Forbes seeing strong mobile growth
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer of Forbes, writes about the three opportunities facing publications these days, and reports about the business magazine’s strong mobile growth. Dvorkin writes, “In August 2012, mobile traffic to Forbes.com represented 25% of total visits. Last month, it was 35.5%. In each case, smartphone visits were more less double tablet visits. Mobile […]
Bloomberg’s online video success
Josh Sternberg of Digiday.com writes about the online video efforts at Bloomberg News. Sternberg writes, “In July, Bloomberg had its best month ever in terms of global unique visitors and streams, even outpacing competitor Dow Jones. According to comScore, Bloomberg saw 5.2 million global uniques (2 million in the U.S) and 27.4 million global video […]
Wired’s new digital format is revolutionary
Wired magazine’s September issue is an immersive digital experience that mashes up text, imagery, animation and video to retell a print magazine story, reports Caysey Welton of Folio. Welton writes, “This is WIRED’s second piece of experimental content that optimizes HTML5 capabilities. The first instance occurred when the publication revealed a sneak peak at the […]
TheStreet.com beefs up its video team
TheStreet.com announced Wednesday some new additions and appointments to the video team, which is led by Ruben Ramirez. Mark Sugarman has joined as video creative director, while Sophie Bearman and Jeremy Jennings have joined as associate producers. Daniel Lebo has been appointed to a new role as video optimization manager. The team is responsible for […]
Assessing the new Bloomberg media CEO’s plans
Tom Foremski of ZDNet.com writes Tuesday about the plans of Justin Smith, the new CEO of Bloomberg Media Group, to expand the company’s media business. Foremski writes, “Also, will his forays into new media models be something that others can follow? This is unlikely since Bloomberg’s media business model is still tied to its lucrative […]
Bloomberg’s four-screen strategy
Malcolm Fried, head of Bloomberg TV in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, writes about how video is transforming traditional media and how Bloomberg’s four-screen strategy is moving the company ahead in the Sunday Telegraph. Fried writes, “At Bloomberg, we have what we call a “four-screen strategy” – linear television, the internet (which is the […]
Bloomberg’s Smith lays out his vision
Justin Smith, the new CEO of Bloomberg Media Group, sent an email on Friday to the staff about his vision for the future, and Brian Morrissey of Digiday obtained a copy. Smith wrote: Embrace change. “The media industry is bifurcated into two distinct worlds: the struggling traditional segment that longs for a simpler, more profitable […]
Best places for biz news, according to Wired
Wired magazine has posted a list of ots top 15 places to get business and financial news. Here are some of them: Marginal Revolution Blog Those who call economics “the dismal science” have never heard it offered up by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok. Together the two George Mason University professors take a daily […]
The Atlantic launches “Economics in plain English” series
The Atlantic is beginning a series of videos called “Economics in Plain English,” writes Derek Thompson of its business news staff. Thompson writes, “We sifted through more than 300 submissions, which ranged from the super-serious (‘explain monetary policy’s effect on long-term interest rates’) to the super-not-serious (‘why are cupcakes cheaper than Banh Mi sandwiches?’). “We’ve […]
Reuters launches Polling Explorer
The Reuters Polling Explorer, an interactive tool for exploring our poll results across business, politics, current affairs and lifestyle topics, launched on Thursday. The editor-in-charge of data and computational journalism, Maurice Tamman, explains the new tool: In January 2012, Reuters embarked on a polling project that flipped mainstream polling on its head. Instead of using […]
