberg to launch Apple Watch app
Bloomberg announced Wednesday that it will have an app for the upcoming Apple Watch. The app will deliver headlines in the form of The Brief, providing access to critical news curated by Bloomberg Business editors. Headlines are updated based on motion detection so every time users move their wrist to look at the watch, the information […]
WSJ seeks senior video reporter
The WSJ senior video teporter is responsible for reporting, writing and hosting studio news programming, on-camera field reporting and video packaging. Skill set should include: impeccable journalistic instincts and integrity ability to quickly identify, comprehend and explain news stories strong news writing skills and writing for broadcast video demonstrable experience in front of the camera […]
CNBC adds TV Everywhere to app
CNBC has added the TV Everywhere technology to its Android application. The new version of the app delivers easier access to both live and on-demand network programming along with market data and its business news coverage. In the past year, CNBC has seen video consumption on its Android app grow by more than 20 percent. […]
Economist launches film unit to produce video content
The Economist Group announced Monday the launch of Economist Films, which will work with Economist journalists to produce original video content. Eric Blattberg of Digiday writes, “The department is still staffing up, but Economist Films president Nicholas Minter-Green plans to build out a central team of filmmakers and producers who will create regular video programming […]
Coverage: TV wars
As more viewers are cutting ties with cable and moving to streaming television and movies, companies are scrambling to capture their attention (and the associated ad dollars.) There were several content deals recently, and taken all together they show an industry in flux. The first story is about mighty Apple, which just seems to win […]
Forbes buys photo sharing application
Forbes Media announced Monday the acquisition of the private photo sharing app Camerama. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Effective immediately, the founder of Camerama, Salah Akram Zalatimo, will join the company as vice president of mobile products, reporting to Forbes Media chief product officer Lewis Dvorkin. Zalatimo will assume the responsibility of […]
CNBC boosting original digital video
Todd Spangler of Variety writes about how CNBC is boosting its original digital video lineup, as the financial news channel looks to grow its Internet-video audience and capture more bucks from video advertising. Spangler writes, “The NBCUniversal network has about 20 staffers dedicated to digital-video production. In January, CNBC hit 24 million views from about […]
CNBC experiments with Meerkat
Business news network CNBC experimented with the Meerkat broadcasting application on Tuesday, reports Todd Spangler of Variety. Spangler writes, “The biz-news channel used Meerkat Tuesday morning to webcast Jim Cramer’s ringing of the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate ‘Mad Money’s” 10th anniversary. “The Meerkat app lets users broadcast live-streams, with notifications […]
