Financial Times launches on Flipboard
The Financial Times launched on Flipboard on Thursday. Flipboard users across all Android and iOS devices will now have access to a range of FT content, including news, commentary, analysis, blogs and video. The launch marks the latest development in the FT’s digital strategy of offering its content across an array of devices and platforms […]
Hey WSJ reporters, wear some makeup when you go on video
Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Matt Murray and head of video operations Chris Cramer sent out the following to the staff on Monday: Video continues to become a bigger, more vital part of how we deliver news to our audience, and we continue to refine our video offerings in what is increasingly a highly […]
WSJ to run startup documentary series on website
The Wall Street Journal will be launching ‘WSJ Startup of the Year,’ an episodic video documentary for WSJ Live, the Journal’s online video platform. Slated to premiere June 24, the documentary matches global business leaders and influencers with 25 innovative startups, capturing their stories from startup to success during the course of five months. Throughout […]
FT adjusting to the sense of a finite read
Stuart Dredge of The Guardian writes about how the Financial Times has continued to evolve its web application. Dredge writes, “Grimshaw adds that 12% of the FT’s digital advertising revenues are currently coming from mobile devices. ‘We would like that to be higher, but it’s substantially above the industry average,’ he says. “A large portion […]
FT using short-form video to expand
The Financial Times is using video to increase its profile, says Josh de la Mare, global editor for Financial Times Video. Beet.TV’s Andy Plesser spoke with him in this video interview at the Financial Times headquarters.
TheStreet redesigns iPhone and iPad apps
TheStreet has redesigned its free Apple iPad and iPhone applications. Key features include: Actionable and insightful stock market news and commentary from TheStreet’s leading experts, including Jim Cramer, Stephanie Link and Doug Kass; Expanded video reporting from TheStreet’s new studios located across the New York Stock Exchange; Robust charting, market and fundamental data; Rapid downloading […]
Bloomberg revs up its video news operation
With a global television network operation in place, Bloomberg News is using video clips from its shows as well as Web-only videos to produce some 200 clips per day, signaling a new “digital first” approach, says Chris Berend, executive producer and head of digital video at Bloomberg, in a video interview at Bloomberg headquarters with Beet.TV […]
CNBC gets serious about web video
Mike Shields of Adweek writes about how CNBC is paying more attention to web video to drive traffic to its site. Shields writes, “This week marks the debut of the CNBC Digital Workshop, an in-house production studio designed to crank out Web originals for CNBC.com and partners like Yahoo. Among the projects in development are […]
CNBC.com users up 35 percent in March
CNBC.com was visited by 7.6 million unique users in March, up 35 percent compared to the same time period last year, according to data from comScore Media Metrix. This is CNBC.com’s second best March ever in terms of unique visitors and its fourth best month ever in terms of uniques. CNBC’s other mobile applications also […]
Bloomberg adds Twitter to service
Bloomberg L.P. announced Thursday that it is the first financial information platform to integrate real-time Twitter feeds into its service. Bloomberg Professional service subscribers can now monitor and analyze real-time Twitter updates issued by corporations, executives, government officials, economists, commentators, media outlets and other voices that can influence the financial markets. Bloomberg classifies tweets by […]
