A biz reporter with a financial incentive in his work
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bill Freehling, a business reporter at the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star in Virginia, is part of a business journalism experiment. Last month, Freehling began producing a daily business news e-mail that goes out to people who sign up. Such e-mails are common among business news operations, but what makes Freehling’s situation different […]
Wired’s app sales are down
Wired editor in chief Chris Anderson spoke at Columbia University on Thursday, and he noted that the magazine puts stuff on its covers to sell copies and that its iPad app sales have fallen since it was first introduced. Zeke Turner of Women’s Wear Daily writes, “Wired’s iPad app hasn’t been performing as well as […]
Biz journalism apps engaging readers
Sean Callahan of BtoB Magazine writes about the success of media that have been at the forefront of rolling out applications for smart phones and tablets. Callahan writes, “Since its debut, the Journal’s app has had about 1.1 million downloads, said Mark Fishkin, VP-digital sales for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. The app updates […]
Financial news and the use of social media
Ellie Behling of eMediaVitals.com writes about the panel at the New York Stock Exchange earlier this week that discussed how the financial news media use Twitter and social media. Behling writes, “In some ways, financial news sites have been more forward-thinking in digital and social than one might expect. After all, an affluent audience tending […]
Mobile devices boosting FT’s sales
Jennifer Saba of Reuters writes that Financial Times chief executive officer John Riding said Friday that sales of the paper on iPad and other mobile applications are driving about 20 percent of its new online subscriptions. Saba writes, “Ridding, who was speaking at an investor conference in New York on Thursday, said, ‘The rapid emergence […]
Canadian biz magazine launches iPad app
The Financial Post, a business magazine in Canada, has launched an iPad application. A brief on the Vancouver Sun site states, “The Financial Post Magazine App takes full advantage of iPad’s large, high-resolution display and innovative Multi Touch interface, delivering an enhanced reading experience with exclusive embedded multimedia content including video, photo galleries and timelines. The […]
FT seeing subscription growth from iPad
Richard Edgar, global head of video for the Financial Times, was interviewed by Andy Plesser of Beet.TV about the paper’s growth in digital subscriptions and the expansion of its video operations.
CNBC.com has record month in December
CNBC.com had its best month ever in terms of unique visitors and its best December ever in terms of page views. According to the latest data from comScore Media Metrix, the site was visited by 6.3 million unique users last month, a 54 percent increase compared to the same time period last year, and recorded […]
A Christmas present for business journalists: SEC doc iPad app
Dave Friedman, editor in chief of Wall St. Watchdog, reviews the new iPad application that allows people to read SEC filings and make notes of important disclosures, a great gift for any hardcore business journalist. Friedman writes, “This app claims to have two purposes: (1) act as a central repository for all SEC filings in […]
Barron's launches iPad app
Barron’s now has an iPad application that is free to download and costs $2.99 a week for the latest issue. Current print subscribers receive it for free. Tiernan Ray of Barron’s writes, “Like its Wall Street Journal sibling, the Barron’s iPad edition is a convincing digital simulacrum of the print version, and contains a splash/home […]
