Business Insider’s Insider now ranks among top 10 in videos
Nicholas Carlson of Insider writes about how the Business Insider website now has 1.6 billion video views a month, making it the eighth largest website in terms of video. Carlson writes, “Not everything worked: breaking news, for example, did not catch on. We also struggled with politics. Some videos took off, however. “In December 2015, […]
Business Insider is most engaged biz news site on Facebook
Business Insider was the most engaged business news site on Facebook in September with more than 4.5 million engagements, reports NewsWhip. A NewsWhip story states, “Business Insider come out on top in terms of overall engagements, with almost 4.5 million engagements on their web-based content that month. Business Insider have a strong following on various […]
A business reporter’s advice: Act like people should be talking to you
Charlotte Cowles of The M Dash interviewed Business Insider senior finance correspondent Linette Lopez about her job. Here is an excerpt: I’M FASCINATED BY POWER, so business reporting is perfect for me, although I didn’t know it until grad school. A lot of students aren’t interested in business journalism because it doesn’t sound sexy and adventurous. When I taught at Columbia last year, […]
Business Insider’s head of video joins Mashable
Kamelia Angelova, who has been in charge of Business Insider’s video operations, has been hired as director of emerging platforms at Mashable. She will start Oct. 10. Her task is to expand the Mashable’s production of original video and visual storytelling on Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. “We’re seeing exceptional growth in audience, engagement and […]
Business Insider launches French edition
Julie Hansen, the chief operating officer and president of Business Insider, writes about the launch of its French-language website. Hansen writes, “BI France publishes in French and covers business news of interest to residents of France, Europe, and francophone Africa. It is published by leading European publisher Prisma, edited by Marie-Catherine Beuth, and headquartered in Paris. “Readers in France will […]
Business Insider testing a reader paywall
Business Insider is testing a metered paywall, according to Jeremy Barr of Ad Age. Barr writes, “The company plans to test those ambitions, starting this week, with a ‘small,’ randomly selected group of readers, who will be prompted to subscribe to Business Insider. As is standard with so-called metered paywalls, the readers selected for this […]
Yahoo Finance hires Udland from Business Insider
Yahoo Finance has hired Myles Udland to be a writer, covering markets, economics, and personal finance. He comes from Business Insider where he covered global financial markets and economics. He also was Business Insider’s markets editor. Previously, he was a writer covering breaking news for The Fly on the Wall. Udland is the latest in […]
Business Insider attracts 230,000 Line users in two weeks
Lucinda Southern of Digiday writes about how Business Insider attracted 230,000 Line users within two weeks of posting content on the social media application. Southern writes, “Business Insider has been posting around 10 pieces of content each day. Much of it falls into BI’s core verticals of technology and finance rather than aggregated stories or listicles that […]
Little change among biz news websites in July
Yahoo Finance maintained its position as the top business and financial news site in July, while Forbes solidified its spot as the No. 2 site, according to the the comScore Multiplatform report for the month. Yahoo Finance, which recently unveiled a redesign, reported 74.2 million unique visitors in the month, down slightly from the 75.5 […]
How Business Insider will expand its research unit overseas
Jessica Davies of Digiday writes about how Business Insider plans to expand its research unit internationally. Davies writes, “The research unit, which launched in the U.S. in 2013, sells a mix of enterprise and individual subscriptions, ranging from $500 (£385) for an annual newsletter to $2,500 (£1,900) a year, as well as enterprise subscriptions which vary in […]
