Assessing CNBC Pro: Two thumbs up

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE I had an opportunity to talk to Ariel Nelson, director of CNBC digital products and strategy, on Tuesday about the new CNBC Pro product that was launched, and take a quick tour to examine its features. First, some background: CNBC reached out to about 1,500 television and CNBC.com users. What it […]

CNBC launching new premium financial news and data product

CNBC will announce Tuesday that it’s launching a new product called CNBC Pro for computers and smartphones that will cost $24.99 a month or $269.99 a year. CNBC Pro will include real-time global market data from more than 100 exchanges worldwide and real-time price and news alerts. The market data will include equities, ETFs, commodities, […]

No. 1 with a bullet

The CNBC iPad application was released earlier this week and immediately shot up to No. 1 in both the Top Free iPad Apps on the App Store (ahead of Google Books and Friendly for Facebook) and in the Finance Top Free iPad Apps category.

CNBC launches iPad app

Business news channel CNBC announced Tuesday that has rolled out an iPad application. The app provides live, real-time stock quotes before, during and after market hours, directly from both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Additionally, the app offers breaking news alerts and access to top CNBC video clips. The app also allows users […]

FT now available on Bloomberg

The Financial Times and Bloomberg announced Monday that FT customers with a corporate license will be able to access Financial Times journalism via the Bloomberg terminal. The service, starting today, will be available to more than 295,000 Bloomberg subscribers. The Financial Times has more than 900 corporate customers who have purchased rights to read FT […]

ACBJ launching mobile apps for its biz papers

Charlotte-based American City Business Journals announced Tuesday that it is launching mobile applications for all 42 of its business publications. The St. Louis Business Journal is the first paper to launch its free mobile application for Android, Blackberry and iPhone devices. Other markets are scheduled to launch by the first quarter of 2011. “We are […]

FT's iPad app deemed success

John Ridding, the chief executive officer of the Financial Times, reports that the business newspaper’s iPad application has been downloaded 430,000 times. Dan Sabbagh of The Guardian writes, “However, only a handful of those downloading the app have opted to pay £200-a-year subscription, which applies to anybody wanting to view more than 10 articles a […]

FT giving staffers money to buy tablets

Robert Andrews of PaidContent.org reports that the Financial Times is offering a $480 rebate to its staffers if they purchase a tablet such as an iPad. Andrews reports, “The FT, which has its own app on iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab, wants to encourage the tablet reading habit in its own staff first. It means […]

Dow Jones plans B2B digital overall

Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, is planning a digital overhaul of its business-to-business activities with a new focus on improving revenues from specialist audiences, reports Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of The Financial Times. Edgecliffe-Johnson writes, “Robert Thomson, Dow Jones’ editor-in-chief since News Corp took it over in […]

WSJ app for Android tablet is a nice touch

Richard Lai of Engadget reviews the Android tablet app for The Wall Street Journal, calling it a “pretty good job.” Lai writes, “The biggest difference between the iPad version and the Android version of WSJ’s app lies in the article layout: rather than splitting the body into multiple columns and spreading them across pages horizontally, […]