Sneak peek of redesigned Businessweek
New Bloomberg.com a step in the right direction
Douglas McIntyre, the editor of 24/7WallStreet.com, likes the appearance and features in the newly redesigned Bloomberg.com McIntyre writes, “The lack of clutter is only one of two strengths of the new Bloomberg.com. The layout of the site does not include an overwhelming amount of numerical data about the stock market indexes – Bloomberg knows that […]
Behind the Bloomberg.com redesign
Jay Yarow of The Business Insider interviewed Kevin Krim, head of Bloomberg.com, about the changes being made to the site and the ultimate goal for Bloomberg News. Here is an excerpt: BI: How many stories hit Bloomberg.com each day? What is that in relation to all the news you produce for the terminal business? KK: […]
New Bloomberg site design ready
David Kaplan of PaidContent.org has some details about the new Bloomberg News site, which can be previewed here and is much brighter than the forboding black site it currently uses. Kaplan writes, “Aside from replacing the dark background with a lighter one, the updated site will be sporting the Online Publishers Association pushdown ad unit, […]
Forbes turns to design consultant for overhaul
Peter Kafka of All Things Digital writes Thursday that Forbes Media has brought in Lewis DVorkin, a former editor at the business publisher, as a consultant for a redesign of the Forbes Web site ‘and other editorial areas.’ Kafka writes, “That’s a bit weird because DVorkin already has a day job: He’s the founder and […]
Behind the New York Times online business section redesign
Kevin McKenna, the deputy business editor at the New York Times in charge of online, responded to a request for explanation from Talking Biz News about the recently redesigned page for business news on the paper’s coverage. Here was his response: “In brief, this re-conception of our presentation of business news online is the fruit […]
NYT revamps online biz section
Nat Ives of Advertising Age writes Monday about the redesigned New York Times online business section, which debuted on Monday. Ives writes, “The online section front has been rebuilt to more closely resemble a home page, complete with the top-left and top-right ‘rabbit ear’ ad units traditionally limited to the paper’s standard home page; an […]
Washington Biz Journal editor talks redesign, new competition
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE On Friday, the Washington Business Journal will unveil a redesign, its first in five years and just 10 days before the Washington Post launches a competing weekly business newspaper called Capital Business. In addition, the Business Journal could face additional competition from the owner of Politico, which is planning to launch […]
Details emerge from Bloomberg deal with San Francisco Chronicle
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Talking Biz News has obtained additional details about the deal announced this past week between the San Francisco Chronicle and Bloomberg News, where Bloomberg will provide content to the Chronicle’s business section. The deal was characterized by someone close to the arrangement as being much different than the one Bloomberg has […]
SF Chronicle to launch expanded biz section with help from Bloomberg
The San Francisco Chronicle announced Wednesday that it would launch this Sunday an expanded business news section with the help of Bloomberg News called Business Report. Business Report will be comprised of regional stories and data produced by the business staffs of The Chronicle and Bloomberg. The collaboration will include content sharing on SFGate.com and […]
