Business journalists on Time magazine's top 140 Twitter feeds
Time magazine has released its 140 top Twitter feeds, and four business journalists are on the list. CNNMoney stock columnist Paul LaMonica is one of them. Stephen Gandel writes, “He tweets 20 times a day or more, offering quick, worthy analysis on the market and the stocks that are rising or dropping the most. Just […]
Forbes using social media to boost readership
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about how the business magazine is using social media to attract more readers. Dvorkin writes, “For starters, we’ve assembled an Audience Development team that targets new sources of traffic from social media networks and the various information ecosystems across the Web. That team (more business-side oriented) […]
Using data to recommend business news
Matthew Ingram of GigaOm writes Wednesday about how Bloomberg L.P. uses data about its users to recommend news of interest on its Bloomberg.com and BusinessWeek.com sites. Ingram writes, “In an interview with Stacey Higginbotham, the Bloomberg executive described how he built a predictive-analytics team within the media conglomerate that could use the behavior patterns and […]
WSJ to start selling single issues on iPad
The Wall Street Journal will start selling on Wednesday single-issue digital versions of its morning paper for $1.99 in the iTunes App store. David Kaplan of PaidContent.org writes, “Up to now, those who downloaded the free WSJ app on the iPad could receive some free content. In order to get the full range of the […]
Assistant biz editor leads Dallas paper’s iPad effort
Bob Mong, the editor of the Dallas Morning News, writes about the work of Paul O’Donnell, an assistant business editor who has led the paper’s efforts in launching an iPad application. Mong writes, “Paul and his staff devote their time to providing you with the best possible tablet experience. “‘I was an early buyer of […]
Assistant biz editor leads Dallas paper's iPad effort
Bob Mong, the editor of the Dallas Morning News, writes about the work of Paul O’Donnell, an assistant business editor who has led the paper’s efforts in launching an iPad application. Mong writes, “Paul and his staff devote their time to providing you with the best possible tablet experience. “‘I was an early buyer of […]
WSJ’s tablet subscriptions pass 200,000
Paid subscriptions to read The Wall Street Journal on tablet devices such as the iPad have quadrupled to more than 200,000 in the past year, according a Reuters story out Thursday evening. Ross Kerber of Reuters reports, “Les Hinton, publisher of the Journal, gave the figures while speaking to reporters after a speech in Boston on Thursday. “Hinton, […]
WSJ's tablet subscriptions pass 200,000
Paid subscriptions to read The Wall Street Journal on tablet devices such as the iPad have quadrupled to more than 200,000 in the past year, according a Reuters story out Thursday evening. Ross Kerber of Reuters reports, “Les Hinton, publisher of the Journal, gave the figures while speaking to reporters after a speech in Boston on Thursday. “Hinton, […]
FT Alphaville to launch U.S. version of popular “Markets Live”
FT Alphaville will launch Friday the first U.S. edition of its popular British real-time service, “Markets Live.” “Markets Live” is a real-time service in which our commentators offer their views on moves and news in the markets in a live streaming-media format The U.S. version will be different from the daily chat hosted by Neil […]
WSJ launches “Home of the Day” app
The Wall Street Journal announced Wednesday that a “WSJ House of the Day” app for iPad is now available for free from the App Store. Based on the popular “House of the Day” feature from WSJ.com, the new app takes users inside sleek, modern homes, urban renovations, sprawling McMansions and historic estates from across the […]
