WSJ paywall falls with Chrome extension
Eric Mack for CNET writes about how The Wall Street Journal‘s paywall can be avoided with the new Google Chrome extension. Mack writes, “A free download in the Chrome Web Store, this rather simple bit of code provides easy access to much of the articles and other content that more upstanding Journal readers actually pay […]
WSJ now has 200,000 subscribers from apps, readers and tablets
Digital consumption is growing at the Wall Street Journal, where some 200,000 subscriptions to mobile Apps, tablets and eReaders have been sold, according to general manager Alisa Bowen in an interview with BeetTV.com.
FT launches web-based app
The Financial Times is launching a new, web-based version of its mobile app, the first of its kind by a major publisher, that will allow it to adapt quickly to new tablet PCs and reduce its dependence on Apple Inc., reports Georgina Prodham of Reuters. Prodham writes, “John Ridding, chief executive of the FT — […]
Bloomberg journalists to "learn" how to use Facebook
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Journalists who work at Bloomberg News have been invited to a 30-minute training session on Friday afternoon to learn how to use Facebook for their jobs. An invitation sent out the staff on Monday afternoon from Dan Fletcher, Bloomberg’s social media director, stated, “On Friday I’ll be hosting Vadim Lavrusik, who […]
Bloomberg journalists to “learn” how to use Facebook
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Journalists who work at Bloomberg News have been invited to a 30-minute training session on Friday afternoon to learn how to use Facebook for their jobs. An invitation sent out the staff on Monday afternoon from Dan Fletcher, Bloomberg’s social media director, stated, “On Friday I’ll be hosting Vadim Lavrusik, who […]
TechCrunch TV taps into the power of videoblogging
Andy Plesser of Beet.tv interviews Erick Schonfeld, co-editor of the tech news site TechCrunch about its video operations. About ten percent of consumption of TechCrunch videos are on mobile, about 5.4 percent on tablets and 4.7 percent on mobile devices.
Bloomberg editor in chief Winkler is now on Twitter
Peter Kafka of All Things Digital writes Monday about how Bloomberg editor in chief Matthew Winkler, formerly opposed to how his staffers used Twitter, now has an account. Here is an excerpt from his interview with Winkler: He’s tweeted three times to date, and each one has been a sober note about accolades earned by […]
The power of Twitter in business journalism
Lizzie O’Leary, a Washington-based correspondent for Bloomberg Television, spoke to the Atlantic and talked about how important Twitter has become in relaying a story. O’Leary said, “The oil spill was actually the first time I came to understand the power of Twitter and started using it personally to get reporting tips. You’d see something pop […]
How social media is affecting financial journalism
Michael Martin of The Business Insider talked with John Carney of CNBC.com about social media is affecting investing and the quality of financial journalism. Read more here.
SABEW to assess social media use by business journalists
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is conducting an anonymous survey of business journalists throughout the country to determine how they use social media technology such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs. The results of the survey will be made available to all SABEW members by the end of June on the organization’s web […]
