Is MarketBrief the future of business journalism?
Erik Sherman of BNET.com writes Wednesday about MarketBrief, which uses a computer program to generate thousands of stories each day from Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Sherman writes, “Co-founder Jason Zucchetto says that the current idea came from the company’s original idea of creating a better alternative to Edgar, the SEC’s system for retrieving corporate […]
CNBC’s digital ops set records on Monday
CNBC.com and the business news network’s mobile and digital applications had their best day ever in terms of both unique visitors and page views on Monday, when the market fell 5 percent due to the Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. government. CNBC.com was visited by 2.3 million daily unique visitors and recorded 35 […]
Economist launches tablet version
Lauren Indvik of Mashable reports that The Economist rolled out its tablet version on Tuesday. Indvik writes, “The newsweekly joins Sports Illustrated and Time in its multi-platform subscription offering, which enables readers to access all versions of The Economist, including its print, smartphone, tablet, audio and web editions, for a single rate. (Prices vary by […]
What WSJ readers want, and why they buy
Dow Jones & Co. senior vice president of circulation Lynn Brenner has come up with a metric that estimates what the company’s subscribers are interested in buying when they purchase a subscription to one of its business news publications. Rick Edmonds of The Poynter Institute writes, “Brennen proposes five attributes to measure ‘a consumer’s willingness […]
Using interactive features to explain business issues
Ryo Yamaguchi of Cision writes Thursday about how some media are using interactive technology to explain the federal debt issue and other complicated financial topics. Yamaguchi writes, “Work on such features has been going on for some time in news media, but some have taken the current budget impasse as an opportunity to push the […]
CNBC shows off its new studio
Steve Fastook, CNBC’s vice president of technical and commercial operations, gives a tour of the new studio, which uses LED lighting and decreases the network’s electricity usage.
The Economist launches Android app
The Economist launched an application for Android phones on Tuesday, and Cameron Summerson of AndroidPolice.com has a review. Summerson writes, “This app differs a bit from other publication based apps, as the download is free, and offers free access to editor’s highlights — no subscription required. Naturally, if you are already a subscriber, you can […]
Portland, Ore.-based digital biz magazine seeks funding
A digital business magazine called Stake hopes to launch later this year, but it needs $7,000 in donations by the end of the month to get off the ground. To donate money, go here. The magazine currentlyhas $691 in funding. Support will go directly to journalists, photographers, videographers, developers and designers to help us turn […]
A vision of how social media are developing
Thomson Reuters Digital executive editor Jim Impoco talks about the news organization’s new social media editor Anthony De Rosa in an inteview with Beet.TV. Impoco notes, “He as a hobby, at night in his off hours, turned a blog on Tumblr into one of the top 25 blogs in the world….Clearly he is somebody who […]
The Daily looking for biz writers
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Tom Lowry, business editor of News Corp.’s table newspaper The Daily, is looking for writers. Lowry, who started on the job last week, says he is hiring one full-time staff writer and is also looking for freelancers who can contribute on a regular basis. For the full-time position, Lowry wants someone […]
