Wake up to Rick Santelli’s soothing voice
CNBC has launched an “alarm clock” application that lets people wake up to the sound of their favorite business news anchor. The alarm clock app also enables users to set alerts to remind them when the business news leaders they want to see are on CNBC. And it will include information from NBC News and […]
Forbes launches iPad app
Killian Bell of CultofMac.com writes about Forbes magazine‘s iPad application. Bell writes, “Users can buy single issues as and when they wish, or commit to a monthly or yearly subscription. “This isn’t the first time Forbes has been available digitally on iOS; users have been able to access it through a third-party app called Zinio for quite […]
Financial journalism in the age of Twitter
Bloomberg Television had a segment Wednesday evening on how Twitter is influencing financial news. Business journalist Heidi Moore of The Guardian, a prolific tweeter, was part of the discussion.
WSJ is now selling subscriptions via Apple’s “Newsstand”
The Wall Street Journal is now selling digital subscriptions via Apple’s “Newsstand” service, reports Peter Kafka of All Things Digital. Kafka writes, “That means Dow Jones’ business newspaper has joined thousands of other magazines and newspapers that market their stuff through Apple’s iTunes store — in exchange for giving Apple a cut of sales, and […]
Aereo adds Bloomberg Television to lineup
Online-television startup Aereo has begun paying for traditional TV content, reaching a deal to add Bloomberg Television to its program lineup. Shalini Ramachandran of The Wall Street Journal writes, “Aereo, backed by media mogul Barry Diller‘s IAC/InterActiveCorp., launched a Web TV service earlier this year that streams broadcast TV signals of New York stations to […]
LinkedIn as a business news site
Dan Roth, the former Fortune.com editor who took over as executive editor of LinkedIn last year, talked with TJ Raphael of Folio about how the social media site is delivering business news. Here is an excerpt: FOLIO: How should magazine publishers and editors be using LinkedIn outside of creating individual profiles for people or companies? […]
FT giving away tablets with subscriptions
The Financial Times is giving away a free Google Nexus 7 tablet in the United States with the purchase of an annual premium FT.com or combined newspaper/FT.com subscription. The offer, valid until Dec. 17, is available here. The promotion is aimed at increasing FT’s multi-channel and mobile audience. Almost 14 percent of all readers now […]
Twitter’s Luckie talks strategy for journalists
As a way to develop better social media engagement strategies, journalists should treat Twitter and other outlets as an extension of their interaction with people in their personal life rather than as a separate entity, said Mark Luckie, manager of journalism and news at Twitter in a conference call with Forbes writers from New York […]
ACBJ to introduce iPhone/iPad app for all of its biz papers
Charlotte-based American City Business Journals is expected to unveil an iPhone and iPad application on Wednesday that provides news and information from all 40 of its business newspapers. The app was placed in the iTunes store on Tuesday night with a Dec. 5 release date. The app states, “We’ve consolidated all of our apps to […]
Economist unbundles tablet edition from print
Nat Ives of Advertising Age reports about how The Economist has unbundled its print edition from its tablet edition and talked to Michael Brunt, senior vice president and head of circulation for the Americas and global head of marketing at Economist Digital, about the change. Here is an excerpt: Ad Age: Why have you been […]
