Quartz plans to break some molds
Lucia Moses of Adweek looks at Quartz, the new business news site coming from The Atlantic. Moses writes, “With the launch, Atlantic Media is opening up a second front in its battle with the Economist Group. “The two brands already compete head-to-head in the white-hot Washington, D.C., market, where both have ramped up their government […]
Remembering The Economist’s Peter David
The latest issue of The Economist has a tribute to its Washington bureau chief, Peter David, who died earlier this month in a car accident. It states, “Had Peter David come to pen his parting thoughts, he might well have reflected on American exceptionalism. Sadly, this column must now celebrate his own. “To begin with […]
Economist launches digital “Economist Radio”
Steve Smith of MinOnline writes about how The Economist is expanding its digital offerings, including the launch this week of Economist Radio. Smith writes, “Also surprisingly popular in the digital editions is a unique audio feature that reads articles to you and lets the user switch easily between the two modes. In fact, the audio […]
Economist reveals digital edition subscribers
Lucia Moses of Adweek writes Monday about The Economist and its digital edition subscribers. Moses writes, “In addition to the print circulation stats that are in every magazine’s ABC Publisher’s Statement, The Economist’s CMR reveals that its digital edition averaged about 48,000 in sales for March—about 6 percent of total circulation, putting it at the […]
Economist hits 1 million Facebook fans
The Economist has reached the milestone of 1 million fans on Facebook, reports T.J. Raphael of Folio magazine. Raphael writes, “Nick Blunden, global publisher of digital editions for The Economist, says the print brand’s status has translated well to the social Web. “The number is interesting — The Economist has a global circulation of 1.5 […]
Economist to publish digital short books
The Economist has struck a deal with a division of Penguin Books to publish, in digital form, its long-form journalistic reports. Lucy Tesseras of New Media Age reports, “The Economist will initially launch with five titles that were previously published within the magazine under the Penguin Economist Specials name. Penguin Specials is a sub-brand of […]
The Economist and its continued growth
Peter Lauria of Reuters talked with Andrew Rashbass, the chief executive of The Economist Group, about the magazine’s continued growth. Lauria writes, “Figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation released on Thursday showed that The Economist increased its combined print and digital paid circulation by just under 1 percent to 1.59 million during the July-December […]
The Economist’s shift to digital
Martin Belam blogs about how The Economist has made the transformation from a traditional print product to one focusing on digital delivery in the wake of Economist digital editor Tom Standage speaking last week at news:rewired. Belam writes, “Standage showed an amazing graph that illustrated that if you ask readers of the Economist how they […]
Website slams all-white staff at Economist
A website has been created called http://economist-staff.com/ that is critical of the British-based business magazine because 94 of its 96 staffers listed in its online directory are white, contrary to its stated mission of promoting diversity. The site was created by Adriel Luis, a Colorlines.com contributor and artist based in Brooklyn.
Economist launches China section
The Economist launched on Friday a new section on China in the magazine’s first new section devoted to a single country for 70 years. The inaugural China section will cover aspects — political, economic and social — of the nation’s rising power in an attempt to give an even deeper understanding of the vast country. It […]
