Bloomberg.com launches redesign
The Web site for Bloomberg, which had been in a beta phase since earlier this year, launched a redesign on Monday. The biggest change is the home page. Bloomberg tested several different versions of the home page. For example, one version showed the first few sentences in all of the stories as opposed to headlines […]
Pocono Biz Journal resurrects itself online
Michael Sadowski of the Pocono Record in Pennsylvania writes about how the Pocono Business Journal has been reborn by a new owner as an online-only publication. Sadowski writes, “When the operation ceased in February, East Stroudsburg businessman Jason Trump decided to buy it and start over — without the paper. The PBJ is now a […]
Washington state paper to introduce new business section
The Yakima Herald-Republic in Washington state plans to introduce a new business section on Monday that focuses on trends, issues and profiles of those involved in commerce and the enterprises they run. An announcement in the paper states, “While the Herald-Republic publishes local and wire-service business stories each day alongside other articles, the new Marketplace […]
Augusta paper dropping Monday biz tabloid
The Augusta Chronicle is discontinuing its three-year-old Monday business news tabloid called “Your Business” and putting the content back into its Sunday and Monday newspaper. Business editor Tim Rausch writes, “Why end three years of Your Business as we know it? The business tab always had a limited circulation in Richmond and Columbia counties. Though […]
WSJ to add leisure section on Saturday
Nat Ives of Advertising Age writes that The Wall Street Journal plans to add an additional weekly section of leisure and lifestyle content to the nearly 5-year-old Saturday edition. The new section, for which former Domino magazine editor in chief Deborah Needleman is serving as a consultant, is slated to appear this fall. Ives writes, […]
Indiana paper moves biz news
The Terre Haute Tribune Star newspaper in Indiana is changing where its business news coverage appears in the paper. Editor Max Jones writes, “The Wednesday and Thursday four-section newspapers will be consolidated into two sections. Local news now in the Local & Bistate section will move to the A section. Wednesday School Zone and Thursday […]
Forbes magazine to undergo redesign
Forbes‘ acquisition of True/Slant means that its flagship business magazine will undergo a redesign under new company chief product officer Lewis Dvorkin, according to a company release. The redesign follows those unveiled earlier this year by competitors Fortune and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Dvorkin, the founder of True/Slant, will be joining Forbes to lead all editorial areas […]
ComputerWorld launches redesign
Information technology publication ComputerWorld unveiled a major redesign with the May 24 issue showcasing a clean, modern and functional design. “For more than 40 years, readers have turned to Computerworld as a trusted and unbiased source for the technology industry,” said Scot Finnie, editor in chief, Computerworld, in a statement. “This redesign will showcase our […]
BusinessWeek overhaul accomplishes its goals
Marion Maneker of The Big Money likes what has been done to Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine. Maneker writes, “The first two issues of Bloomberg BusinessWeek are a veritable Sears catalogue of business news serving each of its core constituencies. From the Bloomberg side, it presents some of the site’s content in a new context, helping buy-side […]
FT.com launches new video platform
The Financial Times announced Wednesday the launch of a new video technology platform and a dedicated video hub on FT.com. Users will experience video on a broader range of mobile devices, including the iPad. The video content will be available on an exclusive area at www.ft.com/video, as well as being embedded in relevant news stories […]
